Platform Trivia Game Concept & Scripting Help Needed

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Hey everyone! I’m working on a game concept called Platform Trivia, where players spawn on three platforms. Every time a player answers a question incorrectly, one platform is removed. Once all platforms are gone—they’re eliminated.

This elimination mechanic is something I’m building manually, and while I’ve got the foundation going, scripting it properly has been a real challenge. I’d really appreciate any help or guidance from the community. Here’s what I’ve put together so far:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local platformTemplate = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlatformTemplate")
local platformHeight = 5 -- Height between stacked platforms

-- Create folder to store player platforms
local platformsFolder = workspace:FindFirstChild("PlayerPlatforms")
if not platformsFolder then
    platformsFolder = Instance.new("Folder")
    platformsFolder.Name = "PlayerPlatforms"
    platformsFolder.Parent = workspace
end

local function createPlatformForPlayer(player, index)
    local platform = platformTemplate:Clone()
    platform.Name = player.Name .. "_Platform"
    platform.Parent = platformsFolder

    -- Space platforms along X-axis to avoid overlap
    local basePosition = Vector3.new(0, 10, 0)
    local spacing = 20
    platform.Position = basePosition + Vector3.new(spacing * (index - 1), 0, 0)

    return platform
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

    -- Assign platform to player
    local playerIndex = #Players:GetPlayers()
    local platform = createPlatformForPlayer(player, playerIndex)

    -- Position player above their platform
    local character = player.Character
    if character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
        character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(platform.Position + Vector3.new(0, 5, 0))
    end
end)`Preformatted text`
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The structure is good. I assume you’d wanna make a round system with intermission timers later so I’d move the platform functions onto a utility module.

Also are you expecting that some other script has possibly already created the folder? I suggest you just create the folder in editor and then just use :WaitForChild("PlayerPlatforms")

Otherwise good luck!