Introduction thread for new forum members

Hello, my name is Graphxcal - as my name implies, I am a graphic designer. I first found Roblox in 2014 where I initiated my graphic designing career on this platform through mutual friends and through the curiosity of endless possibilities. I began development on this platform with graphic design shortly after becoming familiar with the community, where I then started selling my work to get into more mainstream graphics. My current goals on the platform is to form a stronger connection with the overall development community here on Roblox, as well as build up my career in which Iā€™m so passionate about. As I stated previously, I am a graphic designer, but I also find time to casually build as I have quite a bit of experience with it. I am an overall friendly and interesting individual, and I am very passionate about what I do.

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Iā€™m not sure if itā€™s still important / useful to introduce myself (in this thread), but I figured it would likely be a better option for a first post than anything else.

I found Roblox as a result of my daughter watching YouTube (sheā€™s five). She wanted to install it, which meant I installed it to play with her. It wasnā€™t long before I worked out that I could make my own games.

Iā€™ve got a bit of history with creating websites, which turned out to use a similar language to Unity. And my graphic design skills assisted in modeling, texturing, and eventually animation.

While the learning curve for making use of Roblox Studio was fairly steep, itā€™s also much simpler in many ways; primarily by handling a good portion of player movement, physics, and server/client processes.

At the moment, Iā€™m working on an interactive obstacle course, with a production/crafting and level-up system for players. This may be a temporary game, primarily being made to help me learn the software, systems, and scripting language.

Iā€™ve also played with the idea of creating a fun park ā€¦ mostly for my daughter to run around in (with me). As I learn, this idea becomes more viable as I see how quick/easy it could be done.

My main goal is to create a fantasy land where people can build houses and decorate them. But the materials for this would be found by traversing a ā€˜challenge pathā€™. How long players can say in each field, and the level of each field they can visit, depends on their stats and abilitiesā€¦ in which, cooperative play would be beneficial. Naturally, other collectable resources would allow players to learn new abilities and improve their skills. Iā€™m also toying with the idea of having farms, pets, and similarā€¦ but this will be a development added later in the game.

Iā€™m also doing this solo for the moment, which means Iā€™m taking care of all aspects of development; graphics, models/building, scripting, user interface, animation, custom physics, etc.

One thing I want to try to implement is an in game display with a live camera feed. I think Iā€™ve worked out a way to do this, but will need to do some testing first.

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Itā€™s been 3 years since the post went over, but I still am excited to be promoted to the devforum community. It took me a LONG time to make it here, mostly because my impatient self keeps on thinking, ā€œOh, this is boring. Letā€™s make a game!ā€. Soā€¦ Here I am! I am excited and a hard working developer, but I think that I am a starting, since I donā€™t know much about properties of parts, GUIS, etc. But I am a developer.

I mostly started on minecraft command blocks, then worked my way up to roblox since I was a fan of Denis (I donā€™t watch him anymore) and he switched to roblox, then I switched to roblox. The account Iā€™m using right now (Vaelkarr) is an alternate account, because I really wanted that name and my friend said so anyway. My real account is ā€œLargelol7ā€.

I had a lot of game ideas, like uhhā€¦ horror games. But I successfully made one that might work but it only works in studio, but not in game. I updated, and did ALT + P, but it never work. So, on christmas, my brother got an Nintendo Switch, and also Super Smash Bros Ultimate. We unlocked all the characters in 3 days, and after the first day, I got inspired! I made a game called ā€œBloxFight!ā€, which is Super Smash Bros Ultimate, but in roblox. But, the one thing that crushed the dream, was, ā€œLoadAnimation requires the Animator object (Animator) to be a descendant of the game objectā€. I donā€™t know what the error was, but if it was an easy error that you could fix, I would feel like a total noob developer.

I know that noob isnā€™t the way to say it, but I still think I am a new developer. Anyways, it is such an honor to be in the developer forum after all my hard work, I got accepted. So, thank you, and have a good day.

I found roblox randomly by searching online for fun kids games (back in 2013 when I was around 9/10 years old). My development enthusiasm began around 2015 when I started to teach myself how to script by extensively reading the API. From there, I began to design UI elements and work more on my creative aspects as opposed to my logical scripting aspects. My goals for roblox are to release a completely original game and start a well-functioning company releasing top-notch content for all ages to enjoy. Currently, Iā€™d say my role lands around scripter (programmer) and UI designer (not GFX artist, wink). Final thing to say is that I LOVE piano! So if you are interested in music and what not, please drop me a message so we can discuss it because I can talk endlessly about music.

