I ve been developing for 3 years now and I want to tell you something. I was working on a RPG game with my friend, and then out of nowhere he pulls up to me and says :"Yo, can you script this?". It happend to be a simple quiz game with a horror feeling. I put almost 0% in that game and after we released it, it got thousands of views and hundreds of players. If your game is complex it doesn`t mean that it`s gonna blow up. Wish you the best luck and keep your self motivated!
Yes! Always start small too. I had this massive plan to make a catalog-based game years ago when UGC first released - think "avatar catalog creator" if it was made in 2020. Finished it, polished it, released in January 2020 and it didn't get much attention. Last year, I made a similar, season-based outfit idea game to showcase smaller UGC creators and clothing designers, which somehow managed to hit 12M visits a few months ago.
Dude I hate when this happens as a player, seeing solid but overused concepts or just mid games in general get thousands of players, not saying these games are bad or anything, but there’s some games out there that are absolute gems that get like 100 players.
Another tip that iim actively following is, Dont try to be too unique, or in better words, dont feel like everything you do for your game has to be completely new or different. Thats gonna make you want to quit after you realize theres just no way to be 100% unique. Theres millions of games on roblox, youre bound to do something someone has already done, and thats okay. Just focus on your execution of the thing instead of trying to compete.
true but uniqueness it still very important or the game might barely get a dedicated fanbase, like if you want to make a simulator i see soo many people just copying a basic simulator game expecting people to play, but if you changed how it actually worked that makes it different from others then more people would play
I’ve been developing for 0 hours, and I just wanna say when you start out, remember to always start out otherwise you won’t start. Edit: this is somehow good advice, i made this as a joke
I think there's also another important aspect that I don't think was mention: knowing yourself and your own capabilities. Some people might try making large projects right off the start or get too ambitious and become unmotivated or don't know how to do something. It's important to start at a point you can actually handle. Nobody is born smart or strong
for my game idk how to really describe it, so heres what im planning to make the description: “You wake up in a strange room, as you try to leave you discover a long hallway. As you continue walking, you realize that this hallway seems to be going on forever, and you keep hearing a strange voice.. Can you make escape? Even if there is one..” its not finalized yet, but this is kinda explains what the game is.
My personal opinion, I think there should be more gameplay elements to that idea since it could be boring with all the walking and if that was all there was to it.
man if i could tell you how many games i rejected just because they didnt include basic details like their genre and core gameplay elements i would not have enough numbers, just PLEASE include the genre of the game, especially if its descriptive like "Horror-Adventure experience about (and list all of your core gameplay elements and highlights)"
@@viberbreadi'm literally doing in "solo" mode a full game, i think it's cool. Basically the main concept is you are in a post apocaliptic small town, around everywere are enemies (with their own characteristics ofc) theres guns, and threse is probable be small missions, and a boss to when be defeated you go to another map (i plan make 7), the main thing about the maps is that they are big and detailed, telling you the history. I have everything, but i'm struggling with the guns and how to make missions. Because i don't know scripting
i suggest instead of making a game design document make a obsidian vault. that sounds weird to those who dont know but obsidion is a connected note program that allows basically everything that a game design document would but with the addition of markdown, checkboxes, a canvas (witch is basically a spreadsheat) aswell as linking documents and seeing every document you make for the vault in a node graph. it is beautiful for orginization and i highly recommend it.
@@EndlessExpanse_game i mean why not use bolth. notion is a completly seprate thing to obsidian (notion more being a planning thing while obsidion being basically notes)
I like to use google slides with a table of contents for a traditional GDD and then add something later, something such as obsidian, to organize what exactly needs to be done, such as specific models, scripts, etc.
My best advice here to contribute would be organizing all your thoughts. It's really easy to add on something just because it's cool or immediately go onto making things for the hell of it but you have to have some foundations first. Whether that'd be actual scripting knowledge or getting a scripted foundation in or planning it out with something like Google Slides which was most helpful to me.
Im working on a game right now, heres my team: Me (only one that knows how to code and has never worked on a game) My friend (has never worked on a game) My other friend (has never worked on a game) And they are also brothers so only one of them at once but there is a big positive thing about our group, we have amazing ideas and we work well together, we will be able to make a good game if we just dont give up
Thank you for this i started my game around a week ago and this helps me to put what needs to be put into perspective and I hope my game will do well and I will be watching lots of your tutorials lol thank you!
This was actually helpful for someone like me who’s looking to build a game. Everytime I need help on a Roblox game, I always come to this channel. W Smarty chain ❤
As a verified game owner I like most of what was said here but there is a lot more to game design. This is a brief introduction, but you all will have a lot to learn to lead successful teams or even as a solo dev. Good job on this brief introduction.
