anyone have any ideas about next years game?

[Hadar]

Because it's FIRST 20th year, my guess is that the game will combine all three elements of the first logo (circle, square and triangle) I have no idea how though... =\

[RandomStyuff]

Originally Posted by Hadar

Because it's FIRST 20th year, my guess is that the game will combine all three elements of the first logo (circle, square and triangle) I have no idea how though... =\

Actually, I doubt it. They tried that in the FTC (don't remember when, could be in the FVC days) and from what I've read on these fourms (seeing as there is no FTC in Israel) it was a failure of sorts... forcing something like the logo onto gameplay would be just that: forced and unnatural. I doubt the correct way to design a game is by what kind of signs you'd have in it and adding those signs into the game would make it even worse. At the most I can see them doing something like that with Vision targets, where one is circular (like this year's), one triangular and one squared. It would give the programmers a challenge though...

[Bjenks548]

Anyone else think we're (including me) a little obsessed? The seasons over and were already onto the next one.
There are ceirtain elements of each game that I'm 99% sure won't change:
Autonomous period
Bonus round
Same shape of field (other then the corners which tend to change)
2 alliances of 3 teams each
There will be human players
Bumpers are needed on the robot at specified hights

Thats about all I'm sure about untill the game is released.

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Bjenks548

Anyone else think we're (including me) a little obsessed? The seasons over and were already onto the next one.

Hey, the GDC starts planning for the next year as soon as the new game is out. We're actually a little slow, by their standards.

[kjolana1124]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Hey, the GDC starts planning for the next year as soon as the new game is out. We're actually a little slow, by their standards.

Kara's right. I think a goal we should have is, as a collective, come up with a rulebook of our own before kickoff. We should be able to do it

[PAR_WIG1350]

I hope next year bumpers are only mandatory on the corners or something like that

[pwnageNick]

Here is next year's game. Two cylinders 5 feet tall are spaced apart in the center area of the field. There are balls that shoot out of the cylinder at a high rate. There are 40 in each cylinder, each either red or blue. The objective is to end up with as few of your alliances blocks on the ground. At the end of the field on each alliance side, there's a bin where robots can put balls that came out of the cylinder. Each cylinder is 5 feet in diameter. There is a 20 foot diameter circle around each cylinder according to each alliance color. Only one robot is allowed inside the tape perimeter at a time. The other two robots are in charge of collecting the runaway balls. There is also a line going down the center of the playing field dividing each alliance side. A robot can drive anywhere on the field besides inside the circle around the cylinder. In the last 30 seconds 10 balls for each alliance will come out of the cylinder that are worth 5 times the value of a normal ball. One detail: Robots cannot cover up the cylinder opening, but they can try to catch the balls or deflect them back into the cylinder. A normal ball on the floor is 1 point. A ending ball is 5 points. The game will be called Breaking Point (BP)

In case you couldn't tell, this game is based off of the BP Oil Spill lol.
At first I was laughing at my idea myself, but now that I'm looking at this, I think this might actually be pretty cool.

[Garret]

I think a game in which the playing field is covered in a layer of sand would be an interesting challenge.

[ttldomination]

Originally Posted by Garret

I think a game in which the playing field is covered in a layer of sand would be an interesting challenge.

And a dirty one....

Next year's game is going to involve vuvuzelas...I can just feel it.

[iblis432]

this may have already been said, i havn't been keeping up with this post, but here's some food for thought.

400 years ago (7 Jan 1610)
Italian scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto

100 years ago (13 Jan 1910)
The first public radio broadcast – an experimental live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, USA, where several famous opera singers, including Enrico Caruso, were performing

For Galileo all I can think of is four scoring elements: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. But what these actually are and what you do with them is beyond me. something to do with rotation perhaps?

I dont know what you can do with the first radio broadcast, but it's an interesting scientific tidbit they might throw in.

[rcmolloy]

By now the GDC could be thinking of anything. I know that next years game is going to be outrageous but extremely fun. The best thing to do right now, like iblis432 said, is to look at events and past games for hints. I have a strong feeling regolith will be included in next years game with a feature that resembles a hockey like game.

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

...regolith will be included in next years game.....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!! I hate regolith.

[rcmolloy]

Originally Posted by apalrd

NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!! I hate regolith.

Haha! Regolith is the death of me as well. Although, if it is a hockey based game like I think it could possibly be, I can guarantee that the regolith will be used as "ice". Let's just hope that the GDC actually knows appreciates how annoying regolith was during Lunacy.

[Bjenks548]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

Haha! Regolith is the death of me as well. Although, if it is a hockey based game like I think it could possibly be, I can guarantee that the regolith will be used as "ice". Let's just hope that the GDC actually knows appreciates how annoying regolith was during Lunacy.

Just imagine regolith bumps on a field

[rcmolloy]

Originally Posted by Bjenks548

Just imagine regolith bumps on a field

Personally, I wouldn't play the game hahaha.