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Mercer Students Design, Develop Space-Themed Arcade Game
August 31, 2024
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 31 -- Mercer University issued the following news:

By Jennifer Falk

The pixelated graphics, electronic music and joystick controls of Starship Showdown make it feel like a classic arcade game. But the two-player shooting game was actually created in 2024 by two Mercer University students who weren't even alive during the arcade's heyday.

Juniors Rajwol Chapagain and Maret McWhorter created the game from scratch as part of t . . .

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