Official FIRST STEAMWORKS Teaser and DLC Pack 1!

[runneals]

Found some random pieces in the High Res wallpaper that appear multiple times and seem out of place... Also noticed that some of the stuff appears in a "blueprint" and actual behind it...

[Cothron Theiss]

I'm thinking the game will be themed about running a factory or operating a boiler. Many small round-ish game pieces (the coal) to be scored in goals and a few gear or cog shaped pieces (the repair parts) with high point values to be scored or placed in alternate scoring zones.

End game will be to burn out the drive motors, causing the magic smoke (or steam, in this game) to be released.

[Trevor1523]

I've been wanting to see moving field elements on the fiel for the longest time! Maybe this will be my year!

The huge focus on the word "cog", the number 6 on the bumper as Logan pointed out, the various cogs in the picture. I think there may be something that the robots may need to do to activate something on the field, or realease the game pieces (maybe footballs )

My thought for this is is the complexity of the past few FTC games (2015 and 2016 in particular) I've been wanting something like these past games to come to FRC and this may be my year.

I'm very excited for 2017.

[watrgaemconfrmd]

FLYING WATER GAME CONFIRMED

[Lireal]

Originally Posted by wajirock

The gears in the logo makes me think that game piece will be gears, and the robots will have to place said gears in a certain configuration in order to "activate" some sort of "device", possibly the blimp. Activation of the machine would be similar to capturing the tower. But the whole Steampunk concept is far from the futuristic theme everyone was buzzing about.

There is also the shoveling ringtone. Perhaps coal is also being added to this device to make the steam.

[Schoolboy Q]

Originally Posted by ArthurA

Of course not, but the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are very closely linked in both subject matter and the issues that they face (but are still very diverse). Including Art, a field that is completely unrelated, and important for reasons that are entirely separate from the reasons that STEM subjects are seems disingenuous to me. STEAM is an acronym that loses its way for the want of including too many fields - it becomes a platitude that loses all meaning.

It just seemed like you were getting angry at FIRST for a reason that doesn't even exist. The name of the game is Steamworks because it has a Steampunk theme, why does that have to mean that they meant for it to be S.T.E.A.M.?

[JayNico]

Originally Posted by runneals

Found some random pieces in the High Res wallpaper that appear multiple times and seem out of place... Also noticed that some of the stuff appears in a "blueprint" and actual behind it...

Wrenches?

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by logank013

The bumper is team number 6. According to the blue alliance team 6 is the CogSquad. A cog is a wheel or bar with a series of projections on its edge that transfers motion by engaging with projections on another wheel or bar.

Team 6 was from Minnesota. Maybe they predict that a MN team will finally win Einstein at one of the champs?

[ArthurA]

Originally Posted by Schoolboy Q

It just seemed like you were getting angry at FIRST for a reason that doesn't even exist. The name of the game is Steamworks because it has a Steampunk theme, why does that have to mean that they meant for it to be S.T.E.A.M.?

I dont mind that its called steamworks if that name works, was just giving my 2 cents against the steam acronym (not the same person you initially replied to).

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by maxnz

Team 6 was from Minnesota. Maybe they predict that a MN team will finally win Einstein at one of the champs?

DISTRICTS CONFIRMED 2018

[Maplecat21]

Originally Posted by JayNico

Wrenches?

They look like calipers to me.

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by Trevor1523

The huge focus on the word "cog", the number 6 on the bumper as Logan pointed out, the various cogs in the picture.

The number six may imply that there will still be 6 robots on the field at a time.

[BotDesigner]

Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42

The number six may imply that there will still be 6 robots on the field at a time.

No, there are going to be 6 alliances on the field at a time.

[runneals]

Also this looks like a major game piece since it's in the logo and in the highres with the FIRST logo on it... But where would someone source a game piece like this?!?! When I saw it in the logo, I thought it looked like this probably will move... Maybe in the air??

[Lireal]

Originally Posted by runneals

Also this looks like a major game piece since it's in the logo and in the highres with the FIRST logo on it... But where would someone source a game piece like this?!?! When I saw it in the logo, I thought it looked like this probably will move... Maybe in the air??

I personally think that that looks very much like a submarine.... and you know what that means.............