Introduction thread for new forum members

Thanks so much! Glad to be here!

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Hello!
Itā€™s been quite long since I discovered Roblox, to be exact, I started in 2006 on a previous account (that account no longer exists as it was compromised in 2012, loosing it was devastating. On that day, I decided to take a break up until mid-2014 when I registered my current account).
Unfortunately I do not remember very well how I discovered the platform, I believe it was when some of my friends were talking 'bout it, but thatā€™s all I remember. Oh and I originally started as a builder and in 2008 I begun my take at scripting even if I did a LOT of trial and error.
Fun fact: I started programming BASIC and Batch on my Dadā€™s old IBM PC/AT 5170 (more on that later, this particular one has a interesting backstory)

My goals on Roblox: Finally finish a old showcase project of mine, that I never had the opportunity of finishing and the second one would be becoming a beta tester (as someone who likes tinkering with things, see how they work et al)

My role as a developer : Iā€™m between a builder and scripter. 50/50 to put it short :joy: buuut thereā€™s a lot I need to fiddle with until I feel confortable using (Iā€™m looking at YOU ParticleEmmiters)

More about me:

Iā€™d like to get this out of the way, I have Aspergerā€™s syndrome.
Iā€™m also a vintage computer enthusiast, currently I own only 1ā€¦ The PC/AT that my dad bought in 1985 or so, it got handed down to me in 2006 because I found old game floppies and because I was curious as if it still worked but mostly because I wanted to run old games on it, thatā€™s on this computer that I begun writing programs in BASIC and in MS-DOS batch, until I realized ā€œHey! But I can write the same scripts in Roblox as well!ā€ believe it or not but thatā€™s how I discovered programming :stuck_out_tongue:

So thanks for accepting me as a new member! Itā€™s a honor for me :blush:

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Thanks so much! Iā€™m so excited and happy to be here!

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  • How did you find Roblox?
    I started when I was just over 13. I had been looking for some cool multiplayer games to play and found Roblox in a list of online games; signing up for an account was simple and quick back then. Ever since then itā€™s all been uphill! :grinning:

  • How did you get started with development on the Roblox platform?
    After about two months on Roblox, I decided to take a look at the other shortcut that had appeared in my start menu, the one called ā€œStudioā€. At first, I didnā€™t know what to do: I knew how to move things, add bricks from the toolbox, and I could change their size by changing these numbers, but that wasnā€™t much. I soon made my first attempts at scripting, and while it was very much trial and error I eventually had the basics down.

  • Current goals/achievements on the platform
    Iā€™d like to create content in areas where Roblox does not yet have content. For example, we do not have any VR games on Roblox currently. Iā€™d like to fix that, as I already have ideas and designs, some of which include Roomscale in a very simple way.

  • What is your role in the developer community? (eg. GFX, UI Designer, Programmer, Builder etc)
    I am a good UI Designer, I can program, and Iā€™ve built for others in the past! If I had to pick my best quality, though, itā€™d be UI Designing as I have already created UI designs for other DevForum members in the past!

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  • How did you find Roblox? I was referred to it by a friend.
  • How did you get started with development on the Roblox platform? I just downloaded studio when I was bored and started doing things. Scripting, mostly, although I can script AND model
  • Current goals/achievements on the platform: I want to bring unseen genres to Roblox - things that have never been done or done well on Roblox. I hope to in this way help the quality of games on the site increase overall.
  • What is your role in the developer community? (eg. GFX, UI Designer, Programmer, Builder etc) I can program and build rather well, I can make rigs, and I can do UI relatively well. However, I particularly focus on scripting and building when I get tired of scripting.

I want to say it has been five months coming, and now Iā€™m finally at the door. Letā€™s just hope I donā€™t trip over the proverbial doorstep.

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  • How did you find Roblox: I found out about Roblox in late 2009 from my brother who used to play with a few friends.

  • How did you get started with development on the Roblox platform: I used to be an avid trader - I hadnā€™t paid much attention to the actual development part of Roblox until late 2016 when I started to see a spike in concurrent players in the top games. It was quite interesting to watch throughout all my years on Roblox seeing old ā€œBase Warsā€ as the top game barely pulling 1,000 people to now seeing 100,000 concurrent players normal. Seeing this spike peaked my interest on the possibilities on Roblox.

  • Current goals/achievements on the platform: An achievement I am proud of so far is having my game being Featured on the platform and being an early adapter to Rthro!

  • What is your role in the developer community? My role in the developer community is UI design. However I am able to do small amounts of scripting to help with my team!

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I was told about ROBLOX via my first best-friend, back in elementary school. I signed up with the user-name ā€˜Giantgrumpyspookyā€™ May 21st, 2012, and thatā€™s where my story starts.

I started out with the 2012 ā€˜Editā€™ button on my game. (Or whatever opened ROBLOX Studio rather than Build Mode.) Curiously, at the young age I was, I soon figured out that I can make my own game! I learned how use the interface, and learned how to make my own content by looking off of others from the Free Models.

