Hey devs!
So in my upcoming obby game Mystery's Difficult Chart Obby - Roblox (old project of mine which ive COMPLETELY reworked since the last 2 weeks) I have implemented an in-game shop and in-game gem rewards.
I would need help and advice from you on the infrastructure of my game:
- is the relation between the ways you can get gems and the price of the in game items you can buy with gems optimal
- are there enough ways to get gems, or is it too much which would result in a decrease in robux gem purchases
- are the shop prices too expensive
- is the time you need in order to get gems balanced
ways to get gems:
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robux: 20000 gems cost about 699 robux, 200 cost 20 gems cost 20 robux:
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races: every 3 minutes you can race other players and get up to 400 gems (or at least 100):
(the text “A race is starting! Prize: Gems!” is a placeholder, in-game theres a timer counting down) -
speedrunning (not implemented yet): on every difficulty you have the opportunity the speed run that difficulty, with a gem prize (around 500-5000)
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gem rewards on every 10th stage beaten (not implemented, would implement if there should be more ways to get gems)
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NOTE: ive also added crate rewards on each on of a difficulty without the need of purchasing it with any gems. The time you need to beat a difficulty lies within its difficulty, that is why the gems get better as the difficulty progresses. Time ranges about 10mins to approx. 1 hour
ways to spend gems:
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shop:
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trails and halo crates ranging from 500-6000 gems (crates have random items in them so you’d have to buy like 30 same crates to get every item in them):
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titles, ranging from 50 to 40000 gems:
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spinning wheel, costing 3000 gems with a chance to get over 2000 back or loose 1000:
I am currently in-game and would show you around, ANY kind of tips on how to find a good balance to not make it painstakingly awful for the player to get in-game items and at the same time not too easy. Note also that this is just the in-game monetization. The shop and game itself are thoroughly monetized with robux products etc.
- PS: if you play the game, races only work with min. 2 players and only appear every 3 minutes, theres a tutorial in the beginning and it takes a lot of time. If possible, I could show you around with admin commands
Happily taking any advice into consideration!