You can apply if you’re 17 and going to be 18 at the time of the program starting but otherwise, you can’t.
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Do you approximately know how long before the start of the summer accelerator will the teams know wether they are accepted or not? Considering they’ve gotten till the pitch phase?
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when you miss the age requirement
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Our goal is for participants to have at least 1 month of notice that they made it in. I would prefer this be more like 6 weeks, but with 3 classes a year it does tend to get close.
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I’m just now stumbling across this program. After being on the site for over 12 years. I’ve never came to realize there was such opportunities on-site. I wish I would’ve known about this last year! LOL
I’ve applied for the Summer Accelerator alongside my life partner. This sounds like a great opportunity to smaller Developers to be able to bring new Games to the Roblox Gaming community.
Hopefully I could get into this program. Considering I dedicate most of my time every day attempting to creating new things so player’s could utilize their creativity or ideas in a way that seems limitless.
Examples : Plot systems, vehicle customization, or avatar customization
I would’ve applied to the Spring Accelerator too, but It was such short notice for me. It was not until last year I’ve realized there was a new forum specifically for Developers, since the previous forum were removed back in June of 2017.
Wish you guys the best of luck!
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Reminder: applications for Summer close in 5 days! Make sure to apply soon if you’re interested.
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Am interested in applying for the summer with some friends, only concern is the review process for the playable experiences:
If our game has no players, will it automatically void the application or will it still be looked at? I have a finished and pretty polished game that I developed that would definitely consider having “cool tech” especially frontend wise with ui/visuals/animations that most wouldn’t expect to see in a game made by 1 guy, and also another unfinished sci-fi city game that has a lot of cool stuff (won’t be done by deadline for summer app sadly). Ran a sponsor a while back but the performance wasn’t that good so have held off on trying to gain a large player base in favor of taking a small break & rebalancing gameplay + new content. My friends that are also interested have an unfinished game that is pretty close to a beta/alpha but still showcases some cool stuff in it.
Just wondering as none of us have a large recurring player base yet, but we’ve all put quite a bit of time into trying to create quality experiences and plan on continuing to do so. Something like this would be very beneficial and enjoyable.
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Could you list the dates at which we’ll hear back from you for the summer/fall programs? The application still says July 1, 2020
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Hi there @RoughSphereBlox, I’m sorry if this was already answered in the thread, I tried to read through all of it to check for this question.
I’m wondering why there is a minimum of 2 players for a team?
My initial thoughts were maybe - to make sure the game studio can complete the game within 12 weeks, and maybe you want feedback about developing on Roblox w/ teammates, and not just solo?
Just curious. I went ahead and applied for Summer as a solo dev and included some context since you mentioned you’d appreciate hearing from everbody. I’ve created over 6 games, each in under 12 weeks, and 2 recent ones have seen some good success 
(I script, 3d model or build, do 2d graphics, etc)
Tiny Town - 10 million plays (first version built in ~4 weeks) 🌇 Tiny Town 👪 Tycoon - Roblox
Toy Trains - 4.9 million plays (first version built in ~8 weeks while working a full time job) Toy Trains 🚂 - Roblox
Swing Racing - built in a week as a quick fun project Swing Racing! - YouTube
Equinox Real Time Strategy game - built this in ~8 weeks Equinox - YouTube
Just sharing so that in case the reason for 2+ devs is the ability to complete a project in the allotted 12 weeks, wanted to show I’m definitely up for the challenge!!
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It mentioned on the slide before that we should hear back within 3 months (or something like that) before the program starts, so hopefully we will hear back within a month or so.
Good luck to you and your team!
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@RoughSphereBlox How is the $13,000 paid out? Is it weekly, biweekly, monthly, or once the program is finished? Is this something we won’t know until we sign a contract? If the team is contracted as a company, is it up to the company to figure out the manner im which team members should be compensated? Thanks in advance!
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If I am accepted into the Accelerator program, will it mean that Roblox is employing me? Or is it more of a contract position or something else entirely? This is an important detail since it may be the deciding factor if I can take a leave of absence at my job.
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Looking for a team to get along with. Here are some previous projects I worked on. I’m an experienced scripter who have been working on several projects. I’m looking for a builder or another fellow prorgammer. Let me know if you are interested.
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It’s a couple-month program, you are paid $13k each to develop/enhance your game. You will be required to work as if you were working a real job, attending meetings with Roblox staff and other requirements. The $13k I believe should be used towards game development, I do not know otherwise if these funds should be used for living expenses.
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A quick question if anyone’s still active here; my “game” had over 1k visits, me and my team are creating new technologies, would that be acceptable
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To apply yes, you just need a good game idea and have the skills to back it up
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I have a slight feeling this will be a fun summer
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What day of September does the program start? I’ll be turning 18 on September 10 and I’m wondering if I would be eligible to apply.
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dang you gotta be 18. cant we just be 13+ and get paid in robux?
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