Start your free trial on GameMaker Studio 2 here: opr.as/PolyMars

@BlackthornKingJaxon

3 жыл бұрын

enjoyed the vid alot!

@NStripleseven

3 жыл бұрын

GMS2 is how I learned to code

@Trevorus1

3 жыл бұрын

Hi

@evanthelegend1576

3 жыл бұрын

downloading this saved my house from burning, got me a girlfriend, and made me start going to the gym. Download now!

@TryingToBeHooman

3 жыл бұрын

Nice Vid. Very Cool

Then again, the developers of CART RIDE INTO BOSS BABY SUS AMOGUS OBBY OBBY TYCOON TYCOON [PETS AND FREE ADMIN] probably don't deserve any profit at all

@saadgondal1380

3 жыл бұрын

0 dollars no money they should not earn

@TheMasterIsHere

3 жыл бұрын

For sure, they make kids go in their game and trick them into spending robux. Even tho they do it legit, it is kind of manipulating kids.

@jennyrous3655

3 жыл бұрын

Good point

@ChrissQuartz

3 жыл бұрын

they literally just use free models

@Dorbellprod

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrissQuartz But honestly I'm not against free model use if it's not everything all over the place (or a scam). Back in the day we all used free models and it was a blast.

never thought I'd see a Game Maker 2 sponsor

@cripplebum4792

3 жыл бұрын

A new company bought Gamemaker and they've been sponsoring people a lot lately lol

@minerkey682

3 жыл бұрын

@@cripplebum4792 yeah I'd noticed they'd been bought by Opera... fingers-crossed theres a bright future ahead

@cripplebum4792

3 жыл бұрын

@@minerkey682 Yoyo games have always kind of been doing their own thing anyways, and I'd say Opera is a much better company to own them than some gambling company lol

@m1bl4n

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr?

@HeJustNoobs

3 жыл бұрын

Game Maker is a very good product to sponsor tho

Another channel, "People Make Games", also made a video on this, and they uncovered that the situation is even worse, small, young developers are lured to the platform, but soon find out that getting people to play your game is really hard, and profit is completely negligible

@sh4rp713

2 жыл бұрын

but that applies to literally anything? getting people to play your game on steam is hard too, and getting profit too. if a 9 year old wants to make their game and "expect profit" and their game to be popular, then they need to work for it and cant just make a trash game in 15 seconds that looks horrible

@Thor_the_Doge

2 жыл бұрын

@@sh4rp713 I didn't give a full overview of the video's conclusion in this comment, before you can make up an opinion, you should watch the video I referred to, also yeah, other game platforms might have the same thing, but comparing them to roblox, it's clear that roblox isn't a good option.

@sh4rp713

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thor_the_Doge i have watched the video and its pretty much all bullshit

@Thor_the_Doge

2 жыл бұрын

@@sh4rp713 what led you to believe that?

@sh4rp713

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thor_the_Doge i cant remember exactly what he said, but tell me anything and ill say why its bullshit

As a roblox dev with almost 100k visits, roblox really doesn’t care abt the devs, they only give us an avatar item and they’re like “yep that’s ur reward”

The low dev ex rates harm on Roblox are pretty noticeable. Games like robot 64 and cleaning simulator are not common anymore. They are replaced by cash-grab games with hyper-monetization. It's pretty sad.

@ChrissQuartz

3 жыл бұрын

Like the really spammy one like AMONGUS BABY CART RIDE SUS SUS SUS SUS [ FREE ADMIN AND VIP ]

@revimfadli4666

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrissQuartz or BLOX ANIME SIMULATOR RPG

@sebihuerta5308

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrissQuartz thats pretty outdated my guy. cash grab games (simulators and tycoons) have become less popular and aren’t shown on the front page much anymore, you have to search for them or go to the simulator or tycoon section on the games page which requires a lot of scrolling. the sims and tycoons that you can actually find on the front page are much more unique and fun (for example tower defense sim and restaurant tycoon)

@davidkonevky7372

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh, cleaning simulator is SO underrated it hurts

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

They were never common? They are very new games

Speaking as a developer myself, I know very few people who will go through the DevEx program; rather, they sell their funds on a black market for far more than Roblox will offer them

@RexAndStatue

3 жыл бұрын

Tell me the name of the market?

