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Roblox studio. My son is a sound designer for some of the top games there. He's also learning programming in Lua for Roblox platform. It is a small community
by yarone 2y ago
Roblox studio. My son is a sound designer for some of the top games there. He's also learning programming in Lua for Roblox platform.
It is a small community of mostly kids aged 15-25 as far as I can tell. It doesn't seem like any professional adult game developers are part of the community (I got an inside view when I took my son to RDC this year).
The top game developers are making millions of dollars per year (they're paid in Robux and converted to USD).
In short, thriving ecosystem with lots of kids having fun doing creative work including creating games, writing code, designing graphics, designing sound effects.
- RIMR 2y agoRequired reading before throwing your child into the machine that is Roblox: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/09/the-trouble-with-roblox-the-video-game-empire-built-on-child-labour https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/09/the-trouble-wi...
- navane 2y agotldr; teenagers on the internet. Nothing here described at Roblox doesn't happen to teenagers on the internet as a whole; Discord, IM. At least the people learned a valuable skill in Roblox.
- mplewis 2y agoWhen I was on AIM, I was never pressured into joining an asset sweatshop by older kids online. Stay far away from Roblox.
- hyperbolablabla 2y agoConcur with other comments here when I say: do not throw your child into this incredibly exploitative community
- grahamj 2y agoI’ve read about these concerns but my kid is 11 and on there all the time, often with me over her shoulder, and I’ve never seen any sign of it. It’s a huge platform for kids so I’m sure there are some creeps but there are plenty of controls in place to deal with that and even so, again, I’ve never seen it.
- maxweylandt 2y agoThere's also the financial exploitation. https://youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ?si=C4prkNgGgK0bR_MX https://youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ?si=C4prkNgGgK0bR_MX
- _joel 2y agoI have similar experience to yours. I would prefer them not to be on it but it has network effect, as their friends are all on it too.
- noblox 2y agoThe creeps are only part of the problem. The platform itself is deeply exploitative and harmful. It's full of "you can make games and get rich" messaging that's just a lie. To say nothing of even if you are successful, they will take a staggering cut, and may not pay at all. Keep your kids as far from Roblox as you can.
- n1b0m 2y agoPretty disturbing reading about predatory behaviour on Roblox: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-roblox-pedophile-problem/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-roblox-pedophile-pro...
- bloopernova 2y agoGood god that article shows how immoral roblox's owner is. They also seem to be very ignorant about online abuse, probably intentionally.