Playing Override in VEX Classroom Games

From the VEX Classroom Games home page, select VEX V5 under Choose your platform.

Override is the 2026-2027 VEX V5 Robotics Competition game, so it is listed under VEX V5.

Select Explore game on the Override card.

The game page lists the materials each group needs and links to build instructions for Flex, the Hero Bot, and the Override Field.

Select Set up this game.

This creates an event, which keeps track of your teams, the match timer, every score you record, and the awards you give.

Enter a name for your event in the Event name field.

Use a name you will recognize later, such as your class period.

Select a Timer direction.

Count down shows the time left in each period and is selected by default. Count up (elapsed time) starts at 0:00 and shows how much time has passed.

If needed, change the timer options.

Hide the timer on scoring and class displays keeps the timer off the scorecard and class display. Play timer sounds plays a tone when you select Start and when a countdown ends.

Use the Number of teams slider to select how many teams are playing, from 2 to 32.

A team is a group of at least two students sharing one robot, and each match uses four teams, playing as two Alliances of two.

Enter a name for each team.

You can change team names later with Edit event, until the first score is recorded.

Select Start event.

Your event is saved in this browser, so you can return to it later from My Events on the same device. To learn more, see Using My Events in VEX Classroom Games.

The event opens on the Matches tab.

This is where you choose the Alliances, run the match timer, and score each match.

Select two teams for the Red Alliance.

An Alliance is two teams that play together for the match.

Select two teams for the Blue Alliance.

You decide how teams are paired for each match.

To show the match to the whole class, select Open class display.

The class display opens in a new tab.

Show the class display on a projector or classroom screen.

It shows the teams in the current match, the timer, and the leaderboard, so everyone can follow along. To learn more, see Using the Class Display in VEX Classroom Games.

Select Start to begin the Autonomous Period.

For 0:15, robots run the code students wrote, with no driver control.

When the Autonomous Period ends, select Driver Control 1:45.

Before you start it, check which Alliance won the Autonomous Period so you can score it.

Select Start to begin the Driver Control Period.

For 1:45, students drive their robots with V5 Controllers, then stop so the match can be scored.

At the end of the Autonomous Period, select the Alliance that won it under Autonomous Winner, or select Tie.

In the VEX V5 Robotics Competition, the Alliance with more points at the end of the Autonomous Period earns a 12-point Autonomous Bonus, and a tie gives each Alliance 6. For how rule violations affect the bonus, see rule <SC7> in the Override Game Manual.

Under Autonomous WP, select each Alliance that earned the Autonomous Win Point.

In the VEX V5 Robotics Competition, an Alliance earns it with at least six Pin Halves scored on its side and two Goals with two or more Pin Halves, with neither Robot touching the Field Perimeter. For more information, see rule <SC8> in the Override Game Manual.

When the match ends and the Field has stopped, select the Red Q1 tab.

The Field has four Quadrants, each with its own Goal and its own tab on the scorecard.

Select the Toggle color shown on the Field for this Quadrant.

The Toggle shows which Alliance owns the Yellow Pins in this Quadrant, and yellow means no Alliance owns them.

Select + or - to enter the number of Red Pins, Blue Pins, and Yellow Pins scored in this Quadrant’s Goal.

Yellow Pins are worth more and score for the Alliance that owns them. The scorecard adds up the points for you.

Repeat the Toggle and Pin counts for Red Q2, Blue Q1, and Blue Q2.

Each Quadrant’s Toggle can show a different color, so check each one on the Field.

Select the Midfield tab.

The Midfield is the center of the Field, where the Center Goal is.

Enter the number of Red, Blue, and Yellow Pins in the Center Goal.

Its Yellow Pins belong to the Alliance with more Robots in the Midfield, or to no one if the numbers are equal.

Enter the number of Red Robots and Blue Robots that ended the match in the Midfield.

Each Robot in the Midfield earns 8 points for its Alliance.

Select the Overview tab and compare the counts with the Field.

To fix a count, open its tab again, or select Reset scorecard to start over.

Select Record both scores.

Both teams on an Alliance receive its score, and teams and settings lock after the first score.

To fix a recorded score, select the Score history tab.

It lists every recorded score, with the Alliance, attempt, and points.

Select Edit next to the score you want to fix.

The score opens on the scorecard. Make your changes, then select Update score.

Select the Standings tab to see how teams rank.

Teams are ranked by points, and Runs shows how many matches each team has played.

When your event is finished, select the Awards tab to recognize teams.

VEX Classroom Games includes awards such as Tournament Champions and Perseverance that you can assign, print as certificates, and present to the class. To learn how, see Assigning Awards in VEX Classroom Games.