Block Party!, released on September 7, 2013, is the 2013–2014 robotics competition for FIRST Tech Challenge.

In the competition, two alliances, each consisting of two teams, compete to score blocks in plastic crates atop alliance-colored pendulums.

A live audience of about 200 high schoolers and their mentors watched the unveiling by David Price (Regional Director of FIRST), Loretta Bessette (MIT Lincoln Labs and FIRST’s FTC game design team), Don Bossi (President of FIRST), John Stuart (PTC SVP of Global Academic Programs), and Lisa Freed (iRobot STEM Outreach Coordinator).

Infrared beacons are placed randomly under a crate on the pendulum prior to the start of the match, but after autonomous programs have been selected.

Robots can also earn points by being either partially or fully on the bridge in the center of the field.

During the two-minute Driver-Controlled Period, teams can use standard gamepad controllers, each with two joysticks to operate their robots.

For the Block Party challenge, a type of qualifying competition has been introduced in the United States.