Post by Salix on Apr 22, 2016 21:33:19 GMT
Taken from Imgur, this is a useful and interesting tool.
"Blue Marble was born last year during an educational game jam. I continued developing it in my spare time for a few months and eventually released it on the App Store and Google Play. I actually managed to briefly get it on the front page of Imgur and even made a little money from it!
I am not really working on it anymore, so I decided to just make it free so everyone can enjoy it!!! No ads, no microtransactions, just straight up free.
Description:
In Blue Marble, players can adjust the factors like the distance from our planet to the sun and the brightness of the star we orbit, then observe the effects on average global temperature using a real climate model. For example, if you were to replace our sun with the nearby star Sirius, you might find the weather to be uncomfortable at 705°F (374°C). However, if you were to also change the position of the Earth such that it orbited at the same distance as Jupiter, this would bring the average global temperature down to a relatively comfortable 51°F (10.5°C).
As players experiment with different combinations, they can observe visual changes to the surface of the Earth as it shifts from a frozen ball of ice to a desert wasteland and everything in between. When players discover new potentially habitable combinations, they also unlock educational facts about some of the stars featured in the game, including how to find some of them in the night sky.
Also, for those of the metric persuasion I have you covered! The game chooses temperature units based on your region. You can also change units manually in the settings menu.
Download Links:
App Store: itunes.apple.com/us/app/bluemarble/id1000207721
Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Tekton.BlueMarble
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Tekton-Industries-LLC-BlueMarble/dp/B00X3DTYZS
More info here: tektonindustries.com/
Tell me what you think here or on twitter: twitter.com/caseydonnellan/
ALSO, if you want more cool science games, check out Super Planet Crash (http://www.stefanom.org/spc/) and Universe Sandbox 2 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/230290/)."
"Blue Marble was born last year during an educational game jam. I continued developing it in my spare time for a few months and eventually released it on the App Store and Google Play. I actually managed to briefly get it on the front page of Imgur and even made a little money from it!
I am not really working on it anymore, so I decided to just make it free so everyone can enjoy it!!! No ads, no microtransactions, just straight up free.
Description:
In Blue Marble, players can adjust the factors like the distance from our planet to the sun and the brightness of the star we orbit, then observe the effects on average global temperature using a real climate model. For example, if you were to replace our sun with the nearby star Sirius, you might find the weather to be uncomfortable at 705°F (374°C). However, if you were to also change the position of the Earth such that it orbited at the same distance as Jupiter, this would bring the average global temperature down to a relatively comfortable 51°F (10.5°C).
As players experiment with different combinations, they can observe visual changes to the surface of the Earth as it shifts from a frozen ball of ice to a desert wasteland and everything in between. When players discover new potentially habitable combinations, they also unlock educational facts about some of the stars featured in the game, including how to find some of them in the night sky.
Also, for those of the metric persuasion I have you covered! The game chooses temperature units based on your region. You can also change units manually in the settings menu.
Download Links:
App Store: itunes.apple.com/us/app/bluemarble/id1000207721
Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Tekton.BlueMarble
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Tekton-Industries-LLC-BlueMarble/dp/B00X3DTYZS
More info here: tektonindustries.com/
Tell me what you think here or on twitter: twitter.com/caseydonnellan/
ALSO, if you want more cool science games, check out Super Planet Crash (http://www.stefanom.org/spc/) and Universe Sandbox 2 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/230290/)."