Mock FRC Game for team practice

[DesignComp]

Originally Posted by g_sawchuk

While Lawrence is too busy this year to formulate a game...

Ehhh, I might be able to squeeze something in.

Anything you people wanna see?

[mrnoble]

Last year our team did FRC lite with Capture the Flag. We worked with another local team and designed a game where a 3x3x3 foot cube held a flag pole top center, set 6" deep into the cube surface. The pole was a 1.5" stick of pvc pipe. The goal of the game was to capture the opposing team's flag and return it to a trash can on the other side of the center field line. Robot rules were basically the same as 2014, with max perimeter, weight, height, bumpers, starting configuration, etc. We had a six week design and build season and finished with a competition. Here's a highlight video:

https://youtu.be/3aahoGNRPow

We didn't really take to make time to develop the game or write the rules; we just reused the 2014 manual and changed the game, so that students could familiarize themselves with FRC manual reading.

[Chris is me]

...just take their phones away before starting the exercise? It's going to be a lot easier than making a good game from scratch, and you won't have any idea how well they analyzed a game nobody has ever played.

[jwfoss]

Originally Posted by DesignComp

Ehhh, I might be able to squeeze something in.

Anything you people wanna see?

Mobile Goals (Not Trailers) and Half Size Tetras.

[DanielPlotas]

Originally Posted by DesignComp

Ehhh, I might be able to squeeze something in.

Anything you people wanna see?

Traffic cones.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by DanielPlotas

Traffic cones.

Footballs.
Water.


Sorry, had to. The OTHER classic requests for game objects (oh, and the water is just to make the bingo players happy).

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by DanielPlotas

Traffic cones.

Here's a bunch I've done for the same exercise in past years...

https://drive.google.com/folderview?...&usp=sha ring

Noodle Frenzy
CONE ZONE
PickUp Sticks
Trash Talk
Flipped Out

[MailmanDelivers]

Originally Posted by Doug G

Here's a bunch I've done for the same exercise in past years...

https://drive.google.com/folderview?...&usp=sha ring

Noodle Frenzy
CONE ZONE
PickUp Sticks
Trash Talk
Flipped Out

Those look awesome! Do you mind if I use them for new members?

[Doug G]

Originally Posted by MailmanDelivers

Those look awesome! Do you mind if I use them for new members?

Of course do what ever and tweak 'em too!

Here's a funny story... I usually would do these Mock Games as part of my robotics class' Fall Semester Final. They would be broken into groups and have to design a strategy and robot to play this pretend game and make a presentation to the class. The class would then vote the best one and they would get some bonus points if their group were chosen. I usually gave them about a week and half in class to work on it. So I had been incorporating Pool Noodles into the game a couple of times AND even had a year with the Trash Can. I did the Noodle Frenzy2 game in the fall of 2014. So when Recycle Rush was released last year, we saw the noodles as a game object - FINALLY!! I guessed the game... well kinda.

I'm still waiting for traffic cones to be a game object!!

Anyways have fun!

[Gravity]

Originally Posted by Doug G

Here's a bunch I've done for the same exercise in past years...

https://drive.google.com/folderview?...&usp=sha ring

Noodle Frenzy
CONE ZONE
PickUp Sticks
Trash Talk
Flipped Out

Wow, great work on these, I'm quite impressed!

[blackiceskier]

Originally Posted by Doug G

Here's a bunch I've done for the same exercise in past years...

https://drive.google.com/folderview?...&usp=sha ring

Noodle Frenzy
CONE ZONE
PickUp Sticks
Trash Talk
Flipped Out

Could you show me some of the ways the games are made this way I can use them for some off season events for my students. Just names are showing up for me.
Thank you