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Re: 2017 is by far the hardest year to make games

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Robloxinaterr is not online. Robloxinaterr
Joined: 26 Jul 2014
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13 Sep 2017 01:14 AM
Back in summer of 2016 you could spend like 5k robux and hit the front page.

Now due to so many players and new games, you can't even get your game to front page unless you spend almost a million robux, and even that, you'd still have to constantly keep players at your game.


Times are hard.
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igrach2 is not online. igrach2
Joined: 09 Mar 2017
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13 Sep 2017 03:57 AM
pley my gam:
https://www.roblox.com/games/1028042765/collectcoins123#!/game-instances
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ThatKidYoshi is not online. ThatKidYoshi
Joined: 21 Jul 2016
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13 Sep 2017 06:06 AM
yeah unfortunately things will only continue getting harder from here on out. But hey, atleast that forces developers to think in terms of quality, instead of quantity.
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nooneisback is not online. nooneisback
Joined: 28 Feb 2012
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13 Sep 2017 06:52 AM
You don't actually need to spend R$ if you have at least the basic BC. But it's really hard to make a game by yourself, because you'll either lack knowledge of Lua, or you are just bad at making stuff look good, not because you are disabled, but because you just don't do it all the time.

Despite this being a victory for the end customer, developers have a lot of work in front of them. Though, comparing Roblox to others, this is still a great place to start. You don't need any inovation; heck, you can just make a clone of an AAA game (PF) and it'll still become successful as long as you keep supporting it, at least during the early dev. stages.
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szkiller_dev is not online. szkiller_dev
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13 Sep 2017 07:03 AM
I agree with noone,



Apparently I am very fluent on scripting but building is also my weakness, but I'm sure that I'm not the only one here.
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nooneisback is not online. nooneisback
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13 Sep 2017 07:07 AM
I'm good in scripting and physics overall, I can also make good meshes, but I'm just a lost cause when it comes to map design, images and sounds. Not to mention that I beg my friends to make up a good plot.
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szkiller_dev is not online. szkiller_dev
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13 Sep 2017 07:13 AM
Noone,

Evidently, it's most likely to be inpossible to master scripting and building.

You can only be good at one of them, and that's it.
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Mitko0o1 is not online. Mitko0o1
Joined: 30 Nov 2010
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13 Sep 2017 07:19 AM
explains why none of my places has an original map


help me: https://www.roblox.com/library/1032745459/Support-me-buying-a-russian-cap
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JarodOfOrbiter is not online. JarodOfOrbiter
Joined: 17 Feb 2011
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13 Sep 2017 07:32 AM
seeing serious replies to this


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Robloxinaterr is not online. Robloxinaterr
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14 Sep 2017 12:05 PM
Ho
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Robloxinaterr is not online. Robloxinaterr
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14 Sep 2017 12:06 PM
Hi
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DaWarTekWizard is not online. DaWarTekWizard
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14 Sep 2017 12:16 PM
Of course it is. And roblox is letting that copied game jailbreak is bad. It stole ideas from prisonlife. And it's very popular. SO BOOO JAILBREAK!!!!!


DaWarTekWizard, YouTuber, Chief Operational Officer at Getaway Hotels, Security at Hilton Hotels, Owner of Wizardly Studio Fans
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ThatKidYoshi is not online. ThatKidYoshi
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14 Sep 2017 12:20 PM
2x the popular games, 2x the profits for roblox, I don't think they are complaining lol...
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Horrible_Pun is not online. Horrible_Pun
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14 Sep 2017 12:24 PM
"
Of course it is. And roblox is letting that copied game jailbreak is bad. It stole ideas from prisonlife. And it's very popular. SO BOOO JAILBREAK!!!!!"

I really despise bandwagoners like you. Jailbreak hasnt copied any other game at all. Its only gotten inspiration for the core idea. Jailbreak isnt like ANY other prison game on roblox. Heck, jailbreak IS better than any prison game on roblox. Jailbreak has obviously alot of hard work in it
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epicstorm192 is not online. epicstorm192
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17 Sep 2017 07:19 PM
it sucks anyway, cops can take you out of your car, and plus the people who are cops are worse then the ones in redwood prison or prison life
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Fangous is not online. Fangous
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17 Sep 2017 07:40 PM
oh no
jailbreak has...
game mechanics??
:thinking:
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iiNemo is online. iiNemo
Joined: 22 Jul 2013
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17 Sep 2017 07:42 PM
Robux demand has also went up dramatically, prices for builders / scripters and ect youst to be cheap. For example, builders costed about 2k to make a full map. Now I'm paying 40k robux for a builder to make me a map, which I'm still looking for a builder.
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systematicaddict is not online. systematicaddict
Joined: 13 Jul 2012
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17 Sep 2017 07:55 PM
Sure, people who invest a lot of time understanding and learning the art of great builds may be less-experienced in advanced scripting, but there's nothing to say that they can't be equally as good with enough time.

It would just be v slow to make a great game on both ends with 1 person.
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Robloxinaterr is not online. Robloxinaterr
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17 Sep 2017 08:31 PM
@system doesnt work if your same game idea gets made by another person before you.
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Yozoh is not online. Yozoh
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17 Sep 2017 08:35 PM
yeah I think the dev for Bakery Tycoon said he was spending at least 10k every week or so on ads. And I don't think the game is even on the front page anymore.

I don't think it's the inflation of games... it's a matter of how you market your game and whether players find it actually enjoyable or not. Wonder why so many games flop?
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Yozoh is not online. Yozoh
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17 Sep 2017 08:37 PM
This kinda relates to when the video game market crashed in 1983. People are just making too many copied games. Nothing is original or fun anymore.
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gohan31865 is not online. gohan31865
Joined: 30 Jan 2011
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17 Sep 2017 08:48 PM
i can back this, making a game that'll hit the front page is really hard

and it's only gonna get harder since more and more new people will join, and hop on the front page games, making them even harder to get off the front page due to the sheer amount of players playing them

roblox should make the featured section update more often, with more unique games and such to try and get the older players to play them
with that, they should place the featured section above top rated, since anything in top rated tends to also be on the popular games section

older players tend to attract newer ones toward them since they know so much about the platform
whatever the older players like, the newer ones are bound to come along with them

i remember there was a weekly series called "game reviews by maxxz" which really put new and unique games in the spotlight
from what i witnessed, games on that series gained a great amount of visits
that show really needs to be revived, it was doing roblox so much good


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Iceladen is not online. Iceladen
Joined: 08 Feb 2009
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17 Sep 2017 09:45 PM
maxxz is an og, funny how he went from prank calling roblox to eventually doing game reviews for them.
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Duuusskk is not online. Duuusskk
Joined: 23 Nov 2010
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17 Sep 2017 10:03 PM
im not sure if u actually reached the front page with 5k

becus even in 2014 it costed at least 10-20k



but at the end of the day the amount u spend doesnt determine its success

u could essentially spend nothing and make a popular game, it has been done before



in fact the roblox staff once made a game on a new account with no admin badge, no bc, and no money, and were able to hit the front page, just to prove that it was possible with a good game


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bigcooldudealeks is not online. bigcooldudealeks
Joined: 27 Nov 2014
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17 Sep 2017 10:44 PM
if you have an issue building and are a good scripter, get a good builder who is trash at scripting to partner up w / you and split the profits.

i mean that is what real life game development companies do, get people who are good at one thing and make them work with people who are good at other things.
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