We passed our previous record! 📈

On Tuesday we lost to wave 30 where a massive tier 4 guardian destroyed all of our production, and our base.

We learned from this experience:
- ***** are the strongest turrets early game, and they only cost ***** and *****
- ***** are a great ...

Today was our final session as a cohort, and wow, what a way to finish strong! We had a great discussion about next steps in our Mindustry journey and how we can continue developing our skills in the game.

Then, in classic fashion, you both had different ideas on how to spend ou...

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************************************************** is the last map we need to beat before joining a ************************************************** group. The first two times we took on this challenge, we lost at wave 2. Not ...

Okay, today we took a quick break from the Bridge Challenge (we missed you, ****!) and decided to brush up on our PvP skills.

🔥 ****, ****, and I took on a 1v1v1 challenge—each of us built our bases separately, sent a few initial attacks, and instead of going full cutthroat, we...

We beat *** *****!! 🎆

After **** ***** of playing this challenge, we finally did it! During that time we grew in so many areas:
- Learning how to deal with frustration
- Learning to communicate and listen to one another
- Making plans and course corrections
- Figuring out the b...

Today we officially started our final challenge as a Mindustry Foundation cohort—the Bridge Survival Map! 🌉

After nearly two weeks away, it took us a bit to get back into the flow, but after 20 minutes, we established our agreements and Phase One plan and jumped in.

🔥 Survive...

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**************************************************. **************************************************. ** ***** have felt ************, but ** ************ **** ** ***-*****.

** ************ and ***** some *************** to *...

This week, we pushed hard on *** *****, reaching past ***** ** with two enemy cores still standing. But when the Guardians arrived, the bots overwhelmed us, and we lost the challenge. The team decided to start fresh—but not before taking time to reflect on what went wrong and how...

Full Steam Ahead! 🚢

This week we finished our 5 defenders 1 general challenge and transitioned into USS Iowa, a very hard attack map! For this challenge, **** and I took a step back and let you all run the show.

You planned, communicated, paused, argued, and resolved conflict...

Guys!! YOU DID IT!! The first cohort ever to beat USS Iowa on your first attempt. This was a brutal challenge, and you pulled it off! There were some very close calls… you may or may not have destroyed the final enemy core just as a Tier 5 Guardian was about to destroy yours—but ...

Guys (or should I say coaches)!! We are SO CLOSE to beating USS Iowa! Honestly, I thought it would take at least three attempts, but here we are, on our first run, pushing to finish it!

***** leaves for a trip after tomorrow’s session, so our goal is clear: finish the challenge ...

Big changes this week—our girls' group has merged with another cohort, and together, we’re sharpening our Mindustry skills as we work towards the next chapter of our Mindustry journey: Mindustry Teams!🛠️🔥

To kick things off, we jumped into our first major challenge: 5 Defende...

****, I had an absolute blast in our last official session as a ********** **********!

We played two exciting PvP matches and had a fantastic discussion about our next steps as a group. Before we close this chapter, I just want to highlight how much you’ve accomplished:

- You’r...

You did it! 🥳🎉🥳
You successfully tackled the Bridge challenge and have officially earned your spot in a Mindustry team. You established a strong plan, reflected after each session, and ultimately triumphed on your third attempt. The last 10 waves went almost smoothly—until the...

Based on our reflection from last week, we made three big changes going into the challenge today.

1. We paused the game every time someone brought up an important point so we could discuss it
2. We only un-pause the game when everyone on the team has a role that is contributing ...

Yesterday, we launched one of the final challenges for our Mindustry foundation cohort: USS IOWA.

Before we began, we established a few key agreements as a team:

1. Always prioritize essential materials.
2. Pause frequently and plan out pre-builds.
- Decide what we’re going to ...

We put ** hours into this challenge, but ultimately fell short at the very end. After the challenge we spent ** minutes reflecting.

The Good:
- We identified issues our system and fixed them effectively. Specifically, our air defense, graphite production, and power setup.
- We ...

Today we took on Chasm, and incredibly well designed attack map by one of the kids at *****!

This map forces us to do a few things really well:
- Manage resources effectively! There are very small ore patches on this map which make it hard to progress if you're not careful
- Cr...

Over the past few sessions, we’ve been working on the Recess Challenge called Levels. This challenge is all about identifying inefficient or incorrectly built systems and fixing them to take on the most intense enemy defenses we’ve faced yet.

So far, you’ve achieved some incredi...

What a session!

****** came into today’s session prepared for the challenge, and ** was able to share ** learnings with the group. This is by far the best start we’ve had to the Bridge Challenge since starting, and it showed in how smoothly things ran.

During our reflection, yo...

We beat chambers! Lets gooo!

What we learned about working on a team from this challenge:
- Pausing helps us communicate our issues and make a plan before diving back into the action
- When someone asks a question, we should answer it!
- Don't interrupt or change the subject on...

Wow, guys—that was intense. We’ve taken on the toughest challenge we’ve faced as a group, and we fully expect to fail plenty of times before we finally succeed.

This session wasn’t without its bumps—we had disagreements, a lack of accountability at moments, and even a few accusa...

Today we struggled. Our main power source was blown up multiple times and we didn't know how to organize ourselves to fix it.

After a few lengthy conversations and some long pauses, this is what we've come to agree on:
- If someone is talking, let them finish before you start t...

We’ve faced some tough challenges as a group, but this might just be the toughest yet. This week, we talked about how far we’ve come—gaining a solid grasp of Mindustry’s more technical aspects, understanding the importance of communication, preplanning, and reflection, and learni...

