will-it-launch
Will it Launch?! Will it launch is our attempt at a flight control style multiplayer game. The object of the game is to successfully work as a team to monitor the flight systems of a rocket just before launch and decide if the rocket is safe to launch. Time is critical but you can't sacrifice the safety of the astronauts! The flight controller views include: FIDO, SURGEON, EECOM, GNC and CONTROL The project is written in Go, HTML, JavaScript, Java and JavaFXThis project is solving the 3-2-1 LIFTOFF: Launch that Rocket! challenge. Description
Will it Launch?!
Will it launch is our attempt at a flight control style multiplayer game. The object of the game is to successfully work as a team to monitor the flight systems of a rocket just before launch and decide if the rocket is safe to launch. Time is critical but you can't sacrifice the safety of the astronauts!
The flight controller views include:
FIDO Launch angle (L/R/U/D) Compensate that for wind speed/direction to ensure it goes up?
SURGEON Heart rate - tranquillise/steroids
EECOM Cryogenic levels (up/down) Cabin pressure (up/down) Generator/battery power (?)
GNC Engine temperature Fuel flow - make sure it doesn't 'stall'
CONTROL Bird scare (beep) Countdown? (trigger/reset etc?)
Team
Our team consists of 5 members, three of which have come to previous space apps competitions and two newbies! Ben Oxley @b3noxley Adam Grieg @randomskk Tom Dalby Andrew Cowan * Marcello Seri
How we did it
For a go no-go game, the temptation to program it in Google's Go language was too strong (at least for Adam). The backend server is written in Go and provides a websockets interface for our frontend GUI which is written in Java and JavaFX.
We have heavily used the jave-websockets library, jfxtras and the excellent Enzo controls library.
Project Information
License: Sleepycat License (Sleepycat)
Source Code/Project URL: https://github.com/willitlaunch/
