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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by Quenty on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:17AM (#22011999)
Have you tried Roblox?
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by ghostbrainalpha on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:11PM (#22012514)
I thought Roblox was a game... is it also a game making platform?
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by jandrese on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:02PM (#22013095)
Most of the Roblox games are user created. It ships with Roblox studio.

Just remember that the average age of a Roblox player is like 8, so in-depth RPGs or complex sim games probably won't get a lot of traction.

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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by BinaryIdiot on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:09PM (#22014158)
Unfortunately most of Roblox games are just attempts to siphon your money by buying Robux. Their target market, kids around 8, beg their parents for Robux so they can buy some stuff in one person's game.

It's incredible how much money they make through tactics that make many of their games not really enjoyable unless you spend a lot of money in them.

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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by asdasdasdasdwd on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:08PM (#22014877)
There was an interesting podcast about Roblox in Hanselminutes a few weeks ago: https://hanselminutes.com/709/robloxs-kelly-mayes-on-communi...
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Re:VVVVVV’s source code is now public, 10 year anniversary j... by mhast on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:07AM (#22043075)
There's also one on Software Engineering Daily, quite interesting and it made me consider trying it out just to see what the building tools are like.

https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/12/18/roblox-engin...

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