LexiLeap

Inspiration

Our inspiration was our desire to contribute to an educational cause utilizing some sort of database while also trying to make the experience fun along the way.

What it does

LexiLeap is a two-player, local multiplayer racing platform game where you can race against each other to get to the top. Finding synonyms of the given words grants you a boost, while taking antonyms will stun you. With this, you can expand your language lexicon while have fun!

How we built it

We decided to use Godot as our game engine, mainly because it was lightweight and could accomplish everything we aimed to achieve. We used Github as source control, Python to manipulate and obtain data from our database, and various art programs to create our visuals.

Challenges we ran into

We all were very inexperienced with Godot or game development in general, so it was a huge learning curve trying to learn about game development. In addition, trying to implement the data taken from our database was also a challenge.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud of how much progress we made toward our game! Though we started not even knowing how to open a new Godot project, through a ton of Youtube videos, Googling, and confused questions, we were able to make a playable game with some implemented mechanics and visuals.

What we learned

We definitely learned about the game development process as well as the basics of source control. More specifically, we learned a lot about Godot and its features and functionality. We also learned how to divide up tasks and work together as a team!

What's next for LexiLeap

We loved working on this project together and rapidly learning a ton of new stuff. Though we weren't able to fully implement all our ideas and visions, we made good progress and we might revisit this again. In addition, now that we have some experience in game development, it is a new opportunity for us to explore more.