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Welcome to the Forum! Enjoy your stay!
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Hello I am Wendigo_King!
I found Roblox back in 2007 when I was looking for games to play, ended up sticking around for much longer then I would have imagined.

I got started developing or at least attempting to do so probably a few years in of playing Roblox, when I came across a game called ā€œPokemon Arena Xā€ it was so fun at the time that it got me interested in making models for it, to which I started making attempts in studio and eventually managed to get a few decent for the time models made in it.

Currently I have been aiming to learn Blender so I can improve my modeling skills and further gain a better knowledge of game making from that, along with make some fun models along the way, currently the only thing I would really say I have achieved much of is being on the Dinosaur Simulator Development team but thatā€™s about the most notable thing I can think of off the bat.

As mentioned earlier I tend to mainly model things, though I also really enjoy making maps as it gives me a chance to make my imagination of how a map would be into more of a reality.

Lastly just wanted to say Hello to everyone and Iā€™ll likely be popping in and out around here to give some assistance where I can and sometimes ask for assistance as well, Thanks for reading.

Hello, my name is TraxInfo. I found roblox back in 2009 through their ads. I decided to make my own account in 2012 since my sister and I used to share just one account.

I was interested in all forms of development, then it narrowed down specifically to programming and gfx as time passed by. I havenā€™t progressed in the programming part, but I was reached by a few people to do gfx work.

My current goals are pretty simple. Improve on my work, experiment on new techniques/styles, and have an opportunity to discuss topics to other people. Some of the communities Iā€™m in are nice to talk to, and I want to get to know more about other people as well.

I mainly do gfx, as it was one of the first things Iā€™ve done in any games. Iā€™ve made ~45 personal creations so far, some of them being essentially fanart to some games in Roblox. Iā€™ve been checking what kind of styles I really like doing, and so far thereā€™s been a fee that may fit different genres.

Iā€™m very excited to interact to all of you and share the works that I have made over the past months! Iā€™ll also try and give some helpful advice as I read through posts. I may not be very good at talking to others, but Iā€™ll try my best!

1.A friend of mine showed it to me.
2.I was bored and wanted something to do
3.To be a top tier designer
4.Clothing Designer

  1. How did you find Roblox?
    a. I was playing late 2011 as a guest. I forget how I found it. However I did end up making an account on 1/2/12 [MM/DD/YY]

  2. How did you get started with development on the Roblox platform?
    a. I really started once I began my group within the SCPF genre, which has now become the largest ā€œThe Serpentā€™s Handā€ group on ROBLOX to date.

  3. Current goals/achievements on the platform
    a. I hope to be able to enhance and learn new development styles or skills with the aim of helping my groups own development.

  4. What is your role in the developer community? (eg. GFX, UI Designer, Programmer, Builder etc)
    a. I am mostly a Builder and an animator. I am capable of doing scripts, however most of the time I just modify and build on what I already have script wise.

  5. Anything else you would like to include
    a. I am also multilingual. What do I speak? You might find out later.

Hi there. I found ROBLOX back in 2014 through a friend. I started building in 2017/2018 and have kinda just grown fond of the platform and community. My current goals are to finish up the showcase I am working on and then do some commissions. Iā€™m a fella of many trades. Building, UI, GFX. Building is most definitely my strong suit.

Some very powerful people recommended that I do thisā€¦ hello!

It at all started when I first started playing the game in 2009. I took up interest fairly quick, and began building things. It wasnā€™t until late 2015 that I began to explore programming. I guess you could say that Iā€™m a decent programmer who doesnā€™t have much experience with Lua, but I am very eager to learn more by exploring topics, challenging developers, and requesting insight :slight_smile:

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Hey all, I joined Roblox in 2015 after playing on a guest account for the longest time.
I started animating in early 2019 because it sounded like a fun thing to learn, however, I really want to learn how to script fluently down the road. For now, though, I am just an animator, not very experienced with animating tools though.