Iā€™ve helped a few people with their codes, but nothing major. I have decided to re-create the Simon Says game by ā€˜RobRedEyes2ā€™ due to his extended inactivity on the platform, and the run-down of the game. I have also been coming up with an original game idea, which I expect to begin development on once Simon Says is decently complete.

I am a Programmer, specific to the ROBLOX Lua. I plan to learn other languages later in life.

Thanks for the promotion, and thanks for reading my introduction.

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  • How did you find Roblox?
    My daughter started playing Roblox early last year after watching YouTube videos. I created an account to play games with her and ended up playing a lot by myself also.

  • How did you get started with development on the Roblox platform?
    I was going in to change some settings one day and noticed the Create button. I clicked through and started reading up on it before downloading studio and taking a look. Game development has been a hobby of mine for many years and I had recently been playing on and off with Unity, but the community aspect behind Roblox led me to dump those projects and focus on Roblox.

  • Current goals/achievements on the platform
    My current goals are to finish a whole project. I am currently working on two different games and hope to have them out in a couple of months. My biggest achievement is having one of the games in a very functional state and having people play test it with me.

  • What is your role in the developer community? (eg. GFX, UI Designer, Programmer, Builder etc)
    I am a programmer at heart, having spent many years working on MUDs, but I am working on my UI and Building skills but they still have a long way to come.

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  • How did you find Roblox?
    Iā€™ve been on ever since I learned about Roblox through a YouTube video in 2010. It was a roller coaster video and I had found it looking at a bunch of Lego videos as a did when I was that age. Iā€™m nostalgic for the years from 2010 to 2012, before I left for some time and came back. But once I came back I had gained a spark for making stories, and Iā€™ve been having fun on the site since. :smiley:

  • How did you get started with development on the Roblox platform?
    I just kind of started messing around when I wasnā€™t interested in making games. I learned CFraming back when that was impressive, and after making a small medieval town I decided I wanted to learn scripting to make Guis and menus of all sorts. That dragged me into this wonderful world of development and I donā€™t know what life would be like now if not for it.

  • Current goals/achievements on the platform
    I havenā€™t yet finished a game per say, but I have released one. At the moment, its not open anymore as I didnā€™t want people to spend money on a game that I havenā€™t worked on in months as Iā€™m working on a major overhaul. But, I have also done building commissions, met many wonderful developers, and done a lot that will never get released that I know I want to keep on working towards making more stuff that I will release one day.

  • What is your role in the developer community? (eg. GFX, UI Designer, Programmer, Builder etc)
    Iā€™m a scripter first and foremost. I canā€™t say Iā€™m the best but I do love learning tricks from those that are better than me. Sometimes you learn someone isnā€™t necessarily better than you, but rather proficient in ways you arenā€™t, creating a bit of a trade off that makes it fun to discuss. Other than scripting, I do enjoy building from time to time and I have dabbled in graphics and UI design, but wouldnā€™t put myself in a place to work on those exclusively, especially the former.

  • Anything else you would like to include
    Iā€™m glad to finally have made it onto the forums. Iā€™ve been working towards this for a while if Iā€™m honest, but always tried to release a full game. Iā€™m glad I finally let loose some and just made a few small projects and tests to show off my skills rather than going and getting myself burnt out again. Along with all other new devs, I bet this is going to be a great time.

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Hello there! Iā€™m AdvancedDrone and Iā€™ve been on Roblox since 2010! (Developing since 2013.)

Iā€™ve created several games including Freeze Tag, which had over 3,000 concurrent players at one point! This was in 2015-2016 so that was a pretty massive player count back then. Though the game is not functional anymore.

Iā€™m a Programmer and Digital Artist on Roblox. Iā€™ve created dozens of icons and thumbnails for popular games, and love helping people out! My specialties also include UI Designing and some building, though I rather prefer to program and design game art for many games!

Iā€™m honored to be a part of this platform, thank you so much for the opportunity!

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Hello peoples! I am ndrwcswll, and a began playing roblox back in 2016. I started learning to program and develop games a year or two ago. I am an advanced scripter, and I can create GFX, Animate, and design UIā€™s. I donā€™t build very much, but I am always looking for ways to improve! I joined the forum because I love to make games and script things and I would love to join in on the whole community of developers. I have made some pretty nifty places and systems, and I enjoy resolving common development issues as well as improving on current methods.

dont make fun of my outfits

hyped on the promotion :stuck_out_tongue:

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  • I found roblox back in April of 2008 because I loved Legos and the creativity of Roblox is awesome
  • As a kid I always tried to make my own game but could never wrap my head around coding (until I got older)
  • I want to become a prominent figure in the Roblox community and make games that people love playing
  • I mainly script, but I can also build and make guis
  • Glad to be here! my current game in progress is Dungeon Quest! āš”ļø RPG Adventure - Roblox
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Hey! I just got into the forum and Iā€™m really excited to take part of this community!

I found Roblox when I saw a video on Youtube of someone playing it so I just wanted to give it a try.

