Not to be a pessimist, but what is the point of these articles? They were sunset a while ago by developer relations because their functionality was superseded by devhub articles & various other Roblox talks through the event program & RDC.
This article mostly advertises a creator’s non-education related games, and doesn’t link to any educational games despite the title indicating the article is about education on Roblox. Wouldn’t it be better to make a generalized article about multiple educational experiences on Roblox, including projects like @boatbomber’s lua learning?
This is not in any way meant to frown upon DevOmar, he’s a great colleague that I respect - but I have to question how useful these articles are if they were originally sunset for the exact reasons I mentioned above.
Gonna keep it real with you chief, these kinds of posts don’t belong anywhere near the Devforum. This belongs on some blog somewhere, not the intended primary source of company and engine news and updates. This post is completely irrelevant to most of the people browsing this forum.
Good for Omar getting his bag, but free advertising doesn’t belong here.
I think Creator Spotlight stuff like this actually does belong on the DevForum though I definitely agree with your original point. I think creators deserve to be recognized and seen in their “home environment,” but you are right that this article really contains nothing about how he is making education fun. It may have small references, but it’s still mostly quite empty when it comes to direct addresses to the question.
The title just needs a rework, and this post probably needs its own category. I don’t really think this falls under community or events, though I could be entirely wrong.
Being on the platform as long as I have turned it into more than just a platform, Roblox has become like my virtual home, somewhere I can let my passion to create out.
Thank you for making all these opportunities possible and thank you for the spotlight!
I look forward to creating more on the platform, not just games but plugins and UGC!
This reply doesn’t provide anything useful. It’s quite clear they brought it back, and if you’d read through my response, you would see this:
The spotlight program didn’t serve its original purpose (educational content, now superceded by devhub resources), and was instead mainly viewed as free advertising for a creator and their experiences / games.
I don’t see anything different here from 2 years ago.
I get that spoiled milk is more useful than my reply, but I feel like they are useful so they can inspire other developers to be like one developer that Roblox feels like showcase
Thank you for the feedback and ideas for content! The purpose for bringing this back is to celebrate creators and give insight on their journey to others in the community. I agree there is an opportunity to highlight creators in other ways and we’re exploring that. This is just the first of what we have planned, so stay tuned.
I’ll be making a lengthier post about this program tonight & posting it tomorrow to feature requests (the best feedback category available to creators at the moment), but my main issues with the program so far are:
Why isn’t this application based? Right now it’s very much a “person A internally knows / likes person B and nominated them”. It’s prone to nepotism and doesn’t really scale well.
Why are the titles inaccurate, and why are these posts not in their own category?
Why is it exactly fair that handpicked creators get free advertising for their experiences? Shouldn’t these be more educational and more about substance and not flair & promotion?
This is an awesome post. It’s inspiring and great to see creators from different backgrounds succeeding and being highlighted for what they do best—nothing but praise for posting stuff like this here.
I mean this with respect, but this post is a little insulting. The title is eye-catching, yet it’s misleading. You click on it thinking ‘oh, I might learn something from this person,’ but there is nothing of value here.
Education is mentioned many times, especially in the context of games but I don’t see how ‘Recycle simulator’ or ‘Chipotle Boorito Maze’ is anymore educational than any other game on Roblox.
If I were to make suggestions, the first would be to stop trying to disguise the fact that this is an ad for this creators work. This person would of benefited a lot more if the title was realistic and the questions weren’t specifically chosen so that a game ad could be added at the end of each response. Transparency is respectful.
My second suggestion would be to ask more broad questions that people can relate too, use as advice or a tip. Such as “What was your experience working for a big company”, “Do you prefer to be hired or commissioned”, “Do you have any resources you used to learn that you’d like to share?” As the questions asked are mostly catered towards this one person and their unique experiences.
I really do not want to mute this category. No disrespect towards the developer, all the support their way for contributing to the platform or for pursuing their dreams via it, but I’m getting tired of my notifications being filled with literal advertisements again and again.
No insult to the developer, but this post doesn’t make sense.
These games arent educational, they are ROBLOX GAMES
specifically simulators and a freeze tag game
aka not educational
It was a pleasure working with you at MELON Omar! Educational games have so much potential on this platform and I can’t wait to see what you do with them!
