Devlog #043

Quick Start Guide
Spent some time in studio redacting all the assets which I couldn’t distribute, such as the asset packs, trees and decorations in general. I didn’t really know how to redact the UI, because I didn’t want to make completely separate UI just for a quick start guide.
Fortunately the UI was custom made so I do have the rights to distribution and commercial rights.

Read Me and License
Wrote the Read Me and License for the github repository for this project, which includes a quick start guide along with some other information and troubleshooting solutions. The build itself is redacted and UI is not, but UI is relatively easy to spot so I don’t think that will be an issue. Worse case scenario I can file a DMCA takedown request as outlined in my LICENSE.

It’s been a long journey, and I’m so glad I made it. This will most likely be the last devlog before I ship, so hopefully the reviewers do well on me.

Devlog #042

Race world is now officially out! Sorry it took so long, these past days I have been really busy with school and haven’t worked on much.
I think this will be my last proper devlog of the game, the next will probably just be preparing the project for shipping.

Devlog #041

Changes

• More analytics
• More badges
• OP daily rewards to increase retention
• Map improvements
• Revive and Race UI
• Re-implementation of revive popup

Devlog #040

World 2 is now officially out! Stayed up late yesterday to get some bug fixes in straight after publish but we should be good for now.

Devlog #039

Added in funnels so that I can see where the users are leaving and why are they are leaving. Hopefully this can help me decide what to add to improve game stats.

Devlog #038

Took a temporary detour to make the race map and also improved upon World 2. Every 5 minutes, the user can choose to participate in a “Race” with other people. The winner of the race will receive wins (I haven’t really decided what to give yet) and its sort of just like a fun little event.

Devlog #037

Fully finished up the balancing, so that World 2 takes 2x the time to beat as World 1.

Devlog #036

Changes
This devlog was supposed to be out yesterday but HackaTime servers were down and so I couldn’t post. Anyways, the entirely of W2 is now complete (aside from balancing) which I still have to do. The issue is that WalkSpeed is locked to +1 per level, but the world two map is the same size so you start slamming into walls.

Game Stats
We have almost 10k people signed up for the World 2 release date in a few days (WHICH IS CRAZY)!
And we also hit 20k home recommendations which is nice and hopefully that number keeps growing.

Devlog #035

Got the rest of the spawn done including new skateboards and training areas!

Devlog #034

Finished up the entirety of the main map! Got the spawn to do (new training areas + skateboard models) and I should be good to start scripting the second world!

Devlog #033

Finished up 4 more sections! I just got the “Black Hole” section to do now and the main build for W2 is done!

Devlog #032

Finished up the 6th section! This one is definitely one of the more unique ones out of the batch, and I think I’m going to do something similar for the ones after that as well.
World 1 had like a biome sort of theme such areas such as “Forest”, “Ice”, “Dune” and “Sakura” so the theme for World 2 would be planets. 🪐
So far I’ve completed Earth, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus and Saturn. I’ve also tried to implement details of each planet inside the build itself, so for Saturn (shown in image) I added arches above the top since it has rings and also added a bunch of small floating rocks as “moons”

Devlog #031

Finished the first 5 sections of W2! I added these cross sectioned lasers just to mix it up and make world two a little more different than world 1.
Also some guy has 41 hours on the game lol

Devlog #030

Working on World TWO!

Devlog #029

There’s been a major bug with the UI on top of the skateboards where sometimes it just wouldn’t show. I think this is something do with the Roblox glyph engine, I’ve had an issue similar to this before but it was with another game and it has significantly more textlabels, and the text was flickering instead of just blatantly not showing. I’ve added adonis with dex which lets me view studio properties inside of Roblox so I can see whether its a studio issue or just my code.
Additional Changes

• Added group reward with brand new skateboard
• Added badges

Devlog #028

Added in some more thumbnails and am also in the process of trialing different titles. Somehow this thumbnail is leading by far with 4% CTR.

Devlog #027

Just realised that this entire time I haven’t been uploading to github. Unfortunately there isn’t an easy way to upload files to git directly from the studio but I do now have script sync enabled and will try to commit at least once every devlog. Not really sure about the times when the devlog is mainly about building, as I can’t just directly upload the rbxm file since I use so many bought assets. Eventually during the final ship I will spend the time to create a map with the assets stripped out.
Changes

• Added admin command system
• Added daily rewards
• Fixed major bugs regarding shop + boosts
• Added friend boosts and train area boost when multiple people are training on the same rail

Right now I’m working on the map for W2, hopefully I can get this finished fast!

