“Egg Hunt” 2021 Metaverse Event Opportunity!

I’m extremely disappointed with this news.

After that chaotic mess from last year and the year before that, I for sure thought that you guys would try going back to your roots. Hopping in games and leaving it up to the developers to make the missions… I don’t know, it doesn’t seem very official. (EH2017 is the only possible exception considering how different it was.)

Even if my first point above is debatable, last year felt very pay-to-win. Example, only a certain egg would appear on a certain map and developers would tweak the script to make it so the map rarely gets chosen unless purchased with Robux.

Another example, developers making gamepasses off of this:

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These monetization practices not only ruin the experience of the egg hunt, but they also ruin the concept as well. These promotions don’t make the hunt feel like a hunt at all.

Say what you will about this egg hunt, but I’m very disappointed with the direction egg hunts have been going.

Edits: grammar, clarity, and punctuation.

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Yeah, I’m pretty sure 90% of the people after they found out they can instantly just get the egg off mobile I’m sure they chose that path.

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Sadly experience of this dev hunts proofed that most games became forgotten as soon as egg hunt ends, so roblox’s help doesn’t help at all and they should start making egg hunts like in 2018

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It is rather disappointing to see the direction of Egg Hunts is going. It’s almost like the balance of the game just doesn’t exist anymore. Why spend time grinding for the egg when you can just pay your way to the top or just get it for free by switching devices?

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I’m excited about this! I’m making a short game just for this! It will be called EggLand, but that’s all I’ll tell you :wink:. Hopefully, it’ll get accepted! If not, I’ll still be happy to see all of your games!

I thought that after all this criticism of all the recent Egg Hunts which followed this formula that something will change. Apparently not. Roblox, as stubborn as is with accepting their failures.

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Both systems each have their own pros and cons and while as a developer im on the side of DevHunt i’ll go through the pros and cons of each.

Hub World/Main Area (2017/2018)


Pros

  • Is overall a better experience for the player due to players not having to hop between games.
  • Probably looks better.
  • Follows theme.
  • Isn’t a cashgrab or a “trend game”.
  • Helps out a group of developers.
  • Is compatible on all platforms (hopefully).

Cons

  • I personally found them VERY boring (2018).
  • ONLY helps out a small team of developers and noone else.
  • Does not provide promotion for smaller, newer games.
  • Costs a heck lot more money.
  • Takes ALOT more time.
  • Usually discarded after the event is over.

DevHunt (2015, 2019, 2020)

Pros

  • Great for developers.
  • Provides a massive revenue boost for both developers and roblox.
  • Very cheap to make and does not take long to create.
  • Personally I found it a bit more fun then 2018.
  • Has the possibility to be more unique with the hats.

Cons

  • Does not support all platforms or languages.
  • Players have to learn each game.
  • Can be daunting with the amount of games.
  • Could include cash grabs or otherwise bad quality games. (Im looking at you Phone and Egg Simulator!!!)

I think this post from @BelowNatural in 2020 sums why DevHunts are better.

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I am honestly not surprised nor excited for this. I know Roblox is doing this for the developers, but these randomized egg hunts are nothing like they were. Since 2019, the egg hunts have just been a scrambled mess of random games, some good and some not so good. I really enjoyed the story and quality that was seen in earlier egg hunts (for example my favorite one, 2018). Now it seems like it’s just about cramming as many games into this egg hunt as possible and calling that good… I completely agree with @Zqtion

This shows that egg hunts are going to be ruined for everyone except the few that have a released game and get accepted into the hunt.

Farewell good egg hunts…

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When in your game in Roblox Studio, navigate to Game Settings > Avatar > Avatar Type. If you have “Player Choice” or “R15” selected, you support Rthro Characters. If you have “R6” selected, you do not.

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Would the special sorts the game is on give it a better chance of getting in?

For example my game Blox Royale (which has already been submitted) is on both the RTHRO sort and XBOX featured sort.

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These items are not related to the application of Egg Hunt 2021.

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I’m curious about mine, Cause I’m using custom character models but I also support all platforms so that might help. But I currently don’t support any other language but english. Although I can support it by the time the egg hunt comes around.

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Games do not need to have any specific theming, the only requirements are the ones listed under “We’re looking for participants who:”

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This question is sorta vague, so I’ll be updating it to “Was this game created in 2020?”

And yes, I did mean 2021! Thanks for pointing that out.

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I do have a question while your here, Are you able to give an est on how many games will be selected for the Event?

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Excellent opportunity to help grow and gain exposure for your game! Even if your game is not popular, I’d still recommend you apply. You never know who’ll get chosen.

I Disagree, this isn’t an “excellent” opportunity to help grow and gain exposure.
Most of the games that get chosen it’s because the Developers are Famous, look at the games from Egg Hunt 2015 , 2019 , 2020.

In 2019 there was a really good game in the Egg Hunt , but it died so quick, because? because the Game was selected for the Egg Hunt, instead of continuing being famous, it was only played for the egg, after the Egg Hunt ended, the game was dead.
I Remember joining that game ( because i actually liked that game ) and i was alone in that game.
only 1 server with only me in it.

And it’s not just 1 game that i really liked that died after the Egg Hunt, Drone Heist had a really good idea for a game, the game was good ( but hard )
it died so fast after the Egg Hunt Ended

Edit: I found the name of the “GTA 5” Styled game, it’s called “Grudge”

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Personally I think it would be better if a team of 20 devs were selected from talented creators and had them create one giant awesome egg hunt from scratch that show off each devs individual style of development, instead of having so many devs focus on their own already completed game. Devs should work together and learn from each other.

Just my own opinion.

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When you ask ‘User ID’, who’s User ID do you need?

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I believe it is the ID associated with your Roblox profile. Example: My profile is Oova - Roblox, and my ID would be the line of numbers in it. So my ID would be 1412042797. Hope that helps!

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