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Solo game developer on Roblox 🕹️: Currently building New drops, devlogs & behind-the-scenes content.

DM for test plays & feedback.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Made a Roblox game where you sneak into your neighbour's house, steal his keys, and escape before he catches you 🔑Just went live! need a few brutal early testers to break it.

Drop a 🔑 and I'll DM you the link.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Dress to Impress does 250k concurrent for a reason most devs refuse to learn.

It sells identity, not gameplay. Every round you show the whole lobby who you are.

Self expression is the strongest retention hook on Roblox. Full stop.

#RobloxDev

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Half of Roblox is female. Almost every new dev builds combat and tycoons.

Roughly 46 percent of players are women and girls, and roleplay games run about 70 percent female.

The biggest gap on the platform isn't a genre. It's who is building for who.

#RobloxDev

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@glowul roblox ads?

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@glowul What helped you break the 500 player barrier?

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Looking for Roblox game testers for my new releases DM me if you want to try unreleased games before they go viral! #robloxdev

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@FNTDrippynew very nice! which tools did you use to make this?

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@EvanZir What helped get the initial 500 players @EvanZir in the same situation as you were two months ago, can you do a post about what helped?

[jack @TheDevJack_]

How can I showcase my new game? #robloxdev

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Made a Roblox game where you sneak into your neighbour's house, steal his keys, and escape before he catches you 🔑Just went live! need a few brutal early testers to break it.

Drop a 🔑 and I'll DM you the link.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@onahbruh @Indieun If you need tester players before official release I’m willing to do it

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@IDKStats I'm in the process of building a large map survival game like this but in the forest, if we can collab on testing/finding bugs together it would bring insane value.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

The dual-currency split is smart, soft daily-grind currency plus a limited FOMO one means casual and hardcore players both get a lane without cannibalising each other. Studying this as I balance my own game's economy. I can bring value to the team in my own style would love to send over my work.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

whats good Rob, from my experiance For the lean/countersteer feel you'll get more believable results driving an AlignOrientation target off a lean angle derived from steer input × speed, rather than snapping the model. Then wheelies/stoppies can emerge from shifting the center of mass on a raycast suspension instead of being canned animations. Happy to expand if it's useful.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@smartyrbx Tested a version of this moved the first gamepass prompt from spawn to after the player's first win. Conversion up, refunds down. Exactly your point about earning the ask before you make it. The "respect the player first" framing is underrated.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@sleitnick Clean setup. I tried AlignOrientation for something similar and got jitter at high RotSpeed until I capped MaxAngularVelocity did you hit that here or is the constraint stack absorbing it? Saving this either way.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@IDKStats https://t.co/gacYZinJiw

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Made a Roblox game where you sneak into your neighbour's house, steal his keys, and escape before he catches you 🔑Just went live! need a few brutal early testers to break it.

Drop a 🔑 and I'll DM you the link.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Quick one for Roblox devs:

Do you plan the whole game before building, or just start dropping parts and figure it out as you go?

No wrong answer. (There is a wrong answer.)

[jack @TheDevJack_]

#Robloxdev starter pack:
• 47 unsaved Studio windows open
• a to-do list untouched since March
• one script named "Script"
• another named "Script2"
• "I'll refactor it later" (you will not)

[jack @TheDevJack_]

Roblox monetisation that actually works:

• Game passes for permanent perks
• Limited-time cosmetics
• A daily reward loop that respects the player's time

Avoid pay-to-win. Roblox players are young they are NOT stupid. They'll dislike-bomb you.

[jack @TheDevJack_]

@Fire_Foxx11 Love this, congrats