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Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by felideon »

an_opabinia wrote: post #10

Roblox games are really clunky to make on PCs, let alone phones. You'll never be able to make one on a phone. It's crazy clunky. A third person character running around with virtual joysticks: so clunky. Roblox has been around longer than smartphones have, it has always been a port, much like Minecraft. Which sure, kids play. Roblox is probably setting back the arrival of the metaverse, not advancing it. Whatever tha…

> the appeal of Roblox compared to Disney+, arguably the finest destination for 8 year olds, is that, on the face of it, Roblox is "free."

Um, no. Roblox is a gaming platform with a somewhat kid-friendly social network. You're comparing going to the movies vs. going to the arcade.

Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by CharlesW »

marianov wrote: post #24
guidoism wrote: post #13

Roblox pisses me off so so much as a parent. There are some good games but it's mostly wading through an ocean of shit. And the vast majority of games that are popular are clickers that incentivize children to pay money to get more for each of their clicks. And it's full of scams. Kids spend $10 for a hat or something in the game and it doesn't end up working in all the games and there's no recourse. It's a true free…

related: is there some resource to know what a game/social network concerns may be? My small kids requested: Minecraft, Roblox, Among Us, tik tok , Hogwarts Mystery and the list goes on. My due diligence process is overbooked.

> related: is there some resource to know what a game/social network concerns may be?

If you search for "roblox parents" you'll find several good resources.

Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by meheleventyone »

lallysingh wrote: post #21
quornxypt wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you expand on how the experience is targeted to make children judge each other? Has this been something your kid(s) experienced on the platform? Just curious.

There's a fashion show game where kids judge each other's outfits.

Although that's actually fun and pretty harmless. Designing to a theme is a pretty common thing from Minecraft Build Battles through to Fashion Famous. The former tends to be worse because you get a lot of trolls building sexually explicit and racist stuff.

Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by CharlesW »

webwielder2 wrote: post #8

Totally ignorant perspective with perhaps no basis: Seems like Roblox must be successful despite its games, not because. I'm sure there are gems as there are with any user-generated platform, but surely most of the 18 million games are about what you used to get on Xbox Live Indie Games: sloppy little experiments made by, well, kids.

> Totally ignorant perspective with perhaps no basis: Seems like Roblox must be successful despite its games, not because.

As a parent with two kids who play Roblox a lot (and have played some myself), the quality varies widely but there are many good games. Part of the fun is talking with friends and watching YouTube to find the best ones.

Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by shortlived »

an_opabinia wrote: post #10

Roblox games are really clunky to make on PCs, let alone phones. You'll never be able to make one on a phone. It's crazy clunky. A third person character running around with virtual joysticks: so clunky. Roblox has been around longer than smartphones have, it has always been a port, much like Minecraft. Which sure, kids play. Roblox is probably setting back the arrival of the metaverse, not advancing it. Whatever tha…

I agree some games are clunky but my kids don’t care about that. I offered to buy them Steam games but they were not interested.

You should also check out Phantom Forces on Roblox. Really impressive game play IMO and not clunky at all.

Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by ethbr0 »

an_opabinia wrote: post #10

Roblox games are really clunky to make on PCs, let alone phones. You'll never be able to make one on a phone. It's crazy clunky. A third person character running around with virtual joysticks: so clunky. Roblox has been around longer than smartphones have, it has always been a port, much like Minecraft. Which sure, kids play. Roblox is probably setting back the arrival of the metaverse, not advancing it. Whatever tha…

> Roblox is probably setting back the arrival of the metaverse, not advancing it. Whatever that means.

A true metaverse is predicated on utility.

It helps people get the things they want to get done, done.

That's ultimately been the failure of the majority of attempts.

Social, yes, easy. Entertainment, yes, easy.

Anything else?

Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by webwielder2 »

guidoism wrote: post #13

Roblox pisses me off so so much as a parent. There are some good games but it's mostly wading through an ocean of shit. And the vast majority of games that are popular are clickers that incentivize children to pay money to get more for each of their clicks. And it's full of scams. Kids spend $10 for a hat or something in the game and it doesn't end up working in all the games and there's no recourse. It's a true free…

"Pisses off adults" is historically a pretty good metric for evaluating success.

Re: The Roblox Microverse

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Post by mwcampbell »

matthoiland wrote: post #23
an_opabinia wrote: post #10

Roblox games are really clunky to make on PCs, let alone phones. You'll never be able to make one on a phone. It's crazy clunky. A third person character running around with virtual joysticks: so clunky. Roblox has been around longer than smartphones have, it has always been a port, much like Minecraft. Which sure, kids play. Roblox is probably setting back the arrival of the metaverse, not advancing it. Whatever tha…

I "waste" a lot of money on Roblox - $30-40/mo. It's where all my kids friends are, and it's a safe space on the internet that I trust as a parent. They build theme parks, space stations, small businesses – it's amazing, silly, and safe.

> a safe space on the internet

IMO, we should be teaching the next generation, by example, that the safest spaces on the Internet are the small, decentralized spaces that we create for each other, not the large, centralized ones created by companies that aim to exploit us.

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