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Alex D. | Roblox Game Developer, Fine Artist, Rally Car Driver | Developer at @Llama_Train_S | Views are my own
Georgia, USA Katılım Ekim 2011
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This bookshelf example is honestly the biggest selling point for me. Excited to experiment with this
Roblox@Roblox
Procedural Models are here! Create editable 3D models with code or AI in Roblox Studio. Made with attributes that you can shape and refine. What will you create? devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-…
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@DJMonopoli I personally take it as a challenge to spread awareness of counterpoints overlooked by the collective mob. Half the time it’s people being mad because their friends in their bubble are mad, so why would they fact check or look at a whole picture? Have pride in your opinion tbh
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It's ridiculous that I'm saying this, but the internet successfully trained me to be genuinely terrified of posting anything positive out of fear that there's some sort of new controversy going on that I don't know about and it won't be the right time to share something positive.
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somehow tot has the highest CCU out of any creature capturing game right now
idk what keeps going on but theres just big flare-ups of new players coming en-masse recently
LuckyHD@IuckyHD
genuinely what on earth just happened tot was sitting ~70 players and LL was ~300 then all the sudden today they just randomly spiked at the same time?
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@BuildHero @leonaidon @Maxxell translating: "I am a grown ass man who doesnt understand this platform was made for kids and not just the playing part and the fact that this isnt unity or steam which are both better anyways"
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It makes sense when you realize how spoiled Roblox players are compared to literally any other platform.
No other platform can even remotely compare to what Roblox has. Full custom avatar system. Hundreds of thousands of games to play. Voice chat. Create your own games for free. Create UGC accessories. Make money. Make potentially millions of dollars off your work. And a moderation system to make this entire network of things possible.
All of this, and the company is not profitable. They report losses every year. The investors are now forcing Roblox's hand to start becoming profitable or face potential hostile takeovers.
The players however are used to having everything they could ever want all in Roblox for very little cost or for free. Literally any action Roblox could take regarding charging for memberships the majority of its playerbase would have an issue with. This is why they will slowly build up the value of Roblox plus over time, to eventually make it such a good deal you can't NOT have it - yes, including rentals of Limited's.
Even back in my days of posting on the Roblox forum people then would complain when Roblox does something to boost its revenue (introduction of TBC and OBC for example), yet I have always had a very simple philosophy about this matter:
No pay?
No play.
Our_Hero@BuildHero
The backlash from the “Having Roblox+ publish games” makes no sense to me. $5/m to publish on a platform that offers hosting, data storage, and a massive global audience all while making the platform safer? Sign me up, now and forever. As a developer, if you can’t make that money back with a game then you may need to reconsider some things and assess why you’re actually mad at this situation. Back in the day you used to NEED Builders Club to publish more than 10 games, and OBC (20/month) to DevEx for that matter. And to my knowledge, with this change you’re still able to create and test games within groups without paying anything—just not publish publicly. Is there something I’m missing or misinformed on, because all of this seems rather performative?
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For those with the 70% cut argument
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Our_Hero@BuildHero
Unity is free up until you make a sizeable chunk over your lifetime (200,000). But if you want any real traction, you'd publish on steam as well. That's where the eyes are, which is $100 per game and 30% of your revenue. Then after that you also have to advertise and market it to some extent. Sure 70% cut sound brutal, which it is, but the point people keep forgetting is a chunk of that % goes back to Apple. Something other platforms dont have to deal with, unless the developer publishes it to the App store itself (then you'll be double taxed from unity and apple and make even less). Also Roblox rewards you extra Robux for having a game that converts users into paying ones-- if you have a game that converts, and has good attention in their algo they literally hand you extra money. What other mobile platform with eyes can give you this? I think where the plot gets lost is the comparison between Steam (or similar) and Roblox. Roblox is a social platform first, with the ability to contribute to a market via game creation. This is the cause of all the recent safety implementations (and this entire overhaul). The eyes are here, and absolutely more abundant than anywhere else. Also, if you're publishing on Unity, whats your target demographic? As of now it is still free to publish to 16+ users, which would arguably be the most converting age group and biggest contributors to ARPDAU and the types of audiences you'd typically see on a more aged-up game engine/ platform. You only need a small subscription on top of that to reach <16 users.
