The random minigames in Space Nation Navigator usually take place in the Solar System. We needed to have a simple an schematic representation of the main planets in it, so that could both mantain the visual style of the app and be recognizable by some of its elements. The Solar System assets were initially designed for one of the physical challenges (endurance running game) and later on available for other games and educational purposes.

 

The Wayfarer's crew mission starts in the TRAPPIST system, an interesting group of planets and exoplanets around a red dwarf that are thought to potentially have conditions close to those of our Planet Earth. This scenario is where most of the Weekly Adventures take place. Several games explore this system, and others have it as background while solving other challenges on land.

Games like Flameout or Docking take place inside or next to the International Space Station, the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit. The ISS consists of pressurised modules, external trusses, solar arrays, and other components, and serves as a research laboratory in micro-gravity conditions and a space environment.

Backgrounds made for the physical challenges (running games) in Weekly Adventures 4, 7, 8 and 10. The first on the left (1) is on the frozen surface of TRAPPIST-g, during an ice storm. The rests are on different places and layers of TRAPPIST-b, escaping radiation (2,4) or trying not to loose communication with the Wayfarer's ship (3).

Detailed view of the spaceship's kitchen, previously presented to the users as game background. Every week of narrative content has a "choose your own adventure" style minigame, based on the commander's dialog choices. In Week 3, the commander explores the Wayfarer looking for clues of the previous leader of the ship, and the kitchen was one of the areas to be illustrated for it.