Devlog #026

Not really a devlog lol but we just hit all ages!

Devlog #025

Massive overhaul. Before there were way too many different values for the user to handle, so I decided to simplify it. Now, every single obtainable item in the game revolves around XP. XP is obtained by moving or being at one of the training grounds. Obtaining XP increase progress towards your LEVEL, which controls things like WalkSpeed, Jumps, Ramp Boost.

Devlog #024

Testing some more thumbnails for maximum click rate. I’m working on a pretty big rework change right now which is why this devlog has so much time attached to it but I wanted to let yall know.

Devlog #023

THUMBNAILS + RELEASE!
Game link: https://www.roblox.com/games/92438199141937/1-Skate-Obby-Escape

Devlog #022

New UI + Polish Changes!
Honestly these past few devlogs I kinda got no idea what to say, I could go on about the thousands of tiny value changes I did but that’d be boring so here’s the more important things.

Changes

• You can now choose your own speed, as long as it is lower than your max
• New hazard systems, such as the floor rising and platforms suddenly dropping
• Bunch of bug fixes and polish changes

WE ARE SO SO SO CLOSE TO RELEASE! Thumbnails are being made as I speak!

Devlog #021

Changes

• Added more monetization
• Added revive system
• Scripted upgrade machine
• More polish changes

The game is nearing its complete! Hopefully I am able to release soon once I get some thumbnails made.

Devlog #020

Finished up the final two sections!

Devlog #019

Believe it or not but this upgrade machine took me nearly 2 hours 😭

Devlog #018

MASSIVE MAP IMPROVEMENTS
P.S. THERE ARE MORE THAN 1 IMAGE

Devlog #017

Continued working on the map! All walls are up now just working on decoration and other small map improvements!

Devlog #016

Got awesome asset pack 🔥and continuing work on completing the map expansion + revamp!

Devlog #015

Changes

• Expanded and Reworked Map
• Reworked Boost Mechanism (AGAIN!)
• More Polishing

Made the map significant bigger to encompass new and improved boosting mechanism. I cannot tell you how many times I have rewrote the boost mechanism so HOPEFULLY this is the last time 🤞

** Devlog #014**

Did a bunch more polishing / doc work and continue worked on improving current map and world 2 map.

Devlog #013

Trails and Monetization are now complete!. I also did a LOT more polishing and also started on the build for World 2!

Devlog #012

Changes

• Scripted level and click system
• Finalised boost system
• Scripted rebirth
• Training zones now work
• Skateboards are purchasable and affect your power per click
• Scripted 3 leaderboards, playtime, power and wins
• Pads at every island give wins upon contact and teleport back to spawn

The majority of the game is complete, all that’s left is the monetization and the trails. The work detailed within this devlog has been spread out across some of the previous sessions so they were definitely not all done in this time!

Devlog #011

Got some trails made! There hasn’t been much action in the last few devlogs especially on the scripting side because I’m waiting for the completion of a few more systems before summarizing them all.

Devlog #010

MASSIVE MAP REWORK + EXPANSION!

Devlog #009

Changes

• Implemented animations
• Refined and polished boost ramp system
• Added skateboard (upgrades coming soon!)

Devlog #008

Got some skateboard animations made! RIP Robux 🥲

Devlog #007

Additions

• Setup backend data saving using ProfileStore
• Setup communication via Knit
• Scripted clicking system to obtain “Power” every time you click
• Started on ramp boosts (still needs significant polishing)

Physics isn’t my strong suit so hopefully I can figure this out soon!

Devlog #006

Changes

• Improved main map

FINALLY! Map is basically done. I can finally move on to the scripting.

Devlog #005

Changes

• Revamped spawn area
• Placed new skateboards in their designated location
• Added AFK zone models (will place later)

Finally nearing the completion of the map! Although basic, I think it looks pretty good for my first time. Can’t wait to get started on the scripting side, everything should be a lot more smooth there.

Devlog #004

Changes

• Revamped Map
• Received commission for skateboards and UI

Hopefully I’m near the completion of the map, apologies if these last few devlogs have been rather slow since its my first time building an entire map. I have a commercial license for the skateboard models and the UI but I unfortunately cannot share them in a github public repo.

Devlog #003
Finished off the spawn area

Devlog #002
Continued expanding the map and now there’s slopes going higher and higher. This is my first time officially building a full map for the first time, so I decided to do something simple for now.

Devlog #001
This is my first time learning BUILDING in Roblox Studio, so I chose a relatively simple game. I’m mainly a scripter, so this is a new experience for me. The idea for this game is basically like a simulator where the player can get further and further.