Tag: Creations

Return to ROBLOX: A Highlight in Creativity


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I’ve been meaning to dive back into ROBLOX and see what the community is up to these days. Luckily for me, I had some free time in the couple of days leading up to my septum surgery to look about and come up with a few more creative highlights to show you all. The creation pictured above is Hunting Simulator 2015 Beta, which I haven’t listed because it currently costs 25 Robux to get in.

I’ll be doing more of these in the future. If you’d like to submit a creation for future pieces, throw me a message on my ROBLOX account.

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1. Call of Robloxia 5

Whenever I return to Roblox, I have to stop and see how Call of Robloxia is progressing. This is easily the most impressive game I’ve seen on ROBLOX, not just on the technical side of the vast number of weapons/attachments, but the dedication of its creator(s) to keep the project going after six years. The end result, so far, is a game that handles as fluidly as something you’d expect to pay for, tied to a progression system that’s bound to keep you addicted.

I usually try to get what I can in a timely manner with these spotlights, but I have to admit this one wound up taking a fair bit of my time. Also I have no idea what this is, but it gave me a good chuckle.

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Check out Call of Robloxia here.

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2. Fall Down The Longest Hole

Mini-game collections are like the bread and butter of ROBLOX, and I have to say hold a special place in my heart. It’s the simplicity of their design that makes these collections so much fun, and I love looking through each version to see how the creator has added his own touch. You can also see how Roblox happens to be trending at the time based on the theme of the levels.

Check out Fall Down The Longest Hole here.

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3. Speed Run 4

I spent a lot more time than expected while checking out this creation, before resigning myself to defeat at the last five feet of the last level. Speed Run 4 is a speed run game (go figure) where you run quickly and jump across obstacles while collecting cards. This one was pretty challenging, and I will admit ultimately beat me out in the end, on the last level.

Check out Speed Run 4 here.

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[Special Mention]  Apocalypse Rising

I discovered this one thanks to its creator in the comments section of another creation. The comment said “don’t visit my creation,” so I didn’t.

It’s closed to the public now.

ROBLOX Part 3: A Gallery Of Creations


As the Roblox saga comes to an end (for now, anyway), I wanted to showcase several select creations from Roblox hand picked by myself and a few of the guys from Roblox Corp. It has been a fun few weeks, but the show must go on.

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1. Roleplay City by ConceptDesign

Roleplay City was one of my picks because it shows the Roblox’s potential for my personal favorite activity: Roleplaying. With enough time, a player could create a sprawling play area that falls outside of the regular paintball/shooter/survival/obstacle course themes that many other Roblox servers follow.

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2. Brimstone Garden by Blockrat

Brimstone Garden is a fantastically created building, both inside and out. Its very presence is all the more a reminder that there are plenty of amazing creations out there in Roblox that should be featured in this gallery, but are not due to the sheer number of creations and the inability of myself and my new friends at Roblox to go through them.

This creation was handpicked by the Roblox team as a shining example of their community’s work. I asked Blockrat to offer some thoughts about the creation and the Roblox Studio (world creator) itself.

It’s fast, simple to learn, and moreover very fun to use. Studio offers plenty of freedom, considering that the base structure in Roblox is blocks, you could literally build anything, really.

As for the Brimstone Garden itself, it was my very first attempt to actually build something. Until then, all of my places were games, designed for fun. I noticed that some people would build still snapshot-like places (formally known as showcases) and I decided to give it a swing. The Garden was under construction for over 6 months, but in time I actually spent on it, it took about 15 hours combined, so needless to say, I got quite sidetracked.

Roblox is great, and I’m glad I was able to build what I did and I plan to keep on using Roblox’s great building system, and hopefully even build something better than the Brimstone Garden sometime in the future.

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3. Hidden Valley by TheDarkFireDragon

This gem was also hand picked by the Roblox team. This oasis may be small, but it features a multitude of hidden areas. As with Blockrat, I asked TheDarkFireDragon about his experience creating Hidden Valley as well as his thoughts about the Roblox Studio.

I made that place last summer, and it took me about a month to build. I was trying to join the ROBLOX group EBR, which has some of the best “builders” on ROBLOX in it.

The editor itself is pretty simple to use, you just insert parts and move/resize them as you please.
I also used a ROBLOX Studio plugin by the user Anaminus called CmdUtl; it makes merging, resizing, and rotating parts much easier. Being able to easily add plugins to the editor like this is awesome: They can add a lot of extra functionality to the game when you’re creating a place.

Another cool thing about ROBLOX is the scripting. You can use Lua, which is a very easy to learn coding language, to add practically anything you want to your game.

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4. Imagination By Anaminus

One of my personal favorites, even if I have all the artistic skill of a bull in a china shop. Imagination is a game where players set up their own easels and are able to paint simple 8-bit artwork like the one seen above. I tried to create a Mario, but you don’t want to see how it came out. I don’t know how to throw together Mario’s pants, but I don’t think they are colored sick green.

5. Jet Wars Advanced Battle by Carbon131

Take two battleships and place them opposite ends of the map, then allow players to set up anti-aircraft guns (and aircraft), and what do you get? An all out dogfight. Now, the fight became a little one sided thanks to a bug that caused the blue team’s aircraft to stop spawning, but otherwise shooting down fighter jets provided an enjoyable time.

6. Lost Thoughts Fortress by Jardicel

Another piece of exquisite building by another Roblox architect. Like many of the other people featured in this article, I attempted to contact Jardicel with no response, which is a shame as I was quite interested in how long Lost Thoughts Fortress took to create.