Certainly, and this video has what you’ll want to start and I provide a lot more content to help! Also books in the description will help you learn a lot more here!
I will say 2 tip having a own studio own group and a own devlop team helps alot in developing game 2nd tip - play devloper hang out games hire devs from there or join a dev team
just to note, in psychology, if you put meaning to something, basically your game concept, if you put meaning and a story to it then you will have a better chance at actually finishing it
Thank you so much. Whenever I tried making a game I had absolutely no idea what I was doing and it became very overwhelming and confusing so I just gave up. I’m definitely going to use your advice so credits to you if I actually make a decent game that gets players ❤😂
"we dont see things correctly, we actually delete things from the way that we see things, and in fact we actually as humans cant see things for how they are and can only see things for a limited amount of things, and we cant percieve a lot of things so our brain actually blocks those out" im so happy to finally find a comment pointing out the horrible consistency and redundant words 😭😭😭😭
I have a amazing idea of making a 2d platforming game with unique sword animations, and movement animations. There would be different powerup you can get from different levels (double jump, the ability to phase through objects you normally couldn't to get to secret rooms to get items, dash, etc). It would be much like Hollowknight, if you know what that is. The problem being. I don't know how to animate, make a inventory system, or make good items. This idea has just been sitting in my head while I hope someone out there makes it. I feel like 2d platforming games on Roblox or 2d games in general could be a whole new popular genre on Roblox. The standout feature of the game would be the hard boss fights, and combat system. I love this video, and hopefully I can put some of your tips if not all to good use some day. Thanks!
Well...I am a new developer currently im making a game by watching some of yours and others tutorials but there is still a fear in me that make game will never be famous but this video taught me a lot i literally typed roblox studio and this video showed up. Thanks ❤ ngl 6:47 was really funny 😂
I know I am seeing this 2 months late but this video is probably the best video on game development I have seen thanks for the help. You made me realize that I was building my game completely wrong thank you so much
Love how i’m watching this but i have no idea about scripting, building etc, i’m just gonna pay somebody to do a game for me (if it works and if i find someone on fiverr)
just make games for fun y’all u don’t gotta follow these steps if u don’t wanna since like 90 percent of said steps are for people trying to make bank making games!! good luck to everyone starting game development
Im subscribed and left bell on since a really long time. I then thought it was anoying to just keep getting videos but then when i watched them it was worth it. You make the best Videos!
i dont care if my game doesnt get popular i just wanna make a solo player story to play thanks for this video! once i finish my new game i have in mind i will for sure let other people play it and hopefully it wont be dead..
Bro once again comes out with amazing content! I will say it every time! Thank you so much for everything! You help small developers like us so much! I’m working on a game right now and this will help so much! Have a great day/night dude!!
Honestly, as a developer with zero experience this helped alot and for me it isn't about how famous my game will be but seeing my ideas come to life, I'm planning to make a simple red vs blue game but a bit better, itll be like the current game Centaura but modern. There will just be one map but if become experienced enough I could make entire lore with new battles but for now itll just be premade characters with smooth running, walking, and crouching animations fighting on a capture a hill map with rounds. I'm also planning to add tanks and vehicles but I'm not experienced enough so that would have to wait.
Yo, i have been planning to make a game but i was so confused with all the ideas coming and how i can put them to place, but watching this video made me more confident than ever, and i have started the delopment today!
the part where you said you develop games not make games really stuck out to me. it made me think of the word "developer" more. "game developer". you start out small and develop your game and add things to it over time, like jailbreak.
I was watching this and loving all of the product development and incremental delivery notes you're giving. Solid basis for success. Get that MVP and iterate on it. Pivot or persevere. All the right ways to look at this stuff. Well done!
I COULDN'T MAKE A GAME ABOUT 5 YEARS BECAUSE ONLY OF I "GAME MAKER"????!!!!!!! im crying rn 😭😭😭 I GOT ENERGIZED SO MUCH!! I have got MIA every my "game"
This is not how you make a game. You assume that what you're trying to make is just gonna work out, but in general that's now how this works. I would suggest looking into how indie game development works. And the management aspect was just too surface level to really take away anything.