@Hyperrcapsule

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, current rates for B/T (where someone buys a shirt from you) is about $3-$3.5 per 1000 you occasionally find a seller at $2.5/k though.

@AngryBirdsFanboy06

3 жыл бұрын

Tho the black market well get your roblox account banned

@Hyperrcapsule

3 жыл бұрын

@@AngryBirdsFanboy06 I’ve been in the black market for years, it’s all about exploiting and selling stuff to do with roblox like robux, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a single person be banned for selling robux though.

@TheMasterIsHere

3 жыл бұрын

@@AngryBirdsFanboy06 If you BUY it. Not if you sell it.

Ironically, game maker studio 2 is one of the most unfairly priced engines on the market, costing $100 upfront and charging thousands PER YEAR for ports to consoles. Unreal only charges you once you make $1M and Unity after you've made $100k. Godot is literally 100% free.

@fujinshu

2 жыл бұрын

And Unreal scrapped the $1M revenue cuts altogether, aiming for a much smaller revenue cut throughout, allowing developers to better gauge how much they will earn and increasing transparency.

@rgbatom5145

Жыл бұрын

I literally have game maker studio 2 for free though

@Mizu2023

2 ай бұрын

​@@rgbatom5145 Yeah but you may have to pay them a specific amount per month if you want to build to a platform that isnt GX(dot)games

No wonder Roblox game’s game passes are so damn expensive

@auxiliaryplays4804

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@arthurgames9926

Жыл бұрын

SAKTKIA51: my most expensive gamepass is only 90 robux and cheapest is 5

@pika_pika900

Жыл бұрын

ok poor person

@AMIR-xo1cq

Жыл бұрын

​@@pika_pika900 ok rich parents kid

Never knew Roblox came all this way and actually became a platform for developers. I always just saw it as this game with blocky characters that go oof

@SandwichConsumer

3 жыл бұрын

O O f

@kgaming7599

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Blocky character go oof

@theoddster830

3 жыл бұрын

@@endgamerplays haha blocky character go oof

@poopman6916

3 жыл бұрын

@@endgamerplays no, i am a roblox player and can confirm that blocky character go oof

@givemeanameiwillhate9525

3 жыл бұрын

@@endgamerplays its not even supposed to be an oof lmfao. Its an eugh, just sounds like oof

Omg, I can’t believe game maker just sponsored you roasting their competitors. Normally you can’t even mention competitors. You guys are both chads. I appreciate the focus on this topic because Roblox needs growing competition.

@revimfadli4666

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't there something which tried to compete with Core and Roblox at the same time?

@givemeanameiwillhate9525

3 жыл бұрын

There was core, but i think its swept away

@thealandude9146

2 жыл бұрын

@@givemeanameiwillhate9525 Personally I think the use of Unreal made a lot of people not play with the increase spec requirments

@autisticbluesloth5244

2 жыл бұрын

roblox is immortal

@MajorAce_usedtobeMechchad

2 жыл бұрын

He was sponsored by Core.

This is probably the cause for the extreme staleness in games that started in late 2018, now nearly every front page game is just a crappy over monetized cars grab rather than actual fun gameplay.

@enb6720

2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy just how bad it's gotten. I've found a few little gems that are actually fun games without any aggressive microtransactions/pay to win mechanics. Ragdoll Universe is a great one, It's a fully fleshed out combat game that plays well, is still being developed, and could honestly probably run as a game on steam if it got enough traction. The microtransactions are all cosmetics related, and don't give any sort of advantage in game. I've bought a few of them myself, and i'm fine with that style of monetization.

@s1nblitz

2 жыл бұрын

@@enb6720 On February 2020 I found Juke's Towers of Hell. The community is... eh.... but the game honestly gets better and better the game goes on. On somewhere in like October 2019 I found Blockate. I stopped playing it until August 2021 and the game's a blast.

@nuf2188

Жыл бұрын

@@s1nblitz I would also recommend The Cool Zone which is a really good Roblox Gmod clone.

