[Official 2008 Game Design] New Technology Discussions

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by dlavery

There are no assumptions about the need for three-team alliances, limiting each round to just six teams, play fields in a single plane, real-time radio communications, etc.

So we could throw in a slight delay between a command and the robot's responce?

This could create an interesting challenge for the drivers, having to anticipate what will happen and react accordinly, making controlling the robot much harder, especially when it comes to avoiding defense. Longer delays would make it more challenging and interesting, but anything more than 3-5 seconds might require longer match times.


This could simulate the delay in response times when commands are sent to the Mars rovers.