Lunar Exploration: Past

We exhibit an educational game, which allows players to experience a lunar roving adventure in virtual reality. This game was a finalist game in the Serious Games Showcase & Challenge, an international premier venue for recognition of excellence in serious games. The game simulates the activities of lunar exploration missions based on historical events of the Apollo missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which astronauts landed on the Moon, drove the lunar rover, and conducted science experiment. The goal of this game is to increase players' interest in space science and motivate them to learn more about the lunar exploration missions. The player acts as an astronaut in the game and needs to deploy the lunar rover, drive it, and then perform three gamified tasks mimicking actual lunar surface activities. A 1-minte video demo of the game can be found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIf4FEUYUJQ