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In my experience this is a highly underrated statement. In my day job, I work with Roblox developers, all whom either dropped out or never went to college to b
by rib3ye 4y ago
In my experience this is a highly underrated statement.
In my day job, I work with Roblox developers, all whom either dropped out or never went to college to be full-time Roblox devs. They are so motivated by being on the platform that they will happily spend 8+ hours a day re-creating MS Office products on Roblox for our clients.
- duxup 4y agoMy son plays a lot and I watch. The creativity, whimsy, and fun is off the charts. I find it very appealing compared to the "outside" gaming world. I tell my son "Hey you know what if they had a game about bugs and you---" "Dad they have that." "But what if they--" "Yeah dad that's exactly how it plays."
- rib3ye 4y agoI agree. Additionally, the velocity of development blows me away. I frequently ask them, "why Roblox?" and the answer is so obvious I feel dumb every time: Time investment to stand up a fully network-enabled multiplayer game with a "metaverse" UGC catalog, user account management, and "good enough" trust and safety is literally as fast as the dev can click "Create" and "Play".
- ZephyrBlu 4y agoRecreating Office products inside Roblox? Sounds interesting, but why?
- rib3ye 4y agoWithout divulging too much info about the client, they want us to create a tool for giving audio+slide presentations with their Roblox avatar. I know Roblox is known as a kid's gaming platform but from my observation of the API capabilities, they see themselves as a "metaverse operating system" and development stack.