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Re: HOW TO MAKE A GOOD GAME:

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Calvantis is not online. Calvantis
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22 Feb 2011 02:45 AM
So, a lot of players use free models than compose for a lot of their game. You may think that it is a good idea because it gets you a lot of visits in little to no time, but in reality the people who do that luck out by getting an entire server of friends for a period of time then drag attention to it, run ads constantly, etc. This is why I limit my uses on free models in my games that I make, and try to use my originality and creativity surpass the idea of free models (lets face it, if you want something really cool and specific, you'll probably have to build it yourself.)

-YOUR IDEA TO A GOOD AND ATTENTION KEEPING GAME-

There are many different types of people that play, last time I checked a while back the player population rised to 5+ million but I am fairly sure it's way past that now. Try to have a variety of gameplay for your games and don't focus on just one thing like shooting and killing someone because over time it'll get to be repeatitive and stale. I suggest adding in features, GUIs, capture the flag, badges and CFrame to enhance how your game looks, and to keep a players attention on it long enough to get a couple more people to join in and draw even more attention to it.

-SCRIPTING (Lua)-

I myself know little about scripting in general, I have a few friends that do that and help me build my games for me. (ex. I design the game, build it. Then my friend would script it out and send me the script via private message.) Scripting can GREATLY increase a players attention to the game, it can also make it more fun, it can give you a vast variety of things to do.. Scripting can basicly let you do anything, so all I can say is if you take time to learn it let your imagination run wild.

-TESTING YOUR GAME-

A game may not be as perfect are you think, I copy and idea that World of Warcraft uses while making/updating their game and that is called "Patching". Every update I do that is large/needed I call it a patch, i.e. Patch 1.0.0., Patch 4.5.5. etc. This helps a lot if you do beta/alpha testing in games. (I do beta and alpha tests just because I want to see how people who test it feel about the un-finished version before I final cut it.). I suggest to ask a few people you know, put up an ad, ask a few people around (not Roblox Talk..) "Look what I made" section of the forums to test it and maybe if they like it they will pass your game around.

-RUNNING ADS-

Running an ad is a very effective way to luring people into your game. Though it may seem like you need 1,000,000,000,000 tickets to get a good ad, it really depends on "IS IT ATTENTION GRABBING". My ads usually conside of neon/bright colors not on what does it look like. Try to use colors like yellow, bright green, bright blue, pink, etc.

-GET AN IDEA ON WHAT THE GAMES ABOUT-

Try not to just make a random game, make it a game worth playing for 10+ minutes. Wasting a person time has to be the BIGGEST insult you can ever achieve.

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This is pretty much all I have to offer on my idea on how to make a great game that will get people's attention and make them like it. Hope it helps! (Waits for 0 replies)
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chrissirhc is not online. chrissirhc
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22 Feb 2011 04:23 AM
All true, shame half the people who do this wont read it *sigh*
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Froststare is not online. Froststare
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22 Feb 2011 06:31 AM
In the place I'm making, I've only used free models to get the scripts. Everything else is original, made by me. It's taken me a month to get as far as I have. What I have up right now is what I had after 2 weeks of work.
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hockeyg2010 is not online. hockeyg2010
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22 Feb 2011 06:59 AM
people! we no dont use free modelz
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alif9198 is not online. alif9198
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22 Feb 2011 07:57 AM
Don't try to limit free models! Don't use them at all! only use them if you are learning to script (examine the script from the free model) And if you're tryong to do that you should get a virus remover first (Get the FIREWALL V9 (RECCOMENDED))
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RoboTestGear is not online. RoboTestGear
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22 Feb 2011 08:11 AM
First of all you're on scripting helpers. Second every helper knows how to script and build, third people don't start learning lua till later on so why would they be here.
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alif9198 is not online. alif9198
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22 Feb 2011 08:18 AM
This is building helpers....olol
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chrissirhc is not online. chrissirhc
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22 Feb 2011 09:13 AM
Robo=Fail
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eikku is not online. eikku
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22 Feb 2011 09:49 AM
Robo=supah fail
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chrissirhc is not online. chrissirhc
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22 Feb 2011 09:55 AM
eikuu=true
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Calvantis is not online. Calvantis
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22 Feb 2011 05:58 PM
@Robo

ROBLOX Forum>Help Center>Building Helpers>Re: HOW TO MAKE A GOOD GAME:



Please understand where you stand before making a reply.
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Calvantis is not online. Calvantis
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22 Feb 2011 06:14 PM
bump
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master9125 is not online. master9125
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22 Feb 2011 07:11 PM
I think Robo may already know thathe posted on the wrong Forum lol
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lupine is not online. lupine
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22 Feb 2011 10:54 PM
Whatever, he still can't script. He created a table with PARENTHESES! tch, that cracked me up.
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lupine is not online. lupine
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22 Feb 2011 10:55 PM
Tip: A game is not some 10 minute process. All of mine have taken more than a few weeks and are still not done.
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litozinnamon is not online. litozinnamon
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23 Feb 2011 12:19 AM
Actually i disagree with the ads. They really dont do much if players still dont click then and play. What you should do for promotion is ask your best friends to test it out and then ask more and more of your friends to do the same
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Froststare is not online. Froststare
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23 Feb 2011 05:14 AM
Well, how many ads do you see that are convincing enough to click on them?
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alif9198 is not online. alif9198
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23 Feb 2011 05:30 AM
A good starter is testers. Thats how Dead Rising got up.
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Calvantis is not online. Calvantis
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24 Feb 2011 04:10 PM
@Lupine (late response. lol.)

Yeah, that's how I do mine a lot. I've actually been developing a third game for a series I've been making. Week 1 in developement and haven't even gotten halfway done.
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kkgg is not online. kkgg
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24 Feb 2011 04:17 PM
I support this thread.
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pauljkl is online. pauljkl
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24 Feb 2011 04:25 PM
I dont take long to make my games.... I guess im just fast then
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lupine is not online. lupine
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24 Feb 2011 05:23 PM
Yeah, well you can script fluently. 40% of my scripts are trial-and-error.
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Froststare is not online. Froststare
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24 Feb 2011 05:39 PM
Lua is a relatively simple language but not many people here have motivation to make use of it, not many programs other than online multiplayer games actually make use of it. Quite frankly, it would be easy to make a functioning script if you gave someone a list of some terms and what they do. Heck, all the scripts I've made are made by copy-pasting functions from other scripts and making them work.
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tubdood22 is not online. tubdood22
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24 Feb 2011 05:44 PM
This is my first gmes so if you can come and tell me if its good or bad i would really like it if you did so and if you do come please invite!!!!!!
:D
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Calvantis is not online. Calvantis
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24 Feb 2011 05:51 PM
@Lupine (So cool of you to respond!)


Yeah, most of my scripts that I (fail) to make usually turn out really bad, or I end up having my cousin make them for me so I can use them in-game. I use to be a little in depth with Lua but I guess I lost interest as I got more interesting with video making/directing..

(I wanted to be a computer engineer a while ago.)
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