r/robloxgamedev

2 days ago I've released my game, to be honest the game is mainly for younger audience but it can appeal to the 16+ age as well, the gameplay loop was very precise, I made sure it was fun, repetitive, I made sure the tutorial is easy to understand, the UI works for mobile/console as well
and it actually shows, players who finish the tutorial usually plays for 15+ minutes, I even got 3 supporters that really liked the game, told me the game is very fun, looks good etc

But the problem is reach, im paying 16$ a day for engagement ads, the ctr is quite low so I've tried multiple thumbnails/ads, it did become better but not by much, from average of 1.5%~ ctr to 2%~
the engagement ads are very expensive, so far 32$ 16.4k impressions and 230 clicks,

I also found another problem, even if they click, they see 0 active players barely any likes and don't give it a chance, so I added plays campaign (8$ a day) so there will be more active players, which did work, I have 3-6 active players now and 490 visits but its still not enough in order to hit the 250 HEP threshold.

I will take any advice possible and learn from it, I always listen and try to improve, the ads are getting expensive so any idea will help

So basically I want to start making a game, I have a lot of ideas and I'm also pretty good at making models, but I havent the fainest idea how to code, should I like find someone to help me code or learn how or what?

I really love games, I grew up playing roblox and always wanted to make my own.

the first month into luau, I managed to complete all of TheDevKings Luau Tutorials(Beginner, Advanced and UI) as well as some of BrawlDev’s tutorials.

i’m proud to say I no longer can just write “print(“Hello World”)” but can finally read full scripts.

I can make leaderstats and input stuff like “kills” or “coins”. I can make a shop system and use RemoteEvents/Functions,,,,

But i’d find myself stuck when it sometimes since I forgot how to use certain things like “clone()” and whatnot. I would often get frustrated cuz I can’t seem to utilise those functions without coming across several bugs. This is the reality and I know I shouldn’t beat myself up for it.

I have massive respect for all developers because this really takes so much patience.

I’m a fast learner and tend to push myself too hard with high expectations. I really want to know what advice you guys could give me on how I can learn Luau faster. Should I keep practicing small projects more? Rewrite systems to see if I can memorise them?

I would also absolutely love to hear everyone’s experiences and struggles when first learning luau and how you came over them. Looking forward to reading the responses!!

I am trying to make a game and it starts in a single player server. Then progresses to a 40-50 player server that is used as a lobby to form groups of 1, 2, 3 or 4 to move onto a third place with a procedural generated map for just that group. Is that a normal roblox game dev architecture that has already been proven over and over or is it something a bit more difficult that requires novel development? Do most games just use one place for the whole experience?