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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 37 points 3 days ago
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 24 points 3 days ago

Even if i played peak I would buy it anyways Mr dev

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are some legitimately impressive games made in Roblox, it's just a shame it's so ludicrously predatory, given the right tools the people making those could do some great things.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

It never ceases to amaze -- no, that's not the right word. It never ceases to dismay me how people so often work for free making mods for proprietary shit when they could be contributing to a Free Software game instead.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

Roblox sounds like AI but with child labor.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My nieces and nephews are obsessed with Roblox. Without them I never would have played. They pulled me in the other day, with one of my siblings, and I found myself in the most poorly crafted Sims game (after 4) that looked like it was drawn with crayola markers by a 6yo.

I get the appeal, they pull in family across states while FaceTiming and such. No one is paying for anything. I can’t imagine anyone playing Roblox solo or putting money into it. It’s pretty bad. What it is is a venue for online get-togethers, one you can laugh at because it’s so bad.

[–] cryptiod137@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Roblox is making over a billion a quarter...

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] cryptiod137@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, actually incredibly so.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago

No one is paying for anything.

No one in your family, hopefully. But kids will beg and annoy parents for robux, so they can buy skins and clothing items to use in the games.

I can’t imagine anyone playing Roblox solo or putting money into it.

Depends on the roblox game, there are some that have MMORPG style grinding, so you can find people playing solo there. As for money, besides the above, there are casino games where players spend robux, too.

[–] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I already bought Peak and have been loving it, so I'm not really interested but - how would pirated Peak work? The mountains are generated new every day (presumably server side) and the multiplayer is entirely through inviting steam friends.

Presumably the mountains are generatable offline. The steam friend thing is easily bypassed by the infamous Spacewar loophole

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 5 points 3 days ago

Just bought it. Well made, semi-janky, fun all around. :)

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it's literally 10 Canuck bucks... come on. Piracy would at least people try the real thing to decide whether they like it enough.

The other game is lazy copy work made to take your money and leave you miserable.

The people playing Roblox slop are children without credit cards btw. We can't have a discussion around piracy if we don't take into account the fact that a significant part of players are minors who will literally never be able to buy the game legally (in the timeframe it's relevant)

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Game mechanics cannot be copyrighted or patented, but design elements can. There may be enough legal standing to do something about this but I highly doubt it. And it would almost certainly not be worth it financially.