Today we continued with ********, our ** wave defense challenge. We're making excellent progress and have set up some strong production and defense.

We've learned a few things from this challenge so far:
- Thermal generators can utilize the magma tiles to make strong power.
- F...

We continued with the feed a turret challenge from last Tuesday. This time we created an excess of surge alloy and use that to fuel our swarmers instead of pyratite. This proved to be the final change we needed to make as crushed the 9 tier 5 units and completed the challenge!

N...

We continued our newest challenge today, Levels—a unique and fascinating challenge created by one of the kids at *****! This map starts with pre-built mechanisms for almost all resources and units, but here’s the catch: they’re all broken in some way.

Our task? Decide whether to...

Today we took on a challenge called feed a turret. This challenge introduced us to ********, ***** ***** , ***** **********, and **********. All of these are late game materials that will be crucial in our up coming challenges.

In this challenge our goal was to destroy 9 tier 5...

Today we took on a very hard plastanium production challenge. In this challenge, you need to produce 250 plastanium, but there's a catch! Once you reach 200 plastanium in your core, your core begins to burn plastanium. The only way to reach 250 is to produce 2 full lines of plast...

On our first attempt last week, we failed on wave 5. After failing the challenge we reflected and came to the decision that we need better planning and division of labor. This lead to us splitting into two groups:
- One group focused on the production of materials and power
- The...

With a few squad members missing, we decided to pause our 5 Defenders Challenge and dive into a PvP match instead. The group discussed and agreed on a map called “Exploding Bridge.” The twist? The bridge connecting Red Team and Yellow Team explodes every 7–10 minutes, which means...

We started off today's session in another sandbox. Each of us practiced producing materials and setups we weren't fully comfortable with. This included:
- Steam Generators
- Tsunamis and Water
- Turret Setups

After our sandbox, we moved onto Groundwork, the challenge we started ...

Couldn't have said it better: today was one of our best.

It was an almost full house, which makes it hard to communicate, to operate on the same map and to be efficient.

But we have our mantra now: Pause, Plan, Build.

We were able to rush ******** and then quickly follow-up ...

Today we took on Groundwork, our hardest challenge yet! In this challenge our goal is to survive for 30 waves. In order to succeed, we need to:
- Communicate, plan, and execute as a team
- Build a really strong defense

In our first attempt you all planned and communicated except...

We finished our first challenge from last week by following through with our gameplan. Shoutout to ***** for pointing out that scorches can't shoot air units and that we should attack that side first to allow our ground units into the enemy base!

We followed up with another chal...

Yesterday, we restarted the Chasm Challenge, still smarting from our last attempt—but wow, what a difference! This time, we completely rethought our approach. I set a milestone for the group: create Fortresses (a third-tier ground unit) before sending an attack on the enemy base....

Today we continued with the Glacier Attack challenge! Before the challenge started we took a moment to discuss:

1. What our main objective is > Destroying the enemy core
2. What each players' role was
3. What our attacking strategy should look like
4. How to be more efficient wi...

Today, we hit our first major roadblock—we failed. We struggled with communication, planning, and executing the plan we did come up with. It’s easy to point to excuses like missing teammates, prioritizing the wrong things, or just being tired, but the reality is that we simply we...

We continued our Chasm Challenge today—by the way, did you know this challenge was designed by one of your peers at *****? How cool is that?

We started the session confident in our ability to make significant progress in just an hour, but wow, did this challenge surprise us! Ini...

🚨There is no class on 11/28. We will meet again on Tuesday 12/3!🚨

Today we continued learning about silicon production!

Our goal was to:
- Create one working silicon machine
- Scale our design in a straight line
- Use the same line of sand and coal for all lines
- Learn how ...

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We are on a roll with the USS IOWA challenge! Both groups have hit their stride, settling into their assigned roles and tackling the problems at hand.

Here’s where we stand:

- One group is building slowly but steadily, focusing on defenses and material production.
- The other g...

We had an absolute blast in our first session today!

We started off by discussing what ******** is and why were meeting up to play this game together:

🛠️ ******** is a hard game that will help us think like an engineer.
🪴 We're going to fail a lot. Not only is that okay, but ...

We did it—** cores down! The Epic Attack Map is officially complete, and what an accomplishment it was. Quick highlights from today:

We created:

-Tier 4 air and ground units (and an army of tier 3 units!)
-Every single material in the game
-Over ***k energy generation per secon...

Yesterday we took on one of the hardest challenges we'll tackle as a group: USS Iowa.

In this challenge, each team is tasked with overcoming a heavily fortified enemy base while defending against waves of increasingly difficult enemies, all with limited resources. Success requir...

We did it! We beat the 5 Defenders Challenge—our toughest challenge yet! We failed once, and we came close a few more times, but you all pulled through. When I asked what made the difference this time, here’s what you said:

- ***** helped us rebuild and mine quickly whenever nee...

We continued on our attack map challenge today and made some BIG strides forward, despite a few setbacks along the way.

Challenges We Faced:

- Our entire power grid went down (shoutout to ***** for getting it back up and running!).
- Our units were being destroyed when we sent ...

We continued our work on the Epic Attack Challenge today, starting with last week’s objectives:

- Fix Silicon
- Create Phase Fabric and Surge Alloy
- Coordinate our attacks
- Fix the spaghetti belt setup!
- Set up defenses for air and ground

We successfully tackled all of these...