2019 STUDENT CHALLENGE AWARDS

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 G4C Student Challenge!

2019 COMPETITION OUTCOMES

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NEW YORK CITY

PacifAI

PacifAI

AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Larissa F
  • School: The School of Interactive Arts
  • Description: In the midst of a technological revoluntion, an AI flies around a developing city to improve people’s mental and physical well-being
  • Platform: Unity
Future Foretold

Future Foretold

AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050 MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Emile R, Shaurya S, Shailene P
  • School: Stephen A. Halsey JHS 157
  • Description: Spend some time on Mars, where buying robots and helping people is all in a day’s work for Jesse Cherub
  • Platform: Scratch
Catch 100!

Catch 100!

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Melvin D
  • School: The School of Interactive Arts
  • Description: This choice-based game helps players realize that making the right choices can get harder as with age
  • PlatformUnity
Living To 100

Living To 100

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Afsana R
  • School: Stephen A. Halsey JHS 157
  • Description: Confront the issues of smoking and excessive drinking to reach your goal of living as long as you can.
  • Platform: Scratch
On Thin Ice!

On Thin Ice!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

ENDANGERED SPECIES HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Benicio L, Thomas C, Anthony C
  • School: The School of Interactive Arts
  • Description: Slide on your belly, avoid cracks in the ice, and experience the effects of climate change as an Emperor Penguin.
  • Platform: Unity
Swim! Endangered Species

Swim! Endangered Species

ENDANGERED SPECIES MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Fawaz S, Greg K, Yorkin B, Aden P
  • School: Stephen A. Halsey JHS 157
  • Description: Put yourself in the shoes of an ednagered sea turtle and navigate the trash-filled ocean to avoid extinction.
  • Platform: Scratch
GEDI Dream Job

Dream Job

ENVISION GENDER EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Sadiya H, Sanjana H
  • School: The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria
  • Description: What kind of person are YOU in the workplace? Play these office-themed minigames to learn how inclusivity impacts your work environment.
  • Platform: Scratch
GEDI The Issue With Gender Equality in STEAM

The Issue With Gender Equality in STEAM

ENVISION GENDER EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Lillian M
  • School: M.S. M245 The Computer School
  • Description: In this personal text-based game, a young woman tries to figure out ways to mitigate the gender divide in her school’s STEAM lab.
  • Platform: Twine

LOS ANGELES

Flu Hero 2050

Flu Hero 2050

AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Lana N
  • School: Girls Academic Leadership Academy
  • Description: Assume a position of power and manage a national flu outbreak, using predictions made by AI as your guide.
  • Platform: Scratch
Battery

Battery

AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050 MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Axel C, Jared K
  • School: South Gate Middle School
  • Description: Your autonomous vehicle breaks down on your way to a meeting. Luckily, AI has made its way into most aspects of everyday life, and is here to help you out.
  • Platform: Scratch
Avery_s Way

Avery's Way

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Sasha F, John A
  • School: STEM Academy of Hollywood
  • Description: In this choice-based game, a young woman makes the tough decisions we face as teenagers.
  • Platform: Scratch
Life.... Just Longer

Life.... Just Longer

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Miguel G
  • School: Francisco Sepulveda Middle School
  • Description: Get good grades, navigate the job market, and try to age well in this life simulator.
  • Platform: Scratch
The Life of a Red Panda

The Life of a Red Panda

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

ENDANGERED SPECIES HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Albert S, Iris K, Ricardo F, Matvey F
  • School: STEM Academy of Hollywood
  • Description: An adorable red panda needs your help to evade poachers and made it back to its family. Don’t get caught!
  • Platform: Scratch
Life Without Animals

Life Without Animals

ENDANGERED SPECIES MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Marina U
  • School: South Gate Middle School
  • Description: Learn the human impact on animal’s lives and conserve as many species as you can before time runs out.
  • Platform: Scratch

ATLANTA

Robo Garbage Collector

Robo Garbage Collector

AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Jack B, Maxwell B, Felipe A
  • School: Centennial High School
  • Description: In the future, artificial intelligence has revolutionized public sanitation. Control the robot garbage collector to clean up the neighborhood before time runs out.
  • Platform: Unity
Future Adventure

Future Adventure

AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050 MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Saul R, Parker C
  • School: Barber Middle School
  • Description: In this platformer game, robots have taken over! It’s up to you to collect mechanical parts to build a better robot to help save humankind.
  • Platform: Bloxels
Living 100 Choose Your Own Adventure

Living 100: Choose Your Own Adventure

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Grace G
  • School: Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School
  • Description: This game explores the re-management of time in the life of a centenarian. Make your choices wisely to be both mentally and financially stable.
  • Platform: Scratch
Life is HARD

Life is HARD

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Ava J, Audrey W, Zoe W
  • School: Barber Middle School
  • Description: Bullies, chores, and getting married are all a part of your character’s life. You can get through this side-scrolling platformer with a little help from your support pet.
  • Platform: Bloxels
Healthy Habits

Healthy Habitats

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

ENDANGERED SPECIES HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Koen V
  • School: PTC
  • Description: Poaching and human interference have made life unsafe for rhinos, tigers, and sea turtles. Guide them through their now dangerous habitats to conservation sanctuaries to protect these amazing species.
  • Platform: Unity
Species Savior

Species Savior

ENDANGERED SPECIES MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Students: Joshua K
  • School: Taylor Road Middle School
  • Description: Find all of the hidden endangered species in a lush forest, where animals live in harmony and have a story to tell.
  • Platform: RPG Maker MV

DETROIT

Robo Burger

Robo Burger

AUTOMATED COMMUNITIES 2050 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Miles R, Aaron W
  • School: Livonia Career Technical Center
  • Description: Ben’s Burgers is a hip new restaurant that employs robots. As a manager, your goal is to make enough money to buy robots to handle quality control and deliveries for you.
  • Platform: GameMaker Studio 2
Prolong

Prolong

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Brandon B, Kenny A
  • School: Livonia Career Technical Center
  • Description: In this point and click game, you’ll complete various tasks pinned to your bulletin board to live to age 100. Socialize, go to the gym, and eat healthy like you life depends on it!
  • Platform: Scratch
Nurisng Home Frenzy!

Nursing Home Frenzy!

DISRUPT AGING: IMPLICATIONS OF LIVING 100 MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Sasha T, Kiahna D.H.
  • School: Bates Academy
  • Description: After a bad experience with their grandmother, your character takes a job at nursing home to alleviate their unresolved feelings.
  • Platform: Scratch
Guardian of the Underworld

Guardian of the Underworld

ENDANGERED SPECIES HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Victor M, Andrew C
  • School: Livonia Career Technical Center
  • Description: Play as a scuba diver on a noble mission to clean the ocean and banish poachers who hunt sharks for their fins.
  • Platform: GameMaker Studios 2
Save that Hare!

Save that Hare!

ENDANGERED SPECIES MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

  • Student: Victoria H
  • School: Bates Academy
  • Description: Two friends on a hike find an endangered hare and seek help to keep it safe.
  • Platform: Scratch

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PARTNER?

Games for Change is expanding the Challenge program for 2019–2020 and seeking both national and local partnerships. For information on how to get involved, email [email protected].