MoneyQuest

Inspiration

Financial literacy is important yet challenging for many people. Effective budgeting and informed investing decisions lead to a fulfilling life. While courses offer guidance, interactive experiences make these concepts engaging and accessible. That's why we created a game that simulates a person's journey in mastering these essential skills.

What it does

This is a visual novel that goes over many budgeting and investing topics that helps introduce those to financial literacy, budgeting, and taking risks while investing. These topics include stocks, jobs, and knowing when to spend their hard earned money through simulation. The player starts with a certain amount of cash and knows the benefits and risks of each action they take.

How we built it

We used the Python language to utilize the RenPy framework. This widespread framework allows for easy implementations of visual novel type games. Along with using this framework, we also used Leonardo AI in order to create images such as the main character and the background art.

Challenges we ran into

We decided on too many features, therefore, the implementation became extremely complex. It was a time-consuming process.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

One of the big accomplishments that we are proud of is that we were able to create a fully functional game in less than 3 days.

What we learned

We learned how to create a functional game from scratch using Renpy. Communication skills were used and planning with Figma was a critical part of the functionality of the app as we shared our ideas and improved upon each other.