Is your child a game lover? Help him design one on Roblox

Roblox is a widely popular virtual learning platform for youngsters who are starting with their coding journey. It is free, efficient, full of coding resources, easy to navigate and kid-friendly. Above all, it has various educational benefits like improving cognitive skills, attention span and increasing coordination. Additionally, Roblox is one of the leading game designing platforms, where students and experts can create their own games. Here is a foolproof guide to create a game on Roblox. Encourage your game lover to follow these steps.   

Create a Roblox account 
Creating one’s own Roblox account is the introductory step towards game development. All you need to do is open roblox.com and fill in the essential details like date of birth (will determine text chat features), name, contact info and so on. Select a unique username and password and sign up. Save the settings and you are done.  

Install Roblox Studio 
After the Roblox account has been created, the user is automatically logged into Roblox from where he or she needs to download and install Roblox Studio. Once installed, it will be needed to open and run. You need to log out of the program and log in once again to start working on the Studio.  

Explore Roblox game prototypes 
Once the Roblox Studio program is installed and ready to be used, you need to explore the basic features followed by the examples lying around for reference. From single-player games like Tycoon, to multi-player games like Hide and Seek or Natural Disaster Survival, Roblox studio can assist in designing any kind of game. 

Create an obstacle course 
Before starting to design a game on Roblox, a common obstacle course needs to be framed. It is a course and part of every game where a player must navigate, beat different obstacles like turns and twists and mazes and make it till the end within the allotted time. To create an obstacle course, one needs to open the editor, select a basic starting template, choose the button controls (like R for right and L for left) and be ready with it. Usually, obstacle course is made up of various parts and are often newly inserted during a particular level.  

Create the game and test it 
Once the obstacle course is created, a game plan is required. When the plan is ready to be executed, first the obstacle course is laid out followed by anchoring different parts (like checkpoints, spawn locations etc.) of the game. Once every part is placed exactly where they need to be, the user needs to use codes to interlink them one by one, almost like in an electrical circuit. After everything is connected, it’s time for a test run of the game.