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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800561991

Length 238 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Lua

Tools

ROBLOX

Concepts

Game Scripting

Author (1):

Zander Brumbaugh

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

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

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Technical requirements

Like the previous chapter, you will be working entirely in Studio. You will want an internet connection in order to get the best use out of Roblox Studio, as well as to access the developer website to further explore some of the topics that will be covered. You can find all the code used in this chapter in the book's GitHub repository at - https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Coding-Roblox-Games-Made-Easy/tree/main/Chapter04

Understanding the client-server model

The client-server model is a distributed communication structure that can be found throughout many fields of computing. In game development, this type of communication is most often utilized so that the server acts as a provider and verifier for clients who make requests to it.

Different script types

Since the server and client are separate systems with different defined purposes, programming in Roblox requires that we use unique script instances, depending on whether a script is working...

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Authors (1)

Zander Brumbaugh

Zander Brumbaugh

Zander Brumbaugh is an independent programmer, project manager, and game designer. The games he has made or contributed to have been played more than 300 million times. Some popular titles include My Salon, Power Simulator, Munching Masters, etc. With the games he has created, he has been able to create a successful business while in college; he currently attends the University of Washington and is part of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. At the time of writing, Zander is 19 years old.

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