@AshGD2

Жыл бұрын

Thankfully there are still a few great games getting popular such as robot 64, doors, or JToH, but the majority are still trash

As a developer on the platform, I can say DevEx rates are outdated. Recently in 2019-2020 they actually changed prices for robux to be more expensive which makes users not want to spend their robux as much. DevEx rates are off of when robux were 10 bucks for 1k robux, ect. I would love a higher cut of my work since I am a solo developer and I would love to continue making content for the community I slowly grew over the past 4 years. On the other case of Roblox wanting to expand to full on studios and older users they are definitely going to have to fix a few things. One is that they need to higher a team to take care of quality control. Currently on Roblox you can find loads of copy and pasted cash grabbing games on the front page that exploit young children and infringes on other IPs which is NOT a good look for the platform. Two is definitely rising the DevEx rates. Third is overall their moderation, support, and the freedom given to developers. There's a invisible line of how far developers can push the boundaries when it comes to blood, violence, "romance" (not really a genre on Roblox), horror, ect. It doesn't help how sometimes Roblox will full on target a creator they do not like. We had a situation where a youtuber was on the platform that made games. The youtuber bad mouthed Roblox and had a history of trolling younger users when they were younger. Few year later they stopped doing that and grew up but their game was deleted for blood splatters which can be found in other games. It's very scary to be a developer on the platform cause it's highly expected that one day your game or even your account could easily be hacked and or banned. Sorry for this long read but Roblox is a really important part of my life and as a developer on the platform I obviously have a lot to say about the platform and how it treats their users and developers.

@itzcaio1786

Жыл бұрын

What games did you make?

@AlexSzubka

Жыл бұрын

@@itzcaio1786 Cube Cavern: Reborn, Contributor to Make a Cake, working on a platforming game called Noob Quest, and smaller projects.

@itzcaio1786

Жыл бұрын

@@AlexSzubka cool

@chawrx3

Жыл бұрын

i can understand your first point of expanding QC teams but what exactly are "games on the front page that exploit young children"? devex rates - cant rly comment on this since there are so many factors that contribute to roblox's true "value" to devs eg the ecosystem, but roblox needs to try to be profitable, and it still isnt - the argument can be made that increasing the cut will create more "experienced" devs which will lead to more players + more players that will pay, but thats for the company to calculate (and i doubt they will take this approach) mod/support cant rly comment on, i personally havent had any issues. if ppl want more quality/quantity, = more costs, less chances of devex rates increasing freedom - this has changed quite a bit over the past yr (for the better?, im not that looped in with the news anymore); i think they had to be very restrictive since all games were for players, children included, but now that age guidelines/restrictions are taking place, i can only imagine more "risky" genres can exist on the platform roblox is a company and can target whoever they want, esp if it hurts their business (and causes more harm than benefit to them), its just reality account hacked/banned - i am almost certain that accounts dont get banned for "no reason", it just makes no sense logistically; "hacked" isnt really their problem, though they can force more 2fa etc if ppl want ig

As a new roblox developer, thank you. I’m trying to start with roblox, until I become a good programmer. So to know this is what is happening is worrying. We work hard. We deserve credit.

@lowrhyan567

3 жыл бұрын

This modded Lua is kinda easy to learn and it also adds a lot of things that doesn't have on normal Lua, for example the function wait() so it will be easy to you learn scripting, it would be better if you already knew programming logic or other programming language but you still can learn, good luck.

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@lowrhyan567 wait() (not wait(x)) is pretty terrible actually. RunService.Heartbeat:Wait() runs on every single frame while wait() runs every 0.03 seconds as a minimum.

@lowrhyan567

3 жыл бұрын

@@Forcoy Both are trash, chads uses local clock = os.clock function sleep(a) local t0 = clock() while clock() - t0

@Fractalure

3 жыл бұрын

@@lowrhyan567 "your mom" Sounds fuctional

@lowrhyan567

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fractalure your mother

A while back I learned lua (the programming language used by the engine) to make roblox games. When I found about how bad the devx rates were, I was better off learning c++ and python

@pixonstate3670

3 жыл бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think GMod uses Lua as well so maybe you can reapply it there?

