TECHI3: Pinnacle Pursuit - 2025 Game Design Challenge Submission
Pinnacle Pursuit is the Boltdog Robotics submission to the 2025 Game Design Challenge. In Pinnacle Pursuit, teams compete to stack as many cones on goals as possible. They must then climb higher than their opponents to show that they are the pinnacle of Vex Robotics.
The game field contains:
72 x Vex "In the Zone" cones
6 x Vex "In the Zone" mobile goals (two red, two blue, and two painted purple)
8 x Vex "Turning Point" platform elbow connectors
8 x Vex "Turning Point" platform pipes
5 x Vex "Turning Point" plexiglass sheets
4 x Vex "Turning Point" platform mounting posts
12 x Vex "Skyrise" wall posts
12 x custom 3d printed elbow connectors - $2.15 each
30 x 5/8" Vex bolts - $0.0719 each
8 x 1.5" Vex bolts - $0.124 each
4 x 3/8" Vex bolts - $0.0619 each
28 x 1" Vex bolts - $0.0859 each
4x 1/2: Vex standoffs - $0.359 each
46 x Vex Low Profile Locking Nuts - $.0569 each
Also used in the field construction are:
3 x Rolls of electrical tape (one red, one blue, and one white) - $3.16 each
1 x Can, Purple Spray Paint - $7.99 each
The total cost of the field is $53.13.