Council
11 September, 2023
Students look to space
A GROUP of talented Nullawarre District Primary School students are hoping for community support in their quest to get to Sydney.
The five students have taken part in this year’s Arludo National Game Design Challenge and have been named in the top 20 nation-wide.
The competition has been embraced by year six students Jhon, Onyx, Annabel, Annabelle and Harry (year five) who have worked hard throughout their recess and lunch breaks, along with some classroom time, to design a video game that will help other children learn all about space.
The Nullawarre team – named ‘Team Rusty-Anchor’ – designed a game called Photon Phinder.
“We believe Photon Phinder should become a mobile game because it will teach people science ideas about space and astronomy like gravitational pull from planets, black holes and stars as well as what you can find in space like meteor fields and random space junk that would reflect sunlight,” their entry read.
The event has been presented by Arludo, an Australian company that creates video games to engage and inspire students to help them understand and use science in their lives.
The students recently submitted their game design and have been shortlisted.
They now need as many votes as possible to ensure they finish in the top 10, which will then provide them the opportunity to travel to Sydney where they would work with scientists and attend a gala ceremony.
To vote, simply head to https://arludo.com/gdc2023.