@sphoo1179

3 жыл бұрын

@@pixonstate3670 Yeah but the the revenue tho..

@mister4y

3 жыл бұрын

don't worry, lua can be integrated into c++ projects and is quite widely used overall

@unifiedmemory7872

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not joking but I legit did the same exact thing. Roblox was just to competitive and the rates were not the best. Now I've learnt c++

@mugiwara_no_ace

3 жыл бұрын

Firstly lua is not only used on roblox, you can still use it on many places plus lua is way faster compared to c++ and python. Also you should have learned python first, that would be smarter since it is a general used language.

Another thing to note is that because of how little the developers make compared to what is actually spent, it can further incentivize predatory practices to squeeze as much money as possible out of the players.

@shango4651

Жыл бұрын

Roblox is like. :. ok Ok Ok Ok We need to take as much of their revenue AS POSSIBLE Like Preston With Over 22 Buttons with ROBUX SO

It's not only the dev ex rates that are ruining their long term goals, but their technical expectation of what developers have to make. They expect developers to make games that can run on mobile, and do not offer any way of unlocking the performance cap for non-mobile games. They force scripters to always think of optimization to the point where you need to hire a developer or two whose sole job is to optimize old features as new features are rolled out, if you want quality optimized content to be rolled out weekly.

6:09 "The President of the USA will mention his or her Roblox Avatar on camera" Bro imagine this actually happens lol

@jauhnwilks2114

3 жыл бұрын

Why would they put it in the list

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jauhnwilks2114 why not

@manygoatmany6055

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@jumpergamer1913

2 жыл бұрын

"You have to play roblox or you ain't black" - Joe Biden 2019

This has been an issue ever since the devex was released to the public. Same goes for 30% sales tax on any items.

@securityism

3 жыл бұрын

I never found the sales tax that bad.

@joshkanyinda5569

2 жыл бұрын

Why you guys want money off a child’s game? You are better off making more money on y8 than on roblox. Devx rates are a small incentive, not a reasonable cut for your work making a game on their platform, which yoy advertised on their website.

@gabs1400

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshkanyinda5569 you give people content and you probably want something back. Most developers are adults/grown teens that got to pay for their food, rent and bills so they need to earn somehow

@jujhar.

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshkanyinda5569 If your a beginner or just a kid with no money roblox is great

@bentleygreenwithahintofbla8017

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshkanyinda5569 fr it’s for kids but when you join it let’s you choose your age over 20

I played Roblox in around 2016 to 2017 and have been playing since, but recently my friend and I have sort of quit Roblox as we believe it’s going downhill, as the stocks are dying, they removed the oof sound, and it just doesn’t have many unique games as most of the top games are anime games, simulators, or roleplay games. I do think some games I enjoy on Roblox are good, but I find myself playing only around 3 unique games per month. Thanks for reading my essay lol.

We got coconut malled!!! 0:49

Pause on the “Predictions for the Next 5 Years” Some of those goals are ridiculous

@xaddox7524

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of those have already been reached

@dissatisfiedp5311

2 жыл бұрын

No not really roblox is growing insanely fast and some of these goals have been completed and some developers made a few million dollars of off roblox

@BME-dj1ox

2 жыл бұрын

@@dissatisfiedp5311 A few? I just checked back only to realise that top devs are earning literally in 10s of millions of dollars a month just through game passes. Roblox is literally filled with games like these right now. Becoming a good developer on the platform is competitive as hell.

@neelimarosekujur8061

2 жыл бұрын

@@BME-dj1ox you forgot about 75.5%? What.

@RigBot

2 жыл бұрын

@@BME-dj1ox Finally someone understands, for the past few years, I always get slightly annoyed when people think that the top game developers only make a few thousands.

If there happens to be a mysterious storming of the Roblox headquarters around 5:43 est tomorrow morning, it definitly has nothing to do with me.

@PrivateMcPrivate

3 жыл бұрын

What?

@PrivateMcPrivate

3 жыл бұрын

It definitely has something you do then if it happens

@imcardbored8394

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrivateMcPrivate Wdym. I definitely am not involved. 100%. Its a joke.

