Real-time strategy board game "CODE HORIZON" making full use of autonomous robot & smartphone application with AI

In the board game which continues from around 5000 BC, it has appeared in recent years as it has become popular all over the world, from the famous things enjoyed even in modern times such as Go, Chess, Shogi, etc. "Katan's pioneers" Various things. It appeared as a new form of such a board game "CODE HORIZON"It is a unique board game that developed IT related technology, such as playing with an autonomous robot equipped with artificial intelligence (AI)" Valkyrie Rover (VRO) "in cooperation with a smartphone application.

CODE HORIZON
http://codehorizon.io/jp/

"CODE HORIZON"Tokyo Game Show 2016ofMIRA booth(7-S03), which is on display.


This is CODE HORIZON. It is a new board game playing with VRO of autonomous robot and specialized application.


Put several boards, put three VROs on top of this and play against each other.


The VRO used with CODE HORIZON is about this size when placed on the palm of your hand.


You can use VRO with Bluetooth connection with your smartphone, send tactical commands from the dedicated application to the VRO, or direct the VRO to where on the map. The VRO moves according to those instructions, but he seems to take actions according to tactical commands by AI if there is no detailed instruction.


The VRO is equipped with LEDs in the white clear parts part so that it can distinguish whether it is your own VRO or the enemy's VRO with the color of light emission.


The back side is simple like this.


side


back


When opening here with Pakari, there is a Micro - USB terminal, so you can charge VRO from here.


The state when charging is like this.


How the VRO moves according to the user's instructions on the map, the secret is on the board used in the game. A barcode is embedded in this board face so that VRO can read it by VRO so that VRO can determine where you are located in the map on your own. In addition, there are four topographies such as flat land, forest, mountains, marshes on this board surface, it is also a point that characteristics of the topography are present as VRO's fuel economy gets worse, attack power and defense power fluctuate.


There are three victory conditions of CODE HORIZON. The first one is "to annihilate all the enemy VROs", the second is "destruction of the leader machine (however, it is not known which VRO is the leader machine for the enemy)", the third is "occupation of the plant" is.


This is the plant.


The official introduction movie of CODE HORIZON can be seen from the following.

CODE HORIZON introduction video (Short.ver) - YouTube


The VRO is planned to evolve so that it can do its own custom like Gundam Model and Mini 4WD.


Three custom examples are prepared at MIRA booth, and it is as follows.




Even if you paint VRO freely, it is OK. The thing that the lacquer painter craftsman had painted below.



At the Tokyo Game Show 2016 exhibition booth there was no exhibition of dedicated applications and I could not see how I actually played the game, but it is possible to see how the VRO moves around on the map automatically.


The package of the starter kit scheduled to be released looks something like this. In the starter kit, there are 6 VROs and 16 boards to be play maps, as well as items for setting connection settings between the VRO and the smartphone.


CODE HORIZON starter kit has a set of 16 boards for maps, but you can use this number as you like when playing. Also, although the game will be a battle at two camps, it seems possible to do a team warfare.

In addition, CODE HORIZON is scheduled to be released in December.