Ive never scripted before.. Knows notHIN about Studio- but me and my friend have been diving head first into making a game recently and im very excited to see where it goes :D I've also broke off for a bit and started learning on my own time making another. Lot of info but its honestly fun
Any more recommendations for project organizers? I've heard of obsidian vault and notion. I'm looking for something that's not only friendly in making a projects creation path easy to see but also for showing other people and them being able to understand it clearly
wow i didnt expect this video to be so insightful and well-articulated! i myself just released a new remaster of a game last month and myself have been struggling to expand the concurrent player amounts from max 2-3 players! been a dev for 2 years and through all these years ive really learnt how little i know
Very interesting, definitely an excellent idea to make your game even better for your targeted audience, But we all know Roblox unfortunately doesn’t have every kind of audience, for example.. horror games, like the mimic, it’s has a limited player count due to the limited audience, so how would I know if my game or anybody else’s game would have a limited player count due to the limited audience that they are targeting, and could this limited barrier be broken somehow?
terror game isnt a genre, its something you can use in your horror games to make them scary, although it works really well in games that arent centered around being scary such as subnautica
nice, but as some critism from a fellow developer as well: it’s a long ass video. I could guarantee you half the ppl clicked away within the first minute. They want to see the point of the video within 5 minutes, not 30. Don’t make something that’s supposed to be a sentence an essay. Other than that, I’m excited to see what’s next 🔥
yes that's the point of the last vid. I understand. But I LOVE long form content. I do both and will continue to. I appreciate the feedback however. Just,......... see the last vid!!!
Y'all, i'm kinda planning on making an (Almost) original battlegrounds game with a "Shibuya incident" mode to it, it's like, attackers vs defenders in a very chaotic style with cool magic, i'm not really working on it, its has way more crazy ideas than that, but the bare bones version is just "separate groups of group attackers vs separate groups of attackers with a dash of chaos and magic, and another group of 4 people that got in the middle of the crossfire and have to survive and help as many people as possible."
i feel like that idea would actually work out. people always think of anime (which i assume your game is inspired by) games on roblox as ffa fighting games, but you actually bring a unique spin to it by adding teams and an objective just know that there are always people who will be interested in what you’re making regardless of what it is
Im working on a game where you collect things and fight with those things, theres not really an ending or finish to the game (unless you count collecting everything as one) so it'll be released early and have alot of updates to add items and ways to get them.
As someone who's almost ready to launch(my first game), should I start marketing my game before release? What are some things that would help people at this stage?
It is up to you. I would. and I’d cultivate community first before release, get those people who are so passionate they’ll share ideas and care about where the games gonna go
@taffysquirts9265 their some RU-vid that'll play it for free for content like robuilder um I think ibemain started his roblox video their a chance well play it and more just ask around
Idk about my idea but tell me your thoughts: • you know those "feed your dog at 3 am" or "get a divorce at 3 am" games? thats the base • it'll be called "feed your frog at 1 am" • there will be many badges with different endings • it will be comedy-adventure game • VERY satire (heavy on the satire part)
Damn man thank you for this. Ive been working on a game for 2 months and ive lost all motivation to finish it, aftrt watching this video gave me the motivation for one last push to get this damn game released.
Having poorly made a game 3 years ago, this video gave me the motivation to return to it and learn lua and understand studio. Done with bugfixes with code along with code maintainability improvements, but now have to work on refining the physical game itself and eventually relaunching it since there’s no way it can get a player base after 3 years of dormancy lmao
Hi, im thinking of making an obby game, but its also a zombie apocalypse, like each 10 stages or so you have to kill waves of zombies, and you can buy better melee and ranged weapons. Also pvp is on throughout all of it. What do you think of that idea for my game?
That sounds like a co-op zombie game where you have to go through maps and kill zombies. Look up Zombie Tower. It's a classic game which has the idea you may think of.
These were some very helpful and insightful takes! I have a game that I want to make, but I'm worried that it will crash and fall with Roblox and their awful decisions. Fortnite is taking over a lot of the player base, the platform is becoming more and more corporate, and I don't know if making a Roblox game is a good idea in the first place.
I’ve been in Roblox Studio for almost 4 years now, I’ve developed well in terms of construction, but in terms of scripts there’s a complete hole in what I can do with scripts is the mouse click function, lederstats, datastore and animations, can you give me advice on how to improve my knowledge of scripts?
Not the creator, but I've also been a struggling scripter for a long time and I have to say, learn by doing has been wonders for me. I learn and understand concepts mainly from DevForums and Roblox Documentations and try to work from there. I mainly script simple stuff like saving a simple string that gets stored in a database. Trying to copy from Roblox scripting RU-vidrs helps at times if they explain what they're talking about and doing the work step by step. Joining a Discord server that has channels for code help has helped me a ton since the people there can fix and explain why a certain block of code isn't working. Hope these tips helped!
