Circuit Breakers hands-on: robot football is better than it sounds
Three robots a side, a ball as heavy as a car and no referee. The most fun we had at a preview this year.
Three robots against three robots, a ball that weighs as much as a small car, and a pitch with walls. When we first heard about Circuit Breakers, we thought it was a joke from a studio with a free month. After four hours with it, we had booked a second session.
The game is from Overclock, a studio of 30 people in Montreal. It comes out in February.
The rules
A match is five minutes. Each team has three robots, and the side with more goals wins. There are no fouls, because there is no referee. Somebody at Overclock decided that a referee robot would only get hit.
Each robot has three things it can do: run, jump and punch. A punch sends the ball away at high speed. A punch also sends another robot away at high speed. This is the whole game, and it is enough.
