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| − | '''The sirens are sounding!''' An international disaster has led many refugees from around the world to seek shelter at Polycraft Island. It's up to you and your team to use the resources available to combat the new housing crisis and get the refugees to help you produce resources. Fortunately, the government has lent your team a simple 3D Printer and Scanner, probably stuck in the back of a warehouse for the past 12 years... No need to worry, with the resources you accumulate you will have the capacity to upgrade your technology. As more and MORE and '''MORE''' refugees start to flood the beach of Polycraft Island, you and your team will have to develop a civilization full of happiness, productivity, and prosperity. '''Good luck engineers!''' | + | '''The sirens are sounding!''' An international disaster has led the government to bring many refugees from around the world to seek shelter at Polycraft Island. It's up to you and your team to use the resources available to combat the new housing crisis and get the refugees to help you produce resources. Fortunately, the government has lent your team a simple 3D Printer and Scanner, probably stuck in the back of a warehouse for the past 12 years... No need to worry, with the resources you accumulate you will have the capacity to upgrade your technology. As more and MORE and '''MORE''' refugees start to flood the beach of Polycraft Island, you and your team will have to develop a civilization full of happiness, productivity, and prosperity. '''Good luck engineers!''' |
Are you a Polycraft 3D Printing expert? See if you can uncover the secret of Polycraft Island, spanning thousands of years of mystery! | Are you a Polycraft 3D Printing expert? See if you can uncover the secret of Polycraft Island, spanning thousands of years of mystery! | ||
Revision as of 17:13, 10 September 2021
Introduction
The sirens are sounding! An international disaster has led the government to bring many refugees from around the world to seek shelter at Polycraft Island. It's up to you and your team to use the resources available to combat the new housing crisis and get the refugees to help you produce resources. Fortunately, the government has lent your team a simple 3D Printer and Scanner, probably stuck in the back of a warehouse for the past 12 years... No need to worry, with the resources you accumulate you will have the capacity to upgrade your technology. As more and MORE and MORE refugees start to flood the beach of Polycraft Island, you and your team will have to develop a civilization full of happiness, productivity, and prosperity. Good luck engineers!
Are you a Polycraft 3D Printing expert? See if you can uncover the secret of Polycraft Island, spanning thousands of years of mystery!
Logistics
Useful Commands
Users can press 'p' in game to pop up private property information on the top left of their screen.
Users can press 't' in game to enter the chat. Typing here and pressing 'Enter' will send messages to all other users on the server. Users can also type useful commands here.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| '/help' | This command will pop-up some guidance and information about other useful commands |
| '/teamspace' | This command will teleport a user to the team's private property. Users must be in a private property to use this command. |
| '/goto utd' | This command will teleport a user to the center of UTD, Polycraft World's spawn point. |
| '/village' | This command will pop-up information about how far along you are in the 3D Printing Challenge |
Private Team Properties
Teams will have a private property where only their team can modify the environment and other teams can not interfere with their progress. UPDATE In Round 2, all teams will have the same Teamspace layout to explore and customize.
Team Time Limits
Teams will be scored for their first 50 hours of play time for Round 1 and an additional 50 hours for Round 2. This means a team of 5 playing together will have their first 10 hours of playtime scored (collectively 50h). UPDATE In Round 2, the Space Station Challenge that begins the round will have a 3h time limit. This does not come out of the 50h limit for the rest of the challenge. This challenge is capped at 3h no matter how many people from your team are on. As long as someone is on, the timer is counting down. Teams will have 50h after the Space Station Challenge to complete the subsequent milestones.
Team Scoring
Teams scores will be based on their progress in testing and treating COVID patients. Major score bonuses will be provided when each Medical Milestone is reached. There will be 3 Medical Milestones in Round 1 and 3 additional Medical Milestones in the Championship Round.
You can monitor your score and time remaining here
- For Round 2, this should be updated twice a week.
Puzzle Rooms
There will be puzzle rooms to challenge teams to solve problems together in the environment outside of the team's private property. Teams can complete these puzzle rooms to earn rewards that are critical for meeting their Medical Milestones in Round 1. In Round 2, these challenges will still be available and will still give rewards, but not points. Some rewards (particularly in the Scavenger Hunt) will be useful in subsequent portions of Round 2.
BEST Robotics Polycraft 3D Printing Challenge Round 1
UPDATE Round 1 will take place from October 1 through November 7, 2020. The 3 Medical Milestones for Round 1 will be as follows:
- Tier 1 Medical Milestone: Create a Clinic.
- Tier 2 Medical Milestone: Stock the clinic with PPE and Testing Kits to activate it.
- Tier 3 Medical Milestone: Cure 128 infected Polycraft Citizens.
BEST Robotics Polycraft 3D Printing Challenge Round 2
Launching November 8th and going through December 11th. You can keep playing Round 1 until then. While your Round 1 progress will not translate to Round 2, skills and knowledge you get from Round 1 will be invaluable to succeeding at Round 2. There are 3 Milestones to complete in Round 2:
- Tier 1 Milestone: Complete the Initial Challenge and craft the correct vaccine.
- Tier 2 Milestone: Achieve target Herd Immunity in your population.
- Tier 3 Milestone: Mass produce vaccines.
Signing Up
- Register as a Student with BEST Robotics
- Download and Install the Challenge Launcher here. Running Mac/Linux? Grab the MultiMC Package instead! Learn more about MultiMC here.
- Sign in on the Launcher with your Minecraft: Java Edition Mojang account
- Hit PCW Update
- Hit Play Polycraft World
More Detailed Set-Up Instructions and Installation FAQs
Troubleshooting and Gameplay FAQs
Troubleshooting
- Problems with your Team's Private Property? Have your entire team log out from the server. Wait for 60 seconds, then try logging in again.
- Problems with starting Round 2? Make sure to click 'PCW Update' on the launcher before joining the server for Round 2.
Gameplay FAQs
How much time do I have left? and What's my team's score?
You can monitor your score and time remaining here. Numbers are updated every day around 4pm Central Time.
Must the 50 hours be played consecutively?
Your team's fifty hours will be based on the timestamp of actions taken in-game. Our scoring analytics will log all of your team's actions on our servers that accrue points (see scoring) and the first fifty hours of actions across all team members will be counted towards your round score.
How do we 'submit' when we are done?
No submissions are necessary! The scoring analytics is logging your actions so we will know when you've successfully completed a task. You can also use '/village' to see your statistics and score.
Are there any 'due dates' for when these tasks are due?
The round ends on November 6th at 11:59PM. Any actions taken towards Round 1 objectives after that time will not be counted towards your round score. Please see the scoring page for details on what actions count towards your team's score.
Have more questions? Send them our way at support@polycraftworld.com
Patches and Bug Fixes
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