For honors chemistry, we had a list of ions we had to memorize. Many people, including myself, struggled with the long list. My app, Ion Quiz, is trying to be a fun way to memorize some of the more difficult ionic compounds. The sprites for the formulas could only be a certain size, so I solved it, which also saved time by not having to make every individual ion. I won honorable mention for this app.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-sKeEOwgGk

For this year’s challenge, I created a way to encode messages using one-time pads. The video shows off how it’s done, though the app itself no longer works.

This app is intended as a fun way to deal with some of the frustrations of the current pandemic while practicing hand-eye coordination and on-the-fly thinking. The app’s target audience is kids and anyone looking for a little retro-style fun. I made the game with GBStudio to play on the web and on a GameBoy, and I created the music with Milkytracker. I won second place in my district for it. You can play the game now!

https://samstick.vrtisworks.com/c0v1d

After 5 long years, Darkness Falls has been released! Explore a dystopian world with lots of things to do, and a mystery to solve… https://samstick.vrtisworks.com/darkness_falls/indexdf.html