A: I'm an experienced gamedev in Unity, Haxeflixel, Gamemaker, etc., so I decided to try something new.
Q: BUT IT'S FOR BABIES!!!
A: Actually it's a lot harder than I expected. There's no drag-and-drop code editor or anything of the sort; it's straight up Lua and a text editor and software that looks like a crappier version of Unity. And because every game is massively online multiplayer by default, there's a lot of funky server stuff that would otherwise be super simple to do in a single player engine. And the documentation is pretty garbage.
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Q: OK HOW DO I ACTUALLY PLAY ROBLOX, I'M OLD
A: Girl, I gotchu. I'm in my 30s, so, basically a senior citizen when it comes to Roblox. If you're on a computer, you're gonna wanna go to roblox.com and make an account, then download the game client. It only takes a minute. Then, visit my game URL. It'll launch the game from the browser. You can also download the Roblox app on tablet or mobile and play it there!
Q: DID YOU MAKE THE AUDIO?
A: No. This is a limitation of the platform. All audio has to go through a manual moderation system, which takes time and *real money*, so I used free stuff from the Roblox asset store and I have opted out of being rated on Audio.
KEYBOARD CONTROLS Move: WASD or arrow keys Move camera: Left mouse button Jump: Space Interact: E or right mouse button to click on dialog prompts
I didn't play this game because I'm too old to have a Roblox account, but if you didn't make the music I don't think you're allowed to enter this into the compo :(
Making a Roblox game in 48h is so badass! It's wild that it's networked and multiple people can play. I love how dark of a concept this is for a kids game, and how your art got censored by the mods. Plus I totally relate to this fear of under my stove/fridge.
Cool to see people using Roblox for stuff like this! The game is weird and funny and very roblox-y. I'm not sure whether I got to the end or whether there was more I didn't find, but nice job!
@ladybenko unfortunately no, that's a limitation of the Roblox platform. It's free and only takes a second to sign up, but I feel you, I wouldn't download Roblox just to play a jam game either :P
I never really had a look at Roblox, but hats off to you for developing something like that in 48 hours. Just for you I setup a Roblox account and played around - interesting an enjoyable. Sad to see that you can't use your own music - and also thanks for the postmortem, maybe I should check that out for fun as well!
Loved the playfulness of this! Felt like a story I could have made up in my mind when playing on my own as a child, save for the occasional nightmare fuel. Also, fun choice of engine. (My nephew is going to be so proud of me when he hears that I have tried Roblox!)
And here I thought roblox were some competitor to legos! I would have skipped the onerous install process but you're SO CLOSE to getting the 20 that I couldn't just walk away. Hope you cross the finish line in time!
This was a fun little experience. I enjoyed that I could restart the dialog and test various paths through the short bits of clever prose. I also dug the charmingly severe transitions between environments. It put to rest the question of which is a scarier hell: the spooky creepy gross bug kind, or the one with puppies. No contest.
I was determined to find some glitch to escape Heck, as I could see outside the walls with the camera. But those colliders were too strong. I tried glitching into a superjump by getting stuck between the two signs but that also refused to work.
The best I could do was walk left and right very quickly around this spot here, which triggered a restart to the torture-music and provided some much-needed tranquility:
Respect for throwing away your usual engines to try out something new, and nice work!
@xatulu@dpmzi@pkenney holy moly, thank you all so much for pushing this one over the finish line. And props to you all for being open-minded about Roblox -- whether you like it or not (and I don't, really).
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Just for you I setup a Roblox account and played around - interesting an enjoyable. Sad to see that you can't use your own music - and also thanks for the postmortem, maybe I should check that out for fun as well!
Now, I think I'll give my buddy a call.
This was a fun little experience. I enjoyed that I could restart the dialog and test various paths through the short bits of clever prose. I also dug the charmingly severe transitions between environments. It put to rest the question of which is a scarier hell: the spooky creepy gross bug kind, or the one with puppies. No contest.
I was determined to find some glitch to escape Heck, as I could see outside the walls with the camera. But those colliders were too strong. I tried glitching into a superjump by getting stuck between the two signs but that also refused to work.
The best I could do was walk left and right very quickly around this spot here, which triggered a restart to the torture-music and provided some much-needed tranquility:
Respect for throwing away your usual engines to try out something new, and nice work!