Roblox has grown big on other peoples IP. My kids are only interested in it so they can play a Minions game or a Spiderman game.
I guess that's how YouTube got big too.
Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft
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Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft
#12Roblox has grown big on other peoples IP. My kids are only interested in it so they can play a Minions game or a Spiderman game. I guess that's how YouTube got big too.
Its better than apps with in app purchases and ads.
Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft
#13Unfortunately neither Minecraft: Bedrock Edition or Roblox really works in Linux.
Correct, however the original Minecraft (Java edition) does... What Bedrock features do you miss that aren't there in Java edition?
Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft
#14My 8-year-old daughter has paid a lot more attention to Roblox than Minecraft lately. Being able to connect with friends there is definitely a factor, but I think she's also drawn in by the seemingly endless supply of new content. One game or genre getting boring or frustrating? There are dozens of not-bad others waiting right there, clamoring for attention. And honestly, that makes me a bit uncomfortable: it feels l…
> at least on a tablet (where she usually plays) Roblox is all about consuming other people's content rather than creatively building your own
That's correct, if your daughter could access a desktop, then she could use Roblox Studio as noted here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20621457
However I have to say that, even then, the creative component in Roblox is not as central to the experience as it is in Minecraft.
But then again, my daughter often plays on those Minecraft online servers that offer mini-games (e.g. Hypixel) and those don't have a lot of creativity involved either.
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#16Roblox has grown big on other peoples IP. My kids are only interested in it so they can play a Minions game or a Spiderman game. I guess that's how YouTube got big too.
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#17My 8 year old son switched to Roblox from Minecraft a while back, he loves it, he spends a lot of time in RobloxStudio making his own mini games. All seems quite cool, just make sure you turn on all the parental/privacy controls, there is a high amount of interaction with random other players.
I have to say that the parental controls are really strict, in particular the chat auto-moderation, to the point that any word or sentence that could be remotely considered inappropriate is censored. I suppose this is a good thing considering that most players are young kids.
Re: Roblox hits 100M monthly active users, bigger than Minecraft
#18Too bad they never implemented Linux support, and can't fix their network code to work in Wine either.
Minecraft despite being controlled by MS now, still has a working Linux client.
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#19My kids (7f/9m) work quite well together in it. My 7 year old daughter took to it much more than Minecraft, mainly with her brothers direction.
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#20doesn’t run on linux. non starter for my kids