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