Once again students were tasked with creating their own autonomous space ships which could navigate the harsh physics of space on their own without their programmer's interaction. However, unlike last year where they simply had to collect Baubles to score points, this year, they had to bring the Baubles back to their home base before points would be scored.
We also had the opportunity to add weapons and shields to the mix, which created a whole other set of strategies as destroyed ships would drop their Bauble payload.
Above is a video of a final round of one of the classes which came down to a matter of seconds. It was quite exciting!