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The backlash from the “Having Roblox+ publish games” makes no sense to me. $5/m to publish on a platform that offers hosting, data storage, and a massive global audience all while making the platform safer? Sign me up, now and forever.
As a developer, if you can’t make that money back with a game then you may need to reconsider some things and assess why you’re actually mad at this situation. Back in the day you used to NEED Builders Club to publish more than 10 games, and OBC (20/month) to DevEx for that matter. And to my knowledge, with this change you’re still able to create and test games within groups without paying anything—just not publish publicly. Is there something I’m missing or misinformed on, because all of this seems rather performative?
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Unity is free up until you make a sizeable chunk over your lifetime (200,000). But if you want any real traction, you'd publish on steam as well. That's where the eyes are, which is $100 per game and 30% of your revenue. Then after that you also have to advertise and market it to some extent. Sure 70% cut sound brutal, which it is, but the point people keep forgetting is a chunk of that % goes back to Apple. Something other platforms dont have to deal with, unless the developer publishes it to the App store itself (then you'll be double taxed from unity and apple and make even less). Also Roblox rewards you extra Robux for having a game that converts users into paying ones-- if you have a game that converts, and has good attention in their algo they literally hand you extra money. What other mobile platform with eyes can give you this?
I think where the plot gets lost is the comparison between Steam (or similar) and Roblox. Roblox is a social platform first, with the ability to contribute to a market via game creation. This is the cause of all the recent safety implementations (and this entire overhaul). The eyes are here, and absolutely more abundant than anywhere else. Also, if you're publishing on Unity, whats your target demographic? As of now it is still free to publish to 16+ users, which would arguably be the most converting age group and biggest contributors to ARPDAU and the types of audiences you'd typically see on a more aged-up game engine/ platform. You only need a small subscription on top of that to reach <16 users.
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Can I ask respectfully, what do you want roblox to do? The world's governments that you've invested infrastructure into, whose demographics make up a sizable chunk of your daily CCU, with potential domino effects from other governments if left unchecked. ID verification is not something I imagine they'd love to do, but something necessary because of safety compliance. This decision wasn't made because they wanted to screw over younger devs, that's not part of their philosophy. It's an overhaul to comply and add more barriers to entry for bad actors on the platform. It does suck that we have to guardrail 99% of the platform over <1% of the infringing games we see on the news that spark controversy-- but that's the world we live in.
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@bloxpulse This has been happening behind the scenes for months, if you check your age demo over time from launch -> 2 months in + the shift has been present for quite some time. This is the first time they've formally announced it.
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@BuildHero I think the worse issue that no one is talking about is the review process. It’s not just scanning your game anymore, now it’s checking to see if people are playing it and analyzing patterns with those players for “suspicious activities”. Devs might struggle getting out of 16+.
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@revolverragz I didn’t know 5 dollars for a subscription most devs already have made me part of the disillusioned elite, thanks I’ll take it.
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@BuildHero literally the same as the multimillionaires on social media that say "life isn't that hard & money doesn't buy happiness, just work harder and everything will work out for you".
A complete disconnect from reality just because you have some form of success.. Real Larpers
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Crazy where the game has gone in the last 9 months, super exciting to be working on this!!
Variety@Variety
The mega-popular Roblox game "99 Nights in the Forest" is being developed into a feature film at 20th Century Studios. There is no writer or director attached at this time, but the game’s developers — Alec Kieft, Matthew Hufton and Cameron Angland — will serve as executive producers on the movie. wp.me/pc8uak-1lH9v5
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Just for clarification:
We have not yet started working w/ Roblox on this and the announcement came out a little early. We hope to do right by the community and appreciate your patience <3
Blizzei@Blizzei_
This was approved by a large roblox group that makes ugc btw
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