Easy Beginner Video Game [Using Roblox Studio]

Roblox is an online platform that allows users to create games and play them. Roblox Studio uses the coding language "RobloxLua" for its games. Roblox Studio is a great way to start making video games and earning a bit of money off them, it is also fun to play the game you made with your friends! So in this tutorial I am going to show you how to make an interesting parkour game. The best part is its free! It doesn't require any shopping trips or annoying mishaps. All you have to do is download Roblox and Roblox Studio!

The designing in Roblox Studio is pretty similar to a cad software and it would be helpful if you had a bit of experience with cad. If you don't it's ok! this is a great way to learn to make very simple designs!

Supplies

Roblox: https://www.roblox.com/

Roblox Studio: https://www.roblox.com/create

It's all free!!! You can even make money!

Step 1: Setting Up Your Game (Part 1)

Once Roblox Studio is downloaded, open it up and you should be In a place like this.

Next click "New" and then click "baseplate" -- Circled in orange

Step 2: Setting Up Your Game (Part 2)

Once it loads it should look something like this^

Now you're going to click "File" -- circled in orange

A drop down menu will appear.

Step 3: Setting Up Your Game (Part 3)

Now click "Save to Roblox as..."

This will pull up a window that says "Basic Info"

Step 4: Setting Up Your Game (Part 4)

Fill out all the info and click create.

Do not select the "Console" box.

Step 5: Setting Up Your Game (Part 5)

Click "File" in your game again, but this time click "Publish to Roblox" on the drop down menu.

Nothing will appear to happen.

Step 6: Setting Up Your Game (Part 6)

This part is a bit tricky so pay close attention.

1. Go to Roblox home website: https://www.roblox.com/home

2. Go to "create" -- circled in orange

3. Find the game you made in "My creations" and click the gear with the arrow next to it -- Circled in orange

4. Click "Configure Game" in the drop down menu

This will bring you to a "Configure Game" page

Step 7: Setting Up Your Game (Part 7)

Once you’re there, change settings to public and enable api services, then hit save.

Now you can go back to your game.

Step 8: Saving Your Game

As you work on your game you are going to want to save it so your work isn’t erased.

You can do this by clicking "File", and then clicking “save to Roblox”

Do this occasionally like you would on a paper.

Step 9: Parts

Add parts by clicking "part". Drag them around to rearrange them. Press scaling to change their size.

Step 10: Tower

First make a giant tower out of parts that is hollow in the center. Make a small entrance at the bottom.

Next change the tower part's specs in the properties box on the bottom right hand corner -- circled in orange

Change the specs to what ever you want.. just play around!

Step 11: Anchoring

Also you want to make sure all the parts you put in your game are anchored which you can do by scrolling down in the properties and selecting anchored.

make sure to do this to ALL of your parts in your game (including tower)

Step 12: Spawn Point

Next put the spawn point at the entrance of your tower by

pressing model and then spawn, then drag it to the entrance of your tower.

Step 13: Make a Leaderboard (part 1)

We made it to the scripting (hard part)!

So to make a leaderboard go to "serverscriptservice" in the "explorer" box on the left of your screen. Hover your mouse over "serverscriptservice" and you will see a small + sign.

Click on that plus sign and a drop down menu will come up. Now click "Script" in the menu. And it will lead you to a blank script.

Step 14: Make a Leaderboard (part 2)

Then rename the script to “Stats” by right clicking on the script.

Step 15: Make a Leaderboard (part 3)

Enter this script into the blank "Stats" script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)

local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")

leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"

leaderstats.Parent = player

local bucks = Instance.new("IntValue")

bucks.Name = "Bucks"

bucks.Value = 0

bucks.Parent = leaderstats

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)

character.Humanoid.Died:Connect(function()

-- Whenever somebody dies this event will run

if character:FindFirstChild("GameTag") then

character.GameTag:Destroy()

end

player:LoadCharacter()

end)

end)

end)

Step 16: Testing

Now is a good time to test your game soooooo

go to the top of your screen and click "Play"!

Step 17: Bounce Pads (part 1)

1st add a part at the bottom of your tower, but don’t cover the bottom fully.

Step 18: Bounce Pads (part 2)

Click on the part you added and it will show up as blue in the explorer. Hover your mouse over it and add a script the same way that you did to the "serverscriptservice".

This will take you to a blank script.

Step 19: Bounce Pads (part 3)

Enter this script into the blank script:

local
jump = script.Parent

local function jump_pad(otherPart)

local hrp = otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild('HumanoidRootPart')

local bodyVel = hrp:FindFirstChildWhichIsA('BodyVelocity')

if hrp and not bodyVel then

local newVel = Instance.new('BodyVelocity')

newVel.Velocity = Vector3.new(0,100,0)

newVel.MaxForce = Vector3.new(10000,10000,10000)

newVel.P = 5000

newVel.Parent = hrp

wait(1)

newVel:Destroy()

end

end

jump.Touched:Connect(jump_pad)

Step 20: Bounce Pads (part 4)

Now make sure your part is anchored as I showed before.

Next, you will need to click on the bounce pad part, then proceed to use Ctrl + D to duplicate the bounce pad.

It will look like nothing has happened, but if you try to move your pad around you will see that there are two separate pads now.

Now you’re going to want to arrange your pads in series up the tower so you can bounce up to the top on them(like in the picture). (Keep using Ctrl + D)

MAKE SURE THEY ARE ANCHORED

Step 21: Create a Finish (part 1)

Add a part to the top of your tower and stretch it across, then change its color using the properties box, so it looks like an end block.

REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE YOUR PART IS ANCHORED

Step 22: Create a Finish (part 2)

Next add a script to that part as we did to the bounce pads.

Then enter in this script:

local give = 20

local debounce = false

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(part)

if not debounce then

debounce = true

if part.Parent:findFirstChild("Humanoid") then

local player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)

if player then

local leaderstats = player:findFirstChild("leaderstats")

if leaderstats then local bucks = leaderstats:findFirstChild("Bucks")

bucks.Value = bucks.Value + give

end

end

end

wait(.5)

debounce = false

end

end)

script.Parent.Parent.Name = "Finish and Get $" ..give

Step 23: Create a Finish (part 3)

Now add another script to the same part and enter this:

function onTouch(part)

local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

if (humanoid ~= nil) then -- if a humanoid exists, then

humanoid.Health = 0 -- damage the humanoid

end

end

Step 24: Checkpoint

Your structure should look like this so far.

Step 25: Obstacles (part 1)

This part will add a little more fun to you course by giving the player something to dodge while bouncing up the tower.

So you're going to want to...

First you will want to spawn a part.

Second you want to anchor that part (circled)

Third you want to change its color so players will know it’s dangerous. (circled)

Step 26: Obstacles (part 2)

Add a script to this part

Step 27: Obstacles (part 3)

Enter this code:

function onTouch(part)

local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

if (humanoid ~= nil) then -- if a humanoid exists, then

humanoid.Health = 0 -- damage the humanoid

end

end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouch)

Step 28: Obstacles (part 4)

First test to see if the killpad you just made works: just step on it, and if you die it works.

Next Duplicate more killpads

And Vola! your tower is complete!

Step 29: Publish Your Game

Now to publish your game, go to file and Select “Publish to Roblox”

Step 30: Accessing Your Game

Once you have published your game it is eligible to earn money and is open to the public on the Roblox website.

You can get to your game by going to your profile and then clicking on creations

Step 31: Going Farther

Now you can make your game better by adding levels and harder/easier courses

And you can also earn robux which you can use on other games or trade them in for real money if you get enough. You can see how much you have by looking at the top right of the Roblox home page.

Happy Scripting!