Disclaimer: I know it is not in the right topic, please move it to #discussion
Hello, I have been browse though devforum, and I thought of a idea, but. Like them all, they have usually been taken. So what I am supposed to do? When do you think roblox developers will run out of ideas? I mean it has been going on since 2006, they have to sometime( not in a bad way) but what do you think.
There are so many things you can do with Roblox Studio. If youâre having trouble finding ideas for your game, try using a random word generator. When youâve found some words you can work with, try to think and write about how you could use this to make your game.
The answer is the same with any creativity-centered field. Pong, generally considered the first video game, came out in 1972 and no one, especially indie developers, has ârun out of ideasâ. The nature of ideas is that they evolve with an array of factors like social change (think games about AI taking over the world) or technological innovation (VR) and Roblox is no different, it isnât really possible to run out of creativity.
Although I agree that it is very hard to come up with original ideas, if you edit that idea enough and make it your own in a special way, I count that as an original idea, even if it was styled after another game or just has similar characteristics as another game.
Even though physically speaking, we will never run out of ideas, as Roblox grows its player base and more games become made, it will eventually seem as though original ideas become far harder to come up with.
If this ever comes to pass where we run out of fresh new ideas, like I said at the beginning if you keep the game concept but change everything else, even though it may not be quite that original, its still different than every other game out there.
Nope, developers will find the most randomest ideas. Take for example, âWashing machine simulatorâ. For reals now, Roblox Studios is open to an array of new genres that we as developer havenât picked up, so no, I believe there is no limit.
There is practically no limit to how many games developers can make on ROBLOX. Think of it this way; there is roughly 46,000 nouns(possible topics) in the english dictionary alone and Roblox has 15~ game genres with 96(or so) themes for every-developer to base there game out on⌠So if ms we multiply 46k * (15 * 96) we get 66,240,000 (somewhat)possible games on roblox⌠Tho this sata may be incorrect it just makes you realise how many games developers can create if you compare that to 5,095,367 games(accroding to RTrack) that ROBLOX currently hasâŚ
To follow; A good majority of games are left unnoticed by the community and these 5M+ games could have there ideas expand upon or improved. And to put it simply some games can have the same idea; Like Jailbreak and Mad City, There bot prison games but both are extremely unique. One game has heroes while the other has good performance⌠Or Adopt Me! and Adopt and raise a cute baby, Both are focused on the premise of adopting but one is focused on Babies whilst the other has Pets. A community like that of Roblox is insanely unpredictable and its safe to say that We donât need to worry when will we runout of game ideas but rather how can we expand our tools and communitiesâŚ
I donât think developers will ever run out of ideas. Think about it, last year, Camping created a NEW GENRE! Now, there are hundreds of Camping spinoffs, so who knows whatâs next?
Briefly, there are an infinite amount of ideas, but a finite amount of people that have enough willpower to do it. Most people quit, even though their idea wouldâve been revolutionary. People have great ideas, but not all of them have to will to persevere through tough times, such as learning how to script, build, and monetize the game.
As many people have said before, there probably isnât a limit to game ideas. There will always be people who are able to think up of original ideas or ideas that improve upon a previous one, in many ways. People are creative, and with there being over millions of players, there is always bound that one person will be able to think of a creative, and imaginative idea.
Currently, I even have an idea that is built upon others but the game and gameplay itself hasnât been seen on roblox. It will be a big game and will take time to make. Sure games may start feeling the same, but there will always be someone with a bigger, brighter idea.
Never, and NEVER will developers run out of ideas, there are a lot out there for many developers to create with their imaginations and possibilities on what to create next and a dream coming to life.
So many games are being made with new ideas coming from their brains or ideas that they have been working on for days or weeks, trying to find the best possible way for users on the platform for the next generation of fun and how well they perform.
In the end, the future is ahead of us and developers will NEVER run out of ideas, imagination is key.
When I look at the poll, people say they will run out of ideas, how? Think of Game shows, or fantasy shows that will give nice ideas to us Ideas for all of us to create.
Well, With the time passing new things are created and then with new things being created, developers can get more ideas from them.
Past things are also a thing developers use to make games, ideas cannot end since there are infinite things we can think of and there are other games which gives a âboostâ in imagination (Pretty much someone creates a game that has things the other game doesnt have or things that person would like to have in it.)
Basically whenever a thing is created someone else will come with a idea that they think its good and then develop a new game which other person that plays this will get a new idea and then create another, With the community help they can most likely get infinite ideas.
New things are created every day, ideas die and are forgotten or are revived from a state of being unused, ideas are stolen and copied multiple times then the idea they copy changes, as new things are created and destroyed every day new ideas will be coming forever, there is an endless amount of ideas as long as you have the creativity and time to make those ideas a reality.
No, I donât really think developers will run out of ideas. I believe that there are still thousands of ideas that are waiting to be discovered as a genre. And things that can revolutionize an older genre of games.
I have a few game ideas but Iâm currently focusing on one. The thing is, there may be some times where we feel that we donât have any ideas but in actual fact, it could be in the deepest corner of out brain and one day it may come to you. Sometimes Iâm just in the shower or doing some work when an idea will come to me.
Iâve already noticed this and was contemplating making a post on the subject, Iâve noticed since 2015 that all games are based off of 5 sole games from the early days.
Games they are all bases around: MM2, Survive the disaster (not that many), Sword fights on the heights, flicker, and bloxburg ( Iâm sure theâre many more. just the main ones that came to my head.)
if you click a random game on the games page 1 out of 5 times, one of these games will basically be there. Although there are so many original ideas coming out daily. Theâre really not that many left. Some things are just unthought of, other just imposiible to build/script.