Recently started making a game with my and a friend of mine, first game were ever going to make so that means we have to learn scripting, building ect.
damn bro im the complete opposite. my lack of creativity makes me stay hours trying to find an idea but nothing even tho im an experienced developer and coder
I have an idea for a game, and I want to hear others thoughts and maybe get some feedback. It's a simple 3D platformer like game, except the main USP/ unique trait is that you can time travel through the world (Past, present, future) to collect clocks in an attempt to stop the main bad guy from causing a huge where all the three time periods go to war. The game looks really basic in design cause I'm not a good builder, and my scripting is really basic. If anyone has ideas/feedback, please let me know. If it sounds fun, I can release an early demo prior to release.
Let's go I've been making a game for a year now and I've been expanding the story even though the story has nothing to do with the gameplay or the reason you would play the game in general, I keep adding clues to why my game is a thing a world. This game is on my channel.
My tips based on my experience playing Roblox: 1: Make sure it's still fun even after completing the game. I played many games that have a structure where you grind to the end of the game, and usually after I complete it I don't feel any reason to play anymore and it isn't that fun, and many players just quit after 15 minutes because they don't feel like grinding. 2. Have an original idea or make the gameplay different. If you make a game that is very similar to other popular games, there won't be much point playing because there's nothing interesting and most players would choose the other game when they have more progress or it's more popular. 3. Don't make pay to win gamepasses. These gamepasses cause alot of complaint and unfairness in the game, making it not that fun. My idea is that the gamepasses only make stuff look really cool so it's fair and people would still buy it. 4: Don't make the game too complex. If you add too many features or things you need to do, it can become tiring or too complicated to play. 5: Make it mobile compatible or release a different version that's mobile compatible. A huge majority of players are mobile players, and unless you don't want to have lots of players, your game can become a lot more popular. Especially if there's themes or things that kids like. But I'm not a game designer so I honestly don't know about this one
Hello lads! Game Designer and Professional in the industry here. Most of what this video says is absolutely correct and very important to remember. Although some of the terms he uses are wrong, it is still a great video. One of the most important things here is not to be over ambitious, from what I've seen from my buds at roblox, most teams tend to dream more than they make, avoid that and keep it simple first. Always have a realistic idea about what you are making instead of just dreaming about it and making it an unachievable goal. Make sure it's something you can actually accomplish!
My idea is a car game but it includes cars that are rarely seen on games not just on Roblox. There will be a lot of customisability. There will be a little side story that is a war between brands that will lead to the development of a limited car depending on who wins that will be given to all players that played at the time. Other limiteds will just be in the shops or for events. This is all I’ve planned so far!
Me and my friend want to start a game about liminal spaces and this video will help us improve and continue with our project. Thank you for making this video!
I have an idea for a game i might create. So im a dev who dosen't know any coding or building but Im thinking with more practice i can make a sword simulator with a storyline and quest i just need somones idea about this topic to see if it will work!
My current team: Me (Beginner Builder, Scripter, Animator, etc.) My Friend (Intermediate Scripter, Animator) My other friend (Beginner Builder, Animator) Another friend of mine (Designer(?)) A few other fans + friends I have (Contributors) I only have 4 developers, but we work well together and we don't give up! We're releasing our new game Biozenco soon.
My old Roblox account got terminated because I made a game from free models off of RU-vid, and one of the scripts had not safe for work stuff, I didn’t know that tho Spence I was only 11 at the time
I have horrible attention-span and motivation but have huge, great ideas but can NEVER finish them because I lack the energy, want and motivation, and lately it's gotten harder and harder to come up with a game idea. But this video, along with another vid of yours, has inspired me to get me and my friend's development group back up and active and gave me a GREAT idea that's unique and simple, but is also fun and complex with a loved genre, I mapped out the game plan, along with the main systems and functions, messaged my friends (other owners of the group) and am currently awaiting their response. I cannot thank you enough! ❤
Bro Dropped This The Week I Started Making One Of My Most Complicated Roblox Games Ever. (The Game Is A Recreation Of Dark Deception. If You Wanna Play, It's Made By TheDarkDeceptionFan And Just Titled Dark Deception) Not Done Yet
Hey smarty! I have just started watching your channel so I can become a dev. But I have a game I want to make but there seems to be no tutorials for it! I want to make a clothing idea game! If you can help please do!
Yeah learn the basics you gotta learn fundamentals and mess with smaller stuff then you’ll know how to make entire games without specific tutorials on them
Me and my friends want to make a simple fps game with different game modes and maps, we have this whole idea planned out and we have each one of us assigned a role, we just don’t know how to code yet
