[Ryan Foley]

note: this game was created by myself and my girlfriend Melissa Fitta (also registered on CD). This is the 1st of 4 or more games we have created (but the only one we have finished so far)

Troublesome Trash

Basic summary: get the footballs into the trash barrels, then get the trash barrels in your end zone or in one of your 3 barrel holding bins, then get your bot into one of the end zones.

Field: see attached thumbnail. The Alliance Stations are the same as they are this year, as is the field size. The human player stations are where they were this year as well, no there isnt a ball corral. Each human player starts with 5 footballs. 15 footballs are placed along the wall in each end zone. There is an IR beacon in each end zone, and lines along the floor leading from the stairs to the end zones (they arent in the drawing though).

Match Setup: 1:45 of remote controlled play, followed by 15 seconds of autonomous

Scoring:
5 points per football in a trash barrel that is in either your end zone or one of your barrel holding bins
25 points per trash barrel in a barrel holding bin of your color
20 points for each robot of your color that moves itself into your end zone during autonomous*
40 points for each robot of your color that moves itself into your opponents end zone during autonomous*

optional game add on: putting the lid on the trash barrel (and locking the lid clamps) doubles the value of the balls inside.

*= robots must not be in an end zone at the start of autonomous or they will be worth no points (moving out of then back into the same end zone doesnt count). The only exception to this is when a robot starts in one end zone, then moves to the other during autonomous, that is OK.

Note on the midfield barrier: there are 3 ways across, through the pipes (2ft tall, 1.5ft between them), under the platform (12in clearance), or up the stairs and over the platform (6in tall 2ft deep 3ft wide step, 1ft tall 4ft deep 9ft wide platform)

Good things:
-pretty simple
-trash barrels are not designated, so stealing trash barrels is a cool aspect of the game
-autonomous at the end could be interesting
-footballs are harder to pick up (for robots at least)
-think of the robot drive types designed to handle that midfield barrie
-variety of tasks
-think of all the fun things you could do with the robot after competition

Bad things:
-autonomous at end mght be easier or harder, depend on where your bot is when it starts
-trash barrels might break, so it could be 2003 bins all over again
-decreased HP role