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So umm hello! I guess I should introduce myself here.
Im flguynico2. I like to be called flguynico (my old account that got hacked) or just flg.DO NOT CALL ME FLY! Ps people have been asking how to pronounce my username and its pronounced. (Fl-gOon-iikooh) your welcome. :wink:

I found Roblox when I was in the library one time in 5/24/14. Someone was playing the game ā€œWelcome to the town of Robloxiaā€
I asked them ā€œHey that looks cool! What is that game called?ā€ The person replied ā€œIts called Roblox. Want to watch?ā€ ā€œSure!ā€ I said. After a little bit of watching I thought to myself, ā€œMaybe I could play that game to!ā€ I went on the library computer and typed in ā€œRobloxā€ after playing as a guest for a little bit, I decided its time I make my own account! I made the account flguynico. While on my account for the first time, I played some of the classics that we all know today (Work at a Pizza Place, Ride a cart into blank, etc.) My old account got hacked around 2015 and I basically quit Roblox for around 6 months (I think) rip guests they were annoying but at least they gave newcomers a chance of a some-what like demo After that I decided to make a new account in 5/25/16. Hey what a coincidence! I was going to just do the same thing but it wouldnā€™t let me so i added a ā€œ2ā€ and it worked! It has been hacked a few times but I wasnā€™t going to let my new account go down the same fate as my old one and thanks to this method I developed, this account is still here strong and proud!

I got started in developing because I was sick and tired of all those How can I put this in the most passive terms? lousy games. I decided that since no one will do something different, I am going to make that change.

There are multiple things that I want to achieve in Roblox due to the community making something new everyday! One thing is making a game that players would say ā€œOh my goodness! This is much better than all those usual simulators!ā€ However that is a long shot for me due to not having much experience but each day I learn something new that can help my building.

I am not sure what I would consider myself as yet but, in a 1-10 rating (10 being highest) I would say

  • Building 3
  • Scripting 2
  • Animating 2 (I just started animating but i did a pretty good job with my first animation)
  • Other N/A (Due to I never tried those other things out yet)

The only thing I want to say to the future of Roblox is this:

Dream big Robloxains! Dream big! Donā€™t just make something for the money. That is greed! Make what you desire. Donā€™t let any harsh criticism tear you down. Let it help reshape and find out what the people really want.

Hello, Iā€™m new here and canā€™t wait to start posting.

I am Jamesabear I found roblox through a friend, I started off doing very low level scripts on my old account, I Program a bit, but I am not much use, I know all the basics and that, and can help out around roblox studio So feel free to shoot me a question Iā€™ll answer back, Thanks everyone!

  1. I found Roblox off an ad in y8.com, haha. That was back in 2013.

  2. I got started with development pretty recently when my friend asked me if I wanted to help him make an obby. We didnā€™t get far with it, but I really liked solving bugs and issues and testing.

  3. Making a third person shooter, just like Tom built a first-person shooter in the first-ever ad I watched for Roblox.

  4. ??? I really donā€™t know haha. I liked scripting the most out of anything, but Iā€™m not particularly good at that.

I found ROBLOX randomly. Probably while watching ROBLOX.

I started with development when I saw the great art ROBLOX members were making, and wanted to be apart of that.

My goals / achievements is to become a graphic designer for at least 1 front page game.

My current role in the developer community is GFX.

My brother showed me roblox in 2015. I got started developing in 2016 after playing lots a games. My goal is to make a good game that everyone would enjoy. Iā€™m a builder. Also favorite color is red.

Hello, I am Epitonex.

I do simple builds on roblox and I am hoping to use the developer forum to help me further improve my building skills and I would also like to learn scripting which I hope the forums can help me with as well.

That is it :slight_smile:

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-Found Roblox at 2013 when looking for a transformers game.

-Got started on this platform because I was pretty shocked that I as a kid can make 3d games, got innovated, started working on my first game(By work I mean free models lol).

-Achievements: Well known in the Roblox space community, made and scripted alot of rockets.
Helping the space community. Learned alot of things just because I pushed myself to and helped others with that. Made alot of robux.

-Goals: Atleast use DevEx onceā€¦

-Role: Pretty good builder. Pretty good programer. Very moderate UI designer. Moderate - good GFX artist. Pretty good animator. Good modeller

I like to think Iā€™m good, but always open to and learning more. Hope I can be a good addition here. Good luck to the rest of you all.

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Hello I am 21 years of age I have been playing Roblox since 2009 I found Roblox through other family members playing and I thought that it was cool so I gave it a try. The first game that I have played on Roblox was the sinking titanic game it was the best game on roblox at the time. My current goal on Roblox as low-poly developer is to create something and actually become famous as I have been playing Roblox for almost 11 years now and I think that it is my time to shine. My role in the developer community is a low-poly builder and I can do some UI but my strong point is building I have been building for 6 or 7 years.

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