The Not So-Secret Secret End-Game

[Caio]

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but we just started watching the kickoff video again.

It starts with:
"They thought X, they got Y" themes with previous inventions.

Game hint:
"Sorry, we made a mistake. These numbers give the same result but look different and are formatted differently"

Maybe, a completely different challenge, solvable by the same robot.

Food for thought.

[Justin Shelley]

Originally Posted by Caio

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but we just started watching the kickoff video again.

It starts with:
"They thought X, they got Y" themes with previous inventions.

Game hint:
"Sorry, we made a mistake. These numbers give the same result but look different and are formatted differently"

Maybe, a completely different challenge, solvable by the same robot.

Food for thought.

THIS!! I am more inclined to believe this then a change to the current game that would require new mechanisms.

[Peragore]

Originally Posted by Caio

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but we just started watching the kickoff video again.

It starts with:
"They thought X, they got Y" themes with previous inventions.

Game hint:
"Sorry, we made a mistake. These numbers give the same result but look different and are formatted differently"

Maybe, a completely different challenge, solvable by the same robot.

Food for thought.

Or they may not change the game up enough to actually require a large change of the robot. The game is so generic this year that you are almost required to build a robot that is a jack of all trades. That would allow GDC to change most game rules without severely punishing teams. That all ties back to the build for one thing, get another that ad talked about. We are building for one game, but are forced to build in such a generic way that it will work for the real game revealed later.

Just a thought