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Coding Roblox Games Made Easy

You're reading from   Coding Roblox Games Made Easy The ultimate guide to creating games with Roblox Studio and Lua programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800561991
Length 238 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Zander Brumbaugh Zander Brumbaugh
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to Roblox Development
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Roblox Development FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Knowing Your Work Environment 4. Section 2: Programming in Roblox
5. Chapter 3: Introduction to Roblox Lua 6. Chapter 4: Roblox Programming Scenarios 7. Chapter 5: Creating an Obby 8. Chapter 6: Creating a Battle Royale Game 9. Section 3: The Logistics of Game Production
10. Chapter 7: The Three Ms 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Monetization

The next M is monetization. Monetization is one of the most important aspects of development if your primary goal is to make Roblox either a career or a profitable hobby. The first thing to realize is that there are great and terrible implementations of monetization. For example, all players, regardless of whether they buy anything in your game or not, can be positively or negatively impacted by your monetization strategy. We will start off with what not to do.

Perhaps the most egregious offender that you will see players mention is "pay-to-win" monetization. In these instances, players that have the ability to spend money can purchase very powerful items, or anything that gives them a unique advantage over free players. Some game companies such as Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) are notorious for this style of monetization and it has in the past stunted the initial—and later, overall— performance of some of their games, such as Star Wars: Battlefront...

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