Alien Escapade - The Game

Gaming has become an integral part of our day-today life. The video game industry has grown over the years, and now more and more people are playing video games. Moreover, video games have become a major source of entertainment, and with the help of smart phones, the gaming industry has taken over other platforms. Today, there is competition between the video game platforms themselves and about 47% Americans play video games on mobile devices, leaving other dedicated gaming consoles behind, which make the mobile devices as the most popular platform for gaming. This paper presents a mobile game called “Alien Escapade” which can be played on an Android or IOS device. It is an endless runner type game where the character keeps on running infinitely while jumping over or dodging obstacles, as long as the user does not make a mistake and crashes into one of the obstacles. Alien Escapade is a game which starts with a non-threatening alien with big eyes, small nose, big ears, a smile similar to a human baby, and a short body who gets lost and arrives on our planet Earth in the hope of finding a way back to his planet. However, its hope has been ruined by the human scientists who want to study the alien and learn more about it by capturing it. As the alien realizes this, he escapes. The players have to help the alien escape from the clutches of the scientists by helping the alien dodge, jump over, and slide under different obstacles and collect energy points. We validated the game through a survey by randomly selecting a small cohort of students to play this game for a few minutes and then fill-out a questionnaire and the initial results are encouraging.