Roboforge is an opensource game mix of simulation game/strategy game/educational game.

You can create 3D virtual robot, give them AI and then make them fights vs other robot.

The game can be split into the following steps:

1. Build your own 3D virtual robot
You can connect robot parts just like LEGO.
The components to be connected together are:
- engine
- controller
- sensors
- mobile joints
- weapons
- shields

The robot can be "humanoid", "bug styled" or whatelse you can imagine, it´s up to You.

2. Define movements
You just need to take successive snapshots of the parts to be moved

3. Create your robot´s AI
Roboforge do not use any particular language (so You don´t need to be a programmer) but simple functional blocks that describes what your robot should do: move towards enemy, attack,etc. ..

Please note that AI is the only way to control your robot, there´s no way to control it through joypads or keyboard. So You have to make your robot skilled enough to look for enemy, attack it, hit with weapons or run away.
This is probaly the most actractive feature of roboforge: your robot takes life!

4. Test your robot
Before entering the robot into a tournament You can test it vs some demo robot/test robot directly included in the game.
You can also challenge another forger ONline into the challenge room (useful to test your robot vs best player).

5. Enter your robot into a tournament
Tournaments run regularly every 2...3 days.
Tournament are completly free of charge.
The tournament run offline, so You can create/test/modify your robots when You have time and then just enter them into next tournaments.
It´s not required your presence ONLine during the tournament.

6. View tournaments results
When the Tournament is complete You can wiew all your battles and results (3d graphic)

Links

Tutorial, documentation, etc.

Wikipedia

Roboforge2 repository

YouTubeChannel