Web-Based Game – Psyche Forge

INSTITUTION

University of California, Irvine (UCI)

CLASS

Platinum Class (2025 – 2026)

STUDENT TEAM

Scott McCloskey – Software Engineering, Dasheng Yao – Software Engineering, Tri Ta – Software Engineering, Drake Smith – Software Engineering, Arceny Alejandro Rivera – Software Engineering

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Cassie Bowman, Sponsor

Emily Navarro, Professor

Jon Kolko, TA

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

We are Psyche Forge.

Our project, “A Trip Around the Asteroid Belt,” is an educational game inspired by the NASA Psyche Mission and supported by NASA and Arizona State University.

At its core, it’s a game—but its purpose goes far beyond entertainment. We aim to expand the perspective of families, children, and students, taking them from their home on Earth to the far reaches of the asteroid belt.

Through play, we hope to spark curiosity, imagination, and a deeper connection to space exploration.

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This work was created in partial fulfillment of the University of California, Irvine Capstone Course “In4matx 191A/B.” 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.