Since I was really young I wanted to become a Game Developer, when I saw that you could develop in Roblox, I didnā€™t think it more than once, I downloaded Roblox Studio and started creating!

I want to become a professional developer, animation wasnā€™t my focus at first but now I love it and wouldnā€™t have any problem doing it more. Also one of my goals is to take part of a really good studio where I can be comfortable with my work and the people around, and also work with some developers I know that I admire a lot.

Iā€™m currently an animator at the platform.

I would like to thank you all, I literally had no inspiration this last weeks and this is just what I needed, thanks. I want to Link my Medium guide to get better at animation, you can check more of my work at my twitter and that things blah blah blah, Thaanks!

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Hey everyone, I am XXRichPlayerXX and I am very excited to be accepted into the forum.

  • I found Roblox on May of 2015, I donā€™t remember how did I find it originally, but I think one of my friends lead me there.
  • When I was younger I wanted to own a game, but I never got to the point of developing one, so I decided to give Roblox a good try, and so far it has been amazing!
  • My current goal is to become a successful group owner.
  • I would say I am mostly a programmer, even though I can build, make GUIs and animate.
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Hello everyone! Iā€™m Lost_Reed, a developer here on the Roblox platform. Iā€™m so glad to be a part of the Roblox developer forums!

  • I found Roblox around early 2012 when I was interested in making my dreams come true: Making my own game. I looked up ā€œfree game making softwareā€ or something along the lines of that and I found Roblox!

  • I got started with Roblox development out of boredom. I decided to have a go with learning how to script and found it really fun and easy compared to building (in my opinion).

  • I donā€™t have any specific goals on Roblox at the moment. I just develop here to kill off time, unleash my imagination, and have fun!

  • My role in the developer community is primarily scripting.

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Hello, guys! I am really happy that I can reply now and be more active on the developer forum as Iā€™ve been trying to get in!

  • I found ROBLOX way back in like 2010 when my sister was playing it and I asked her what she was playing.

  • I started developing by using uncopylocked games and learning how everything works and I started to learn more and more without using tutorials (which isnā€™t the best route but Iā€™m still learning)

  • My goal on the ROBLOX Platform is to become a small developer that earns money and then work myself up

  • My role in the community is a Programmer

  • I canā€™t express how happy I am to be a part of the developer forum!

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Yaaaay!!! Welcome to the Dev Forums!!! The animation at the beginning of your article (wrapping the present) is SO GOOD, I love how he accidentally pushes the box away as heā€™s moving then has to pull it back. Itā€™s such a tiny detail but it makes it so realistic! Canā€™t wait to see what else you make!

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  1. In 2014 or 2015 one of my cousins introduced me to Roblox and we played Natural Disaster Survival together.

  2. I messed around in Roblox Studio using free models and the building tools.

  3. My first goal currently is to finish an open source project Iā€™ve been working on. After finishing that I want to finish my own game and release it.

  4. I mainly consider myself as a programmer, but because I havenā€™t worked on a team yet I fufill all the roles on my projects.

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Hi! My names Mashdee and Iā€™ve found roblox in 2011/2012. I donā€™t have much memories of the site back then, but I do remember playing random games with a bunch of gears in them. I found roblox because a friend showed it to me and Iā€™ve been playing sense. I took a hiatus for a few years and later came back in 2016 and the progress the site has made was amazing.

How Did I Get Started With Development
Iā€™ve been interested in making games since I was a little lad. Iā€™ve grew up with a wii and got sonic colors on it. My friend, who is a sonic fanatic, and I would roleplay as sonic characters. One day I got the idea of making my own character which evolved into a game. I called it sonic desert. I then pretty much gave up on my dream of making a game as most adults would constantly say it was math. Years later, when I went back to roblox, I went back to my dream by playing a game called Pilgrim Islands Reborn. It was a building game where you could make anything and everything. Using my experience into building I wanted to make my own game based on another roleplay I did. I guess that is how I started with development.

Current Goals
My current goals on roblox is to flesh out my game development and animation group, get my game to the front page and put a smile on others faces.

Dev community role
Iā€™m one of those people who like to mix and match, I started off as a builder, then branched out to GFX, UI, and animation. After some feedback on a rig I was making I decided to learn to model on programs like Cinema 4D and Blender. Now, I decided to dig my fingers into programming, and Iā€™m very bad it.

Final Words
Iā€™m glad to becoming a new comer to the Dev Forums. I hope I can learn some new tricks from others. With that, Iā€™d like to end with thank you.

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Hello everyone! Iā€™m LowPolys.

  • I found Roblox in late 2012 from an ad on a flash game website.
  • I think I wanted to make a theme park, but it pretty much ended up being a green baseplate with some free models, but atleast it got me into it.
  • This year I want to fully release and advertise a working game for the first time. Something I can be proud of.
  • I build, script, and do GFX and UI design.
  • I canā€™t express how grateful I am to have access to the Developer Forum, canā€™t to see what comes from the community in 2019.
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