What would you want for an application centre?

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#1

Hey there!

Together with @chrisopdemobiel, we are making the v2 of our applicaton services, BloxTech.

As I’m pretty curious what features you would like to see as group / game owner, I’m askinog it here.

We currently just have the basic stuff:

  • Multiple applications (roles to apply for) in one application centre
  • Everything is controlled by a responsive webpanel, based on SB Admin 2
  • You can have more or less people allowed to read your applications when upgrading plans, which would be paid with “TechBux”. Techbux can be purchased via an in-game portal on Roblox and can be given by the support team as well, for example when you’ve had issues with our product, we can give you some techbux to say sorry, without it costing us anything.

The idea is that once we launch our application centre, people can use it without any Roblox Studio knowlegde. We’re thinking of having a plugin which they can install (and a guide on how to), and then they just click a button in the plugin. The needed files will be put in. Then, the user has to go to our webpanel and log in with a username and password that is NOT from roblox. They can link their account later on, similar to how BloxLink links accounts.

What other features would be needed?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

Kind regards,
Jonas & Chris

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#2

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#3

Aha, thanks. Was unaware of that. Let me find out how I can move this topic.

Edit: Moved! :slight_smile:

#4

With any application service being able to access a portfolio would be great, as well as being able to rate former contractors. Another great thing to be able track (though I’m not sure if this would be allowed on Roblox) would be if the person is +18 as they can sign a legally binding contract

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#5

I believe what the OP means is those application centers in the café groups you see advertised all the time.

As for someone who managed one of those groups a few years ago (when TB Services was a thing), two things I’d want is

a. notifications

b. instant notification and ranking for the interviewee

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#6

Alright. How would you like the trainee and you to be notified? For example, you could have the trainee join a discord server (just thinking out loud) and then have the bot sending him a DM, or maybe just on Roblox if possible.

For the instant notification for the centre owner, maybe that would be possible using push notifications on websites, though we’re currently focussing on email notifications.

#7

The following (applicable in our situation) options are this:

  • Let the applicant register on the webpanel for push notifications and/or email notifications.
  • Notify the user in-game when they join an application center.
  • Have a Discord bot that notify final marks in a channel/DM.

And, for everyone awaiting, we’re going to implement free ranking bots! You don’t need to solve a captcha too!

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#8

that would work, but the way TB services was a bot on the site that sends the user a Roblox message

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#9

Thanks! If you guys got some more suggestions, don’t hesitate to let us know!

#10

Mind giving me some links? I’m interested now.

#11

Of course! We’re not yet working 100% with webpanels, but feel free to take a look at our website!

We also have an example centre you can check out.

Remember, this is nowhere near complete, this is our v1 made in just 3 days. We’re actively developing on v2, which will have a fully features web-panel and a way nicer, more modern UI.

A sneak peek for the new UI:
https://gyazo.com/1245db4b73f3de9bab4a7e93d273663c

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#12

That GIF alone makes me amazed. Well done man!

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#13

If you were wondering, v2 got released! https://bloxtech.tech/