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Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Zander Brumbaugh
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Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Zander Brumbaugh

Overview of this book

“I read/worked through the book with my kids to build a game together and I highly recommend pre-teens, teens, and tweens to pick this up as their first book to coding games” -James W. Y III, Technology Integration Specialist at Old Bridge Township Public Schools “...a must-read, must-practice essential book for anyone getting started with building games on Roblox using Luau programming...” -Frederic Markus, President, Feerik Games (Ex-Ubisoft, Nintendo, Rockstar, Disney, LucasArts, and Epic Games) “..includes everything from Roblox Studio menus, the basics of the Luau scripting language, how to tie in real-world (or any world!) physics into your experience of marketing your game as well as some great ideas for where to go next.” -Jay Sebastian, Computer Scientist and Adjunct Lecturer in AI for Games and Simulation Roblox isn't just popular; it's incredibly popular, featuring more than 54 million active players per day. Any experience imaginable can be created on Roblox. Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, 2nd Edition, is a go-to guide for anyone at any age looking to get started with building a game on Roblox using Luau programming. In just about 300 pages, you’ll learn the basics of Luau programming, build two end-to-end games, add customizations to finally publish and monetize them. The bonus chapter ‘50 Cool Things to do in Roblox’ is a perfect end to your learning journey with information nuggets presented with examples to save your time when coding, animating, building avatars, using Robux and so much more. Join Zander, 19-year-old Roblox developer and programmer on this game-development journey and bring your ideas to life
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section I: Introduction to Roblox Development
4
Section II: Programming in Roblox
9
Section III: The Logistics of Game Production
13
Other Books You May Enjoy
14
Index

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to use the Create page of the Roblox website in order to create new experiences, change external settings, add monetization items, and promote your experience for millions of users to see. Moreover, you became familiar with Roblox Studio, and you can now create and change the properties of new instances, manage internal game settings, customize Studio to increase your productivity, and manipulate your environment with built-in tools. Lastly, you found the resources that Roblox provides to its developers to advance knowledge, get development help, and network with other members of the community.

The next chapter will begin by introducing you to the Luau language and general programming constructs that will be key components of your future as a game developer and programmer in general. By the end of the following chapter, you will be able to make your own programs in Luau with the prowess of utilizing the proper style to produce optimized...