My Aqueous World

Create your own world in our game, which is connected to real-life to bring water back to life!

Our solution is to design a game that will enable people of all age groups to increase awareness and sensitivity in their water use. After downloading the game to your device, you need to get your family's game account information from authorized persons. This account will work in an integrated way with the real water usage data of the family. The game will simulate the neighborhood you live in. In the game, the family that uses the least amount of water monthly will be the manager of the neighborhood and will be able to make decisions and new features will be opened in their account. In the game, people will be able to chat with each other. In addition, there will be global leagues and you will be able to jump or drop from the league in the game where you are ranked according to your water use. At the end of the year, the champion of that year will be selected and an informative message will be sent to the players about what can be done with the water they do not use, and game money will be charged for the water they do not use.

The problem we are trying to solve is the unnecessary and excessive use of water. 80 countries in the world suffer from water shortages. 844 million people do not have access to drinking water services. More than a quarter of the world's population, 2.1 billion people, do not have access to clean water. 4 Billion people experience severe water scarcity for at least one month a year. Therefore, it is time to say "STOP" to this. If we continue to consume water at this rate, a very dark period awaits us. American Space and Aviation Administration NASA According to the researches, the consumption of fresh water in the world works faster than the regeneration process of these resources. According to NASA aquatic scientist Jay Famiglietti, "Water levels are falling all over the world. Water resources are not going to last forever.".If the water runs out, life ends, too. Let's take care of our water!

Our project is trying to improve the lives of all humanity, even those who are not yet born because if we continue to consume water with this insensitivity and speed, the number of countries and people without water access will increase exponentially. Without water, life cannot exist. Thanks to this project, people will both pay attention to water consumption and they will also be able to have fun in a virtual environment while doing this. Also, if we consider that every family consumes water below the average, the lifespan of the water will increase, so we will leave a more livable world to new generations.

As a team, we have been researching the water problem intensively for 2 years and in our research, we examined the rates of usable water around the world. The data we encountered was not encouraging. If we continue like this, the water does not have a long life. We conducted surveys with people around us about water use and realized that most people are worried about water. We presented the project idea we designed to people and we got the result that more than 80% of people are ready to download to their devices. We produced solutions to the TÜBİTAK and TEKNOFEST competitions held in our country within the scope of environmental problems.

We chose the ''Concept'' from the development stages because, in line with our research, we encountered a global problem and we started to think about this problem. We came up with the idea of an application in which people can be intertwined with the solution. Even though we are working on it right now, it is still in the idea stage and is being developed. We exchange ideas every day for the possible application and strive to make the best.

Our solution is a new project and a project based on software. Since it is a game, we are planning to use a game design application such as "Unity" during the production phase. We also think that our project is very innovative because software is like a world without borders. So as long as there is software, our project is and will always be open to developments and innovations.

We have not launched our solution yet, but since our solution is an application, all people with technological devices will be able to benefit from this solution. According to a new report prepared in cooperation with HootSuite and We Are Social Digital 2021, a great majority of the world population, which has reached approximately 8 billion (7.9 billion), has at least one phone owner. According to the records, 5.27 billion people in the world own at least one phone, and when the total number of phones is calculated, we see that it equals 7.7 billion. In other words, 5.27 billion people can benefit from our solution if they want. When our application comes out, we will start working on it.

With our solution, we aim to reduce water use. We not only want to reduce water use, but also increase people's awareness of water use, and we want them to do this by having fun and interacting with each other, not getting bored. If everyone consumes water below the average, we can all succeed in keeping our world a livable place. In fact, the results of our project are not short-term, but on the contrary, we can see them for a very long time. If we manage to reduce water use with our project, we will invest not only in the present but also in our future and future generations.

We found 13. Climate Action and 14. Life Below Water from UN Sustainable Development Goals suitable for our project. Because for a long time.We wanted to draw attention to this water shortage, which is the problem of the whole world. Since our solution is still in an idea stage, we haven't made much progress. First, we investigated the big problems in the world. Then we wanted to draw attention to the water shortage. For this reason, we wanted to use mobile devices, which are now available to everyone, as ambassadors, because we thought that we could reach people from there the most. We hope that with the feedback we receive from people, we will be able to put our project into practice in a short time.

First of all, the biggest obstacle for us to reach our goal is financial. In fact, although it does not cost much to design an application, it is difficult to have a computer in the conditions of our country. If we put our project on the road to realization, first of all, we will need to have a comfortable computer. Of course, we also think that legal obstacles may arise in front of us due to our young age. But these problems are not something that cannot be solved

Together with our team, we have participated in competitions on environmental issues more than once before. We are both very interested in this issue and want to find a solution that works globally. While one member of our team focuses on coding and game design, another member brings new ideas to our team with the articles and journals she reads academically.

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