This is my first client feature suggestion, so I’d like it to not be brushed over
I would like roblox to support voice chat, which is only enabled for players of an age over [insert maturity age here] and can be disabled by script, or by settings on your acc(or set to friends only hear, etc), the chat would show the name of the player who was chatting while they were chatting, and would optionally have a simple pitch changer that can be disabled?, so that anonymity is preserved, and it’s not invading the policy of forced privacy Roblox has
The reason why I want voice chat is apparent if you’ve ever played a game like PlanetSide2, where you can communicate in real time, while performing complex maneuvers, allowing players to work as a team, and it would also boost how social games that don’t allow characters can be. This idea comes mainly from Control, where the majority of players are older than average, and play because it’s a strategy game, but as Control has a RTS camera instead of characters, I get complaints, and general feelings that the game isn’t social enough, so I was thinking… lots of RTSs and Combat games have voice chat, why not roblox?
Main challenges:
Easy way to moderate voice chat (suggestions on this?)
Keeping players’ identity private (simple pitch changer you can slide back and forth to a pitch you are comfortable with)
Networking in a way that it doesn’t hog bandwidth
Main bonuses:
Social aspects for more complex games
Better teamwork, and ultimately, better bonding with friends (making a better roblox experience)
As far as my game, I’m not worried about voice chat being hard to moderate, I’m working on an admin script that essentially gives me an army of moderators to do my bidding, so I can employ them to moderate the chat to my standards. My guess is though, that anyone to enable voice chat will be prepared for content not as moderateable as text anyway.