At the Speed of Light

Enhanced version

Image Description
Shot 1 Description :
Credits screen featuring a character in the form of a drop of water with a cartoon speech bubble presenting the introductory text. There is an "OK" button.

There is a "?" button to return to the introductory page any time.

Transcription :
At the Speed of Light

You flick a light switch and light arrives instantaneously. In fact, the light has traveled a path from its source (a lamp, for example) to your eyes. But you cannot see this movement because light travels at a speed of 300 000 km/s (kilometres per second). Yes, per SECOND!

Now, what is even more amazing, nor can be seen, is that electricity is traveling in the power network at a speed almost equal to the speed of light.

To give you a "clear" idea of this speed, click the images on the left. Each animation compares the time needed for electricity to travel a certain distance from the Robert-Bourassa generating station and the time needed for an airplane travelling at 600 km/h to travel the same distance.
Shot 2 Description :
Main screen of the game.

The image represents the Province of Quebec seen in perspective with a star-filled sky in the distance. There is a drawing on the image of Quebec symbolically representing the Robert-Bourassa generating station and the Cité de l'Énergie tower in the foreground.

On the left side of the screen is a box containing an illustrated, clickable menu. The menu features the Cité de l'énergie tower, the moon, the sun, Saturn and a star.

There is a "?" button to return to the introductory page any time.

Transcription :
Shot 3 Description :
When we click the Cité de l'énergie tower, animation appears. A bolt of lightning and a plane travel towards the tower.

Symbolically, we want to represent the speed of light and the speed of a plane.

At the lower right, there is a text box.

There is a "?" button to return to the introductory page any time.

Transcription :
Cité de l'Énergie
The Cité de l'Énergie is located some 1200 km from the Robert-Bourassa generating station in James Bay.

Electricity ± 0,0004 s (four ten-millionths of a second)
Plane ± 2 h
Shot 4 Description :
When we click on the moon, animation appears. The sky seems to revolve on itself to make the moon appear. A bolt of lightning and a plane travel towards the moon.

Symbolically, we want to represent the speed of light and the speed of a plane.

At the lower right, there is a text box.

There is a "?" button to return to the introductory page any time.

Transcription :
Moon
The moon is 385 000 km from the Earth.

Electricity ± 1,25 s
Plane ± 34 days
Shot 5 Description :
When we click on the sun, animation appears. The sky seems to revolve on itself to make the sun appear. The sky becomes blue and the stars disappear in the sky. A bolt of lightning and a plane travel towards the sun.

Symbolically, we want to represent the speed of light and the speed of a plane.

At the lower right, there is a text box.

There is a "?" button to return to the introductory page any time.

Transcription :
Sun
The sun is far from Earth: about 150 000 000 km (one hundred and fifty million).

Electricity ± 8,5 min (minutes)
Plane ± 28 years
Shot 6 Description :
When we click on Saturn, animation appears. The sky seems to revolve on itself to make Saturn appear. A bolt of lightning and a plane travel towards Saturn.

Symbolically, we want to represent the speed of light and the speed of a plane.

At the lower right, there is a text box.

There is a "?" button to return to the introductory page any time.

Transcription :
Saturn
Saturn is even further away from our planet than the sun, at some 1 277 000 000 km (one billion two hundred and seventy-seven million).

Electricity ± 71 min
Plane ± 234 years
Shot 7 Description :
When we click on the star, animation appears. The sky seems to revolve on itself to make the star appear. A bolt of lightning and a plane travel towards the star.

Symbolically, we want to represent the speed of light and the speed of a plane.

At the lower right, there is a text box.

There is a "?" button to return to the introductory page any time.

Transcription :
Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri, the star closest to Earth, is some 40 871 520 000 000 km away (forty trillion eight hundred seventy-one billion five hundred and twenty million).

Electricity ± 4,32 years
Plane ± 8 800 000 years