Design potential stage harzards

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• [ ] Come up with potential hazards that could damage player ship and pose challenge in some way
• [ ] Verify that hazards aren't total nonsense, have some valid link to real science that we can accompany with information

Implementation of hazards might be dependent on #2 so write down concepts and do rough engine prototypes or paper prototypes if possible

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https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/5-hazards-of-human-spaceflight

Invisible Radiation

https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/elements/radiation Real Facts

• Invisible to human eye
• Stronger outside a planet's protective atmosphere
• Long term hazards like cancer, diseases, neurological disorders
• Acute radiation sickness, which can cause death, comes into effect a certain amount of time after exposure depending on intensity of exposure.
• 100,000 roentgens/rad (1,000 Gy) causes almost immediate unconsciousness and death within an hour. 1 Gy causes radiation sickness, 4 Gy causes death within 30 days (https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000026.htm#:~:text=Without%20medical%20treatment%2C%20nearly%20everyone,and%20death%20within%20an%20hour.)
• Radiation caused by stars, quasars, and galactic centers
• Solar radiation intensity relates to an 11 year solar cycle (https://www.nasa.gov/analogs/nsrl/why-space-radiation-matters)
• Galactic cosmic radiation comes from the remnants of supernovas

Gameplay

• Invisible areas of level
• Different tiers of radiation intensity or gradual climb = more radiation/second the closer to center
• Adds level challenge of navigating radiation hotspots, even when there is no geometry blocking the way.
• Players can take a certain amount of radiation without real consequence, adds risk/reward layer to exposing yourself
• Lower radiation damages systems, causes some sort of debuf or impairment to the player
• Mini radar for visualizing radiation (expandable?) (costs resource/energy?)
• Occurrence of solar flare mid-level that requires player adaptation (shield/ cover?)

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Asteroids

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/exploration/?page=0&per_page=10&order=launch_date+desc%2Ctitle+asc&search=&tags=Asteroids&category=33 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&condition_1=101%3Aparent_id&condition_2=asteroid%3Abody_type%3Ailike

Real Facts

• NASA impacted a spacecraft into an asteroid for the purpose of forcing it to move in a direction
• Japan landed a spacecraft onto an asteroid to collect samples
• Asteroids have their own gravitational pull
• Can be found more densely in asteroid belts, which orbit large masses like stars and planets. Our star has a major asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
• Saturn's rings contain asteroids that were torn apart by Saturn's gravity (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/in-depth/#:~:text=Saturn's%20rings%20are%20thought%20to,other%20materials%20such%20as%20dust.).

Gameplay

• Asteroids are resource collecting opportunities
• Asteroids collision damages player ship
• Asteroids move on their own
• Players can launch things at asteroids to manipulate their movement, uncovering terriority, preventing impactm, or smashing asteroids together
• Asteroids need to be blown open for loot samples
• Player passes through the sun's asteroid belt on a level.

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Antimatter

This might not be good for gameplay inclusion, antimatter is rare and not well understood https://www.livescience.com/32387-what-is-antimatter.html

Real Facts

• Very rare in the universe
• When matter and antimatter meet, they annihilate each other and produce energy
• In theory, much was created during the big bang that no longer exists
• Due to energy production, has been proposed as a way to power spacecraft in the future. Could allow travel at 1/10 the speed of light
• Can be created by humans for extreme expense

Gameplay

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Gravitational Pull

Real Facts

Gameplay

• Levels could take place within gravitational pull of planets, affecting player movement