What is the best type of simulator to make?

[TheKman2019 (idonthaveaname)]

Hello, I am making a simulator. Finished most of the things but how you will get money and things like that are not finished! I don’t know what type to make! Here are screen shots!

[jonbyte (Jon)]

Usually I know what my game is about before I start building the map…

[TheKman2019 (idonthaveaname)]

I was making a like grass simulator but then I was like nah so Im like this now.

[ItsNickBoi110]

Considering you’ve mixed low poly with parts & free models, it is clear you don’t have a clear idea on what you want this game to be.

We cannot tell you what to make your game. Consider looking at my post from a while ago.

@EmbatTheHybrid

Game Ideas are subjects that require patience to retrieve, trying to get others to give you ideas can often leave you with ideas that you may not be interested in making. Say for example most people give you the idea of making a shooter game, but you aren’t interested in them, if you ever feel like working on it, you’ll be demotivated by the time you start.

Game Ideas don’t have to matter whether they have been made or not, there are many games that take up the same genre, but usually they have a difference in content. Again with the shooter example, most shooters on Roblox are unique and feel like their own thing with the only similarity being the genre. Bad Business and Phantom Forces are both shooters, but the way they execute the genre are completely different, making them difficult to compare.

If you’re really certain you want to create something original, look through the Games page and see what has been made already and make something that hasn’t been made and see how well it goes. And example would be Puzzle games, you almost never see those on Roblox, with a few exceptions.

But generally the method you should use for Game Ideas are ideas that you yourself have thought of and are certain that that idea is what you want to make. Creating games on Roblox should be something that the developers made because they genuinely wanted to make, regardless of how profitable it’ll be or if it made already

A final note to mention is that once you think of game ideas, check if those ideas will actually get people to play them for any reason (it sounds fun or it’s unique, anything). Ideas that are overused to points where it can be annoying to see another one of them pop up will make users not play your game, leaving you with only a small handful that actually will play it, such as Simulators to name an example

If you have a problem sticking to an idea, then I think it’s best you create small games at first to get a feel for game development and then after you made a few small projects, you can make a bigger project if you feel ready

TL;DR: Make games that you want to make, that aren’t overused, have a unique aspect in them because ideas you generally want to make will motivate you to continue. If the size of a project is causing you to stop developing it, start by making small projects and then make big projects after a while.

[cpguy5089]

Personally, I’d say the best type of simulator is an actual simulator, and not a clicker game.

The best type of clicker game to make is any, since they’re all literally the same thing, just with different themes.

[AlexiyOne]

A simulator that requires you to think about the steps you need to take to reach a certain goal, be original, not lazy. Don’t force users to pay for microtransactions unless its an option. These are just some of my tips.

[CheekyPine]

If they all generally have the same theme and are in the same category of a click, sell, repeat scheme, I wouldn’t go with that since it’s so mainstream in the world of simulators and go with what you said: an actual simulator.

Why are they called simulators when all you really do is:

1. Do something
2. Fill backpack
3. Sell
4. Repeat (rebirth)

That’s not a simulator, really. It’s just a repeating cycle of upgrading your in game items until you need to rebirth: doing the same cycle with a multiplier.
Compared to other real simulators like Vehicle Simulator and Pilot Flight Training simulator, you actually can simulate driving/flying a vehicle. You don’t fill your backpack with vehicles and sell them for better clicking tools.

[vanilla_wizard]

The term “simulator game” is really just Roblox slang for clicker games. It’s a bit disappointing that a title like “x simulator” doesn’t actually imply “simulation of x” (because genuine simulation games are awesome), but that’s just how it is. As such, I’m just going to focus on how to make a good clicker game.

There isn’t really a best type since the biggest difference between them is just what your game is about. The best advice I can give is to just make a game that makes the players’ dopamine recepters go brrrrr:

• Don’t implement safeguards against auto-clickers. Exponential growth in both the player’s income and the prices of upgrades is where most of the fun comes from, so at a certain point, they’re basically going to be required in order for growth to continue.
• Make the game rewarding enough that users will still want to play it for hours even if they never plan on spending a single Robux. Only a small fraction of players of any game are likely to spend Robux either way, so you want to keep the retention of the players who just want to have a fun free-to-play experience.
• Think about what makes your game unique. The games page is already more than flooded with “simulator games” and the vast majority of them are ones that never became popular because they didn’t offer their players anything special. Don’t just try to ride a trend or think of something that kids are into. You can make your game unique by having a different gameplay mechanic, by having a charming art style, or really just anything that makes the experience more fun.
• Don’t think of it as just a quick and easy way to get a game published. Be ambitious. Have a period of development where you’re just planning it out, thinking about what assets you want to use and how you’re going to make them. Make it a passion project and have fun with it!

I hope this is helpful!