FTC Community and official Resources

⭐ DECODE Game and Season Page

Game Animation: A short overview of the 2025-26 season game. Reference the competition manual and Q&A for complete info.

⭐ Competition Manual: Formerly called Game Manual. This is the official rule set for the game. NOTE: if you download this before kickoff you will need to download it again later. This also gets updated with every Team Update.

⭐ Q&A: Official rulings on questions. In the case this contradicts the Competition Manual, the Q&A is superior. It is very important to check this periodically.

Field CAD: CAD file of the field.

⭐ firstinspires.org

FUN Robotics Network: Largest content creator in FIRST and VEX. There are a variety of content pieces across the programs. Behind the Bot is a show where teams are interviewed and explain their robot in detail.

Discord: (13+) The Unofficial FTC Discord server. Get help, show off, and hang with fellow students and mentors. (NOTE: this is mostly students and the general channels are often off-topic. Stick to the specific topic channels for productive conversation and to avoid the brainrot).

Chief Delphi: The largest public forum. This is mainly used for FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), but is a good place to ask for advice and search for past threads about a huge variety of topics from all programs.

FTC Forum?? (is this a thing anymore?)

FIRST FTC Blog: Official blog by FIRST

FTC Open Alliance

r/FTC

GM0's Resource Page: They have lots of good stuff here.

⭐https://ftcsim.org/: FTC

https://vrobotsim.com/: FTC

https://xrcsimulator.org/: FRC and FTC

https://mostudios.itch.io/mosimulator: FRC only

⭐ Game Manual 0

⭐ Brogan Pratt

⭐ Behind the Bot

FTC Essentials

firstinspires Robot Building Resources page

Build Guides for Tetrix by FLLCasts

firstinspires Programming Resources page

The Orange Alliance

firstinspires Team Management Resources page

Mentor Manual

High Tech Kids resource page

Group Games and Initiatives by Cornell