Web-Based Game – Team Star Dream

INSTITUTION

Pennsylvania State University (PSU)

CLASS

Platinum Class (2025 – 2026)

STUDENT TEAM

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The objective of this project was to develop a singleplayer web-based video game adaptation of Psyche Against The Universe that, like the original card game, both entertains the player by engaging them in a fun and humorous interpretation of the Psyche mission and generates broader interest and excitement around the mission by integrating facts within the game about the spacecraft’s scientific instruments and utilization of innovative technologies. The game, titled “Psyche Against The Universe”, has the player navigate the Psyche spacecraft from Earth to the Psyche asteroid by beating several sequential scenarios. For event and battle scenarios the player must use their cards strategically to progress, while for minigame scenarios they must play and win a short arcade-style minigame. Event and battle scenarios diminish one of Psyche’s attributes (hull integrity, power, and velocity) each turn, and cards either boost one of these attributes or target battle enemies. Created in 2D using the Godot game engine, this game will be hosted on the Psyche web-based game portal to amuse young players and inspire them to learn more about the Psyche mission and space exploration, and by extension support youth education efforts and scientific advancement.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Pennsylvania State University Capstone Course “CMPSC 484” and “SWENG 480.” The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.