What if there was a FIRST Video Game

[Nawaid Ladak]

seince FIRST is becoming a big deal around this time of year.... would you like to see a good looking FIRST video game covering the FIRST year, sort of like FIRST Robotics 2006 or something.....

You know, Electronic Arts HQ is about a 45 min drive away from my house......

and anyway, some of us use AudoDesk 3DsMax, can't you create Video games on there. (i've heard it can be done....)

Any Ideas

[TheLostRenegade]

EA headquarters are in Redwood City, CA (as stated at http://info.ea.com/company/company_background.php).

As for there being a FIRST game, it would be really awesome, but I imagine it would also be very hard to do.

I would definately give it a shot if somebody did the work.

[KenWittlief]

so... it would be a game like Link? or Myst?

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by TheLostRenegade

EA headquarters are in Redwood City, CA (as stated at http://info.ea.com/company/company_background.php).

As for there being a FIRST game, it would be really awesome, but I imagine it would also be very hard to do.

I would definately give it a shot if somebody did the work.

They also have a major building in Orlando, maybe not the "official" HQ, but it is..really big.

But if there was a FIRST video game, I'd think it would be an RPG

[DCA Fan]

Search the forums for "FVG". This has been discussed ad nauseum by a bunch of folks.

[Justin]

This idea has been brought up before. Take a look at Robot Arena 2 if you Google it I'm sure you will find it. Anyways it has multi-player and yes in its current form it is like BattleBots but they have a pretty good engine and since they are already doing a lot of the things a FIRST game would want to do it seems like if someone could get access to their engine it would be a great starting point. Maybe even approach the company directly.

Thoughts...

Justin

[Jeff Rodriguez]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=135

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Justin

This idea has been brought up before. Take a look at Robot Arena 2 if you Google it I'm sure you will find it. Anyways it has multi-player and yes in its current form it is like BattleBots but they have a pretty good engine and since they are already doing a lot of the things a FIRST game would want to do it seems like if someone could get access to their engine it would be a great starting point. Maybe even approach the company directly.

Thoughts...

Justin

I have RA2... it was developed by Infogrames, now Atari. It's a very fun game. If someone has 3DSMax v5 you can even create your own parts and arenas and stuff like that. I'd like to see people make FRC parts and such. It's even an online multiplayer. You can get it for about $5 on Amazon.com, too.

[anacoolio]

that sounds really cool, a FIRST video game. It would not only be fun to play (especially if, like someone mentioned, it was rpg) but it would also help drivers in developing their skills without having to use the robot itself the whole time.

[gondorf]

I could probably make a first video game on the ti-83 plus. anyone have any ideas or encouragement?( this means say yes if you want it and no if you dont).

[Nawaid Ladak]

Yea, hey, i just found something

....You know your addicted to FIRST when.... your playing a FIRST robotics video game douring algebra 2 class on your TI-83 Plus, when you don't need a calculation, because you have done problems 10 times harder while doing what you really do..... build robots....

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by gondorf

I could probably make a first video game on the ti-83 plus. anyone have any ideas or encouragement?( this means say yes if you want it and no if you dont).

The most simple thing of just pushing balls into a goal and getting a robot in a place at the end is probly a good start. Aslo a button to push that sends a ball into the field (human player)

[Sharkbyte]

Game concept: Run around collecting robot parts

Mini games: drill hole in robot to make weight
eat pizza
guess screw threadings
fix programming errors
dodge flying shrapnel
play dodgeball

hidden difficulty: if you don't beat the game in six weeks, it EXPLODES

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Sharkbyte

Game concept: Run around collecting robot parts

Mini games: drill hole in robot to make weight
eat pizza
guess screw threadings
fix programming errors
dodge flying shrapnel
play dodgeball

hidden difficulty: if you don't beat the game in six weeks, it EXPLODES

Lol, perfect!

[Cyberguy34000]

Really, I think it is a cool idea and all, but I think people's programming talents and time would be much better spent trying to help get a universal scouting system in place... (sigh)