Game Overview

The game centers around an outer space theme involving two alliances consisting of three teams each competing to place poly-carbonate hatch panels and orange rubber balls or “cargo” on rockets and cargo ships before returning to their HAB platform to climb at the end of the match.

Game Animation

Fundamental Rules

Successful Robot Archetypes

Top Robots

Strategy

Core Strategic Understandings

Score Down Low First to Win the Match

In this game it was generally more optimal to score in the lower goals first, as they were easier due to not having to move a mechanism up super high, or lower level teams being able

Playoff Evolution

Filling Rockets for Ranking Points

Filling a Rocket with all 12 scoring locations was critical for seeding. Elite teams could do this solo, but many teams had to collaborate to complete this task. To accomplish this task there are a few reasonable strategies.

Specialties

Having one robot handle Hatch Panels while another robot handles the Cargo of the rocket. Not the most efficient due to paths crossing regularly, but would be a common

High Level Strategy

Strategic Design Considerations

Alliance Compositions