Super Robo Rally Instructions

• Programming
• Board Elements
• Magic Arrow
• Game Settings
• Personal Command System (PCS)
• Android App
• Your Device
• Options
• Robots
• Technology
• Game Mechanics
• Game Instructions
• Robo Rally

Programming

Enter Program

Shut Down

Commands

	Move 1	Move forward 1 square
	Move 2	Move forward 2 squares
	Move 3	Move forward 3 squares
	Move back 1	Move back 1 square, without rotating robot
	Turn Left	Turn Left 90 degrees (1/4 turn), while staying in the same location
	Turn Right	Turn Right 90 degrees (1/4 turn), while staying in the same location
	U-Turn	Turn 180 degrees (1/2 turn), while staying in the same location
	Save	Save current program. Must be active (green) in order to save

Board Elements

	Blank Square	No effect on robot
	Start Square	Robot Start Square + Wrench
	Flag	Wrench + Target checkpoint
	Wrench	Robots ending phase, move archive. Ending turn, repair 1 damage
	Wrench Hammer	Wrench + Repair additional damage
	Pit	Robot entering or passing over square, dies
	Edge	same as Pit
	Wall	Block robot movement
	Water	Nulify first square of movement. (only when starting on this square) Does not effect turns or moves when passing over.
	Straight Belt	Moves robot 1 square in the direction of the arrow
	Right Turn Belt	Straight belt + if pushed onto this by another belt, turn 90 degrees right.
	Left Turn Belt	Straight belt + if pushed onto this by another belt, turn 90 degrees Left.
	Double Belt	Moves robot 1 square before regular belts, AND 1 square with all other belts
	Double Right Turn Belt	Double Belt + Turn Right Belt
	Double Left Turn Belt	Double Belt + Turn Left Belt
	Right Gear	Turns robot 90 degrees Right.
	Left Gear	Turns robot 90 degrees Left.

Magic Arrow

Magic Arrow

Game Settings

PCS

• Volume Up - Home Screen
• Volume Down - Robot Program Screen
• Menu - PCS configuration menu
• Search - Help screen
• Back - Home Screen

Android App

Your Device

• Consult with the game master for device connection information.
• Your device must connect to the game's WiFi network (which will not provide internet access) and must have a web browser.
• if the main screen does not show lives, your browser does not support Javascript, and can not be used for programming.

Options

Robots

	1 Zoombot	Robot from Robo Rally board game
	2 Twonky	Robot from Robo Rally board game
	3 Spinbot	Robot from Robo Rally board game
	4 Android	Famous telephone robot
	5 R2D2	Famous robot
	6 Twitch	Robot from Robo Rally board game
	7 Hulk X90	Robot from Robo Rally board game
	8 Wall-e	Famous robot

Technology

• Game Board
  • Built with about 200,000 LEGO pieces
  • Each square costs about $75
  • Squares were drawn by hand
  • Boards are designed using custom PC software
• Robots
  • LEGO MINDSTORMS
  • 3 motors, 3 light sensors
  • Code written in NXC
  • 3 are copies of famous robots
  • 5 are from actual board game
  • Controlled from PC via Bluetooth
  • During a robot's actual move command, will run action motor (to run wheels or other action)
• Control Computer
  • Main control program
    • Written in C#
    • WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation
    • Linq
  • Does all path planning for robots
  • Controls order of operation/movement
  • Generates web interface
    • Apache web server
    • HTML web pages
    • PHP for server code
    • JavaScript for client functionality
• Dealer/Scanner/Cards
  • Dealer randomly deals cards
  • RFID cards
  • Cards are read when dealt
  • Players select program command cards
  • Two card scanners allow players to scan cards, in order
  • Card IDs are sent to Control Computer
  • Software written in NXT-G (Graphical)
  • The RFID cards were replaced with the PCS
• PCS
  • Personal Control System
  • Allows players to enter program commands through custom interface
  • Connect through WiFi & router, directly to Control Computer
  • Web browser or Android App
  • Android App
    • Written in Java
    • Device buttons add to interface options
  • Uses Samsung SCH-R720 Metro
  • Players can use their own WiFi enable device & web browser

• The Game Control Software
  • Allows GM to run the game
  • Shows board
  • Shows player position and orientation
  • Displays player stats to all players
  • GM can edit player stats
  • Exports current game data into XML file
  • Does all path planning for robots
  • Includes Board Editor
    • Allows developer to layout boards
    • Restrict number of elements

Game Mechanics

• At the start of each game, players log into their PCS, or their own device, with a login code provided by the GM
• All players can view the status of other players and the whole game on their PCS
• At the start of each turn, players will enter their commands
• Once all commands are entered, the control computer will create a list of commands that will execute
• to be continued...

Game Instructions

• Robo Rally is a board game where players use playing cards to program robots to race around the board.
• Super Robo Rally is a live-action version, where the robots are built from LEGO and actually move around the board.
• The goal is to program your robot to touch checkpoints (red squares) in order.
• This year, you'll use the PCS to define the commands.
• The volume buttons will navigate to the main screens
• The home screen shows the status of all players. Return to the home screen by pressing the volume-up button.
• The command screen allows players to create a program for their own robot and is accessed by touching your robot name from the home screen, or pressing the volume-down button.
• If you have questions at any time, you can press the [Search] button on your PCS keypad

Robo Rally

In RoboRally player's each control a different robot in a race through a dangerous factory floor. Several goals will be placed on the board and you must navigate your robot to them in a specific order. The boards can be constructed in several different ways to accomodate different player counts and races can be as long or as short as player's desire.

In general, player's will first fill all of their robots "registers" with facedown movement cards. This happens simultaneously and there is a time element involved. If you don't act fast enough you are forced to place cards randomnly to fill the rest. Then, starting with the first register, eveyone reveals their card. The card with the highest number moves first. After everyone resolves their movement they reveal the next card and so on. Examples of movement cards may be to turn 90 degress left or right, move forward 2 spaces, or move backward 1 space though there are a bigger variety than that. You can plan a perfect route, but if another robot runs into you it can push you off course. This can be disastrous since you can't reprogram any cards to fix it! Robots fire lasers and factory elements resolve after each movement and robots may become damaged. If they take enough damage certain movement cards become fixed and can no longer be changed. If they take more they may be destroyed entirely. The first robot to claim all the goals in the correct order wins, though some may award points and play tournament style. The game was reprinted by Avalon Hill (Hasbro/WotC) in 2005.