2018 STUDENT CHALLENGE AWARDS

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

CONNECTED CITIES HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

• Student: Geneva H
• School: High School of Art and Design
• Description: Solar Sprout is a game about building, repairing, and enhancing connections in a city through applying energy in various ways. You play as Johnnie, a gender non-conforming robot, solving local issues.
• Platform: Unity

CONNECTED CITIES MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Alexander B, Alston C, Nathan S, Maddox G (Middle School)
• School: Mark Twain I.S.239
• Description: A ghoul has to oversee a city and make decisions about how to make it more connected.
• Platform: Scratch

KINDNESS & EMPATHY HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Anton T, Anastasia B
• School: High School of Art and Design
• Description: This game is based off the saying “What goes around, comes around.” Help the people with their problems, and they will help you too!
• Platform: Unity

KINDNESS & EMPATHY MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

• Student: Langening R
• School: PS 102Q
• Description: Phobic is a short visual novel about bullying, with four different endings, that shows students what they can do to help those that are bullied, regardless of what they identify as and who they are.
• Platform: Scratch

NEWS LITERACY HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Amadou D, Geneva H (High School of Art and Design)
• School: Bronx International High School
• Description: Sources, Please is a 2D platformer where a player jumps on rising platforms made of news posts. They fall if the information written on them is not reliable, but holds the player if they are.
• Platform: Unity

NEWS LITERACY MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Nancy C, Nicole Y, Tina T
• School: John J Pershing 220
• Description: Players learn that not all news are real. This game helps young teenagers identify fake news.
• Platform: Marvelapp

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Kartik K, David R, Brian R, Anthony S
• School: Tottenville High School
• Description: Welcome to Beetopia, a utopia of bees, all living together in harmony. Explore a city of Pollinators, having a fun time learning the importance of pollinators in our community and our environment.
• Platform: SNAPP

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Tristan K, Nicolas M, Alvis L
• School: PS 102Q
• Description: A bee’s hive has broken down due to delinquent children. Two bees have stepped up to the challenge to fix their hive. Control a bee as he goes on a quest to save their home.
• Platform: Scratch

GRAND PRIZE WINNER

• High School
• Student: Kol G
• School: Maynard Jackson High School
• Description: When should you use a stop sign versus a stoplight, and how should the stoplights be configured? Control the traffic congestion of an ever-growing and changing city by deciding the design of each intersection.
• Platform: Javascript

BEST GAMEPLAY HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

• Student: Koen V
• School: PTC
• Description: Inhabit a future where people ride jetpacks and drones carry food for airborne commuters to grab on their way home. Can you gather healthy food while avoiding unhealthy choices as you zoom across the sky?
• Platform: Unity

MOST CREATIVE HIGH SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Matthew M, William B, Jabari M
• School: A.R. Johnson
• Description: Combat disease by eliminating all the viruses before the time runs out! Can you save America from the diseases threatening the country?
• Platform: Scratch

MOST CREATIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Brady F, Ryan M
• School: Vickery Creek MS
• Description: The city is installing smart cameras to catch criminals and it’s up to you to identify criminals in the crowd to teach the cameras how to recognize them!
• Platform: Scratch

BEST GAMEPLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

• Student: Justin X
• School: River Trail Middle School
• Description: As a trash-collecting robot, it’s your duty to gather as trash much as possible. How long can you hold out until garbage overtakes the city?
• Platform: Scratch

BEST USE OF THEME MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER

• Students: Vedant B, Arnav S
• School: Vickery Creek MS
• Description: As a government official, it’s up to you to decide on projects to approve for city development such as renewable energy sources and public wifi. Keep that budget balanced while maintaining city health!
• Platform: Scratch