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Game development with Roblox Studio

Module Description

This course teaches students how to use Roblox Studio to create their own games from scratch. They will learn Lua programming, 3D modeling, game design principles and much more.

What You’ll Learn?

Learn Lua programming
Create 3D models
Design game mechanics
Publish and share your games

If you love playing games and want to learn how to create your own, this course is for you. Roblox Studio is a great tool for beginners to get started with game development, and Lua is an easy-to-learn programming language.

Module Curriculum

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Roblox

In this lesson, students will learn about the Roblox platform, its history, and why it's great for game development. They will also be introduced to basic game design concepts that will help them create fun and engaging games.

Project: Set up Roblox Studio and create your first game world
Concepts: Introduction to Roblox, game design fundamentals

Lesson 2: Building Your First Game - The Obby

Students will start building their first game: an obstacle course (obby). They will learn how to place parts, set properties, and design a playable level.

Project: Create an obstacle course with platforms and challenges
Concepts: Using parts and models, setting properties, level design

Lesson 3: Adding Interactivity - Checkpoints and Respawns

To make the obby more player-friendly, students will add checkpoints and respawn mechanics.

Project: Implement checkpoints and respawn points in the obby
Concepts: Touch events, teleporting players, game state management

Lesson 4: Introduction to Scripting

Students will be introduced to Lua scripting, learning the basics and how to make game objects behave in certain ways.

Project: Write scripts to make platforms move or disappear
Concepts: Basic Lua syntax, variables, functions, events

Lesson 5: Advanced Scripting - Traps and Effects

Building on their scripting knowledge, students will add more complex behaviors like traps that affect the player and visual effects.

Project: Add traps and visual effects to the obby
Concepts: Conditional statements, loops, timers

Lesson 6: Completing Your Obby

Students will finish their obby by adding start and end points, timers, and perhaps leaderboards.

Project: Finalize the obby with start/end points and additional features
Concepts: Game flow, user interface basics, data persistence

Lesson 7: Designing a New Game - Platformer

Now, students will start a new project: a simple platformer game. They will plan the game and begin building the level.

Project: Plan and start building a platformer level
Concepts: Game design for platformers, level layout

Lesson 8: Player Controls and Physics

Learn how to control the player character, implement jumping, and understand basic physics in Roblox.

Project: Set up player controls and physics in the platformer
Concepts: Character movement, gravity, collision detection

Lesson 9: Adding Enemies and Combat

Make the platformer more exciting by adding simple enemies and basic combat mechanics.

Project: Introduce enemies and combat mechanics
Concepts: AI basics, health systems, projectile mechanics

Lesson 10: User Interface and Scoring

Add a user interface to display scores, health, or other information, and implement a scoring system.

Project: Create a UI for the platformer with scoring
Concepts: GUI elements, text labels, updating UI dynamically

Lesson 11: Sound and Animation

Enhance the game with sound effects and animations to make it more immersive.

Project: Add sound effects and animations to the platformer
Concepts: Playing sounds, animating characters and objects

Lesson 12: Polishing and Sharing Your Game

In the final lesson, students will polish their game, fix any bugs, and learn how to publish and share it on Roblox.

Project: Test, debug, and publish the platformer game
Concepts: Testing methodologies, debugging techniques, publishing games on Roblox

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