Coding Roblox Games Made Easy - Second Edition

Table of contents

1. Preface
   1. Who this book is for
   2. What this book covers
   3. To get the most out of this book
   4. Get in touch
2. Section I: Introduction to Roblox Development
3. Introducing Roblox Development
   1. Technical requirements
   2. Learning the benefits of Roblox development
      1. Financial opportunities on Roblox
      2. Improving professional skills
      3. Benefits of networking
   3. Discovering developer types
      1. Programmers
      2. Modelers
      3. Builders
      4. UI/UX designers
   4. Gaining a perspective about your early projects
   5. Summary
   6. Worksheet
4. Knowing Your Work Environment
   1. Technical requirements
   2. What is an experience?
   3. Traversing the Create page
      1. Configuring Experience and Place settings
      2. The Configure Experience menu
      3. Configure Start Place menu
         1. Icon
         2. Access
      4. Other place options
         1. Configure Localization
         2. Create Badge
      5. The Creator Marketplace and Avatar Shop
   4. Getting started with Roblox Studio
      1. The File menu and settings
      2. Movement and camera manipulation
      3. Utilizing the Explorer
      4. Using Studio tools
         1. The Select tool
         2. The Move tool
         3. The Scale tool
         4. The Rotate tool
         5. The Transform tool
      5. Managing the Game Settings menu
      6. The View tab
      7. The Test tab
      8. Customizing Studio to aid your workflow
   5. Taking advantage of Roblox’s resources
      1. Tutorials and resources
      2. The Developer Forum and Talent Hub
   6. Summary
   7. Worksheet
5. Section II: Programming in Roblox
6. Introduction to Luau
   1. Technical requirements
   2. Learning about data types and creating variables
      1. Data types
      2. Setting and manipulating variables
      3. Numbers
      4. Booleans
      5. Strings
      6. Tables
      7. Dictionaries
      8. Vectors
      9. CFrames
      10. Instances
      11. Conditional statements
   3. Declaring and using loops
      1. for loops
      2. while loops
      3. repeat loops
   4. Learning about functions and events
      1. Functions in programming
      2. Recursion
      3. Events and methods of instances
   5. Demonstrating programming style and efficiency
      1. General style rules
      2. Roblox-specific rules
   6. Summary
   7. Worksheet
7. Roblox Programming Scenarios
   1. Technical requirements
   2. Understanding the client-server model
      1. Different script types
      2. Scripts
      3. Local scripts
      4. Modules
      5. The Script Menu tab
      6. FilteringEnabled
      7. RemoteEvents
      8. RemoteFunctions
      9. BindableEvents and BindableFunctions
   3. Using Roblox services
      1. Players service
      2. ReplicatedStorage and ServerStorage
      3. StarterGui
      4. StarterPack and StarterPlayer
      5. PolicyService
      6. PhysicsService
      7. UserInputService
   4. Working with physics
      1. Constraints
      2. Movement constraints
   5. Adding peripheral experience aspects
      1. Sound
      2. Lighting
      3. Other effects
   6. Summary
   7. Worksheet
8. Creating an Obby
   1. Technical requirements
   2. Setting up the backend
      1. Managing player data
         1. Creating a datastore system
         2. Creating and loading session data
         3. Manipulating session data
         4. Saving player data
         5. Addressing throttling and edge cases
      2. Managing collisions and player characters
   3. Making obby stages
      1. Creating part behaviors
      2. Creating rewards
      3. Shops and purchases
      4. Robux premium purchases
      5. Making in-experience currency shops
      6. Preventing exploits
   4. Setting up the frontend
      1. Creating effects
         1. Sound
         2. Particles
         3. Tying in effects
         4. Part movement
   5. Testing and publication
   6. Summary
   7. Worksheet
9. Creating a Battle Royale Game
   1. Technical requirements
   2. Setting up the backend
   3. Managing player data
   4. Creating weapons
   5. Setting up the round system
      1. Preparing the player
   6. Local replication
   7. Spawning loot
   8. Setting up the frontend
      1. Working with the UI
         1. Game message and remaining players display
         2. Making a spectate menu
         3. Creating a shop
   9. Summary
   10. Worksheet
10. Section III: The Logistics of Game Production
11. The Three Ms
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Mechanics
       1. Simulators
       2. RP games
       3. Tycoons
       4. Minigames
    3. Monetization
    4. Marketing
       1. The Roblox promotion system
       2. YouTubers
       3. Community
    5. Reviewing what you’ve learned
       1. Chapter 1
       2. Chapter 2
       3. Chapter 3
       4. Chapter 4
       5. Chapters 5 and 6
    6. Metaverse
    7. Summary
    8. Worksheet
12. 50 Cool Things to Do on Roblox
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Programming challenges
       1. Is number x divisible by y?
       2. FizzBuzz
       3. Find the maximum value in a table
       4. Check whether an element exists in a table
       5. Format seconds into hours:minutes:seconds
       6. Return unique elements from a table
       7. Number of stickers
       8. Concatenate two tables
       9. Reverse a table
       10. Sort a table using table.sort()
       11. Sort a table using a sorting algorithm of your choice
       12. Solve a linear equation
       13. Guessing game
       14. Find the nth number of the Fibonacci sequence
    3. Experience systems
       1. Make a leaderboard system
       2. Make an announcement system
       3. Make a daily reward system
       4. Create an interaction system
       5. Make a custom ProximityPrompt appearance
       6. Make a world lighting system
       7. Make a projectile system
       8. Make a car system
       9. Make a racing system
       10. Make an aircraft system
       11. Make a ship system
       12. Make fighting NPCs
       13. Make a survival system
       14. Create an inventory system
       15. Make a pet system
       16. Make a crafting menu
       17. Create a house customization system
    4. Experience ideas
       1. Simulators
       2. Tycoons
       3. Roleplay games
       4. Hangout games
    5. Roblox features
       1. Group name changes
       2. Free badge creation
       3. Spatial voice
       4. Mesh deformation
       5. Layered clothing
       6. Flipbooks
       7. Custom materials
       8. Talent Hub
    6. Other development types
       1. Plugins
       2. UI/UX design
       3. Art
          1. Clothing design
          2. Thumbnails/icons
          3. Particle design
          4. Sound and music design
       4. Animations
    7. Summary
13. Worksheet Answers
    1. Chapter 1
    2. Chapter 2
    3. Chapter 3
    4. Chapter 4
    5. Chapter 5
    6. Chapter 6
    7. Chapter 7
14. Other Books You May Enjoy
15. Index