So what is Pythax going to do, anyways? Well, to answer that question let’s first take a look at what Raytheon Technologies (RTX) has done so far.

Currently, the Capture the Flag Jeopardy application is being used as a form of internal training as a part of the RTX Cyber Learning Center. It’s acting as a capstone assignment for a few courses, and they have a decently large collection of challenges to fit their curriculum which they pull from to create each new CTF competition. The UI is currently functional and allows the admin of a CTF to create a game board which has a unique shape to it. In a typical Jeopardy game one might expect to see columns of categorized questions, but in this setting there might be gaps in some columns and rows to create an interesting image. 

So how do we improve this? We start by identifying the aspects of the platform that just aren’t working the way they’re supposed to. We’ve figured this out by talking with our liaison engineer at RTX, and by interacting with the platform ourselves a bit as well. In tandem with this process, we also were given some requirements and expectations from RTX. From this step comes the concept generation step, where we begin to ideate and determine some approaches that can be taken to fix broken features, add new functionality, improve aesthetics, and add new challenges.

We’ll be getting into more detail on each step of the process in future blog posts. For now, we’re moving into a brainstorming stage to come up with some cohesive concept designs!