@shadowcween7890

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrivateMcPrivate just coincidence...

@endgamerplays

3 жыл бұрын

stop

This is literally the first time i didn't just fastforward the sponsor. Also the editing the amazing.

Due to the unfair exchange rates, developers have to either make cheap cash grabs that takes advantages of various loopholes or make a game so good and revolutionary that everyone on the site will flock to if they want profit. Issue is that making good games takes hard work, and like all games that have actual effort put into them, they may just die, considering how tedious advertising your games can be. This results in very similar games that are boring and put in-game transactions in your face all the time. This is actually pretty profitable considering that most of the player base are literal 1 month old fetuses that will play just about anything in front of them. I feel like the devs could really use extra income, so they don’t feel obligated to make cash grabs and give newer devs a bigger incentive to work harder on their games, because the state of the site in general has been really disappointing at best, and downright unsafe at worst.

holy shit he actually included roblox starscape in there thank you polymars you absolute fucking legend

@herbert_shnerbert

2 жыл бұрын

chet moment

@LUMINA3

2 жыл бұрын

@@herbert_shnerbert chet moment

@signaltoground9159

2 жыл бұрын

@@LUMINA3 IMO starscape is the best game on roblox

@LUMINA3

2 жыл бұрын

@@signaltoground9159 chet moment

@james1311na

2 жыл бұрын

@@signaltoground9159 cap

You should make a video about Dreams (PS4/PS5). Another game where you can create games within a game. You could similarly analyze any questions about its longevity.

@hudaghaboush85

3 жыл бұрын

People create insane projects on there

@revimfadli4666

3 жыл бұрын

While we're at it, Core and the other one which also uses Unreal(forgot its name)

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@revimfadli4666 core is far bellow roblox

@revimfadli4666

3 жыл бұрын

@@Forcoy below in terms of? Player count? Accessibility(due to spec requirements)?

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@revimfadli4666 yep, and a lot more lack of tools memory limit for games low player count only available on PC forced characters etc

I just happened to click on the exact video with the exact same sponsorship segment as an ad for GameMaker I've seen before.

They should get more, they work on their games sometimes for months or years. They can change but we can wait

At least Roblox gives a bigger cut than most book publishers

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@toddasome12

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@T.Ttt.tT.t.TT..Tt.t.TtT.T..T.t

2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@iwanttopotato8848

2 жыл бұрын

At least it's less work from a certain perspective. Write book, go to publisher, they like it, they publish it and you get money from it for a while. With roblox games you have to constantly update them to add bew features or remove bugs. Roblox updates from time to time which also causes old code to break. It's a pain for they pay you get.

@iwanttopotato8848

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kai-rust and then observe it die like Mad Games or something

Woah... the algorithm just gave me one of your older videos for my recommended page... Was this video scheduled and did it trick me to come watch it? O.o

Fair enough. I've devexed a few times and although there are some losses let's look at it in a different aspect. Roblox provides alot of services that other developers on other platforms don't get. Having to not pay for them is is a big advantage. Being able to earn profits without having to organize much is heavenly. I still think Roblox needs to invest more on their developer community platform to the furthest potential. They have recently gone public to the stock market and I can guarantee it's becoming tougher in a financial aspect for them. Still it's not just Roblox's developer community, they also need to improve their moderation.

@RotmgTrollerFan

2 жыл бұрын

also their support team. the complaint is sent and someone looks at it for 10 seconds and makes a decision then totally ignores any other replies, and moderation is controlled entirely by bots

It's true that most of the revenue is taken by Roblox but since the game has a large community with literally millions upon millions of people playing every day, it might just be worth it. Just make sure to use your head and go in with a plan and I'm sure you'll be alright :)

4:35 If you can earn money from Core Engine, I think that would work as a comparison.

@ninomusic1492

3 жыл бұрын

You can it’s 50%

@ashleybyrd2015

3 жыл бұрын

Edit: I retract my statement

@bl4ckk

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashleybyrd2015 have you tried core though

@cacsjr.4610

3 жыл бұрын

@@bl4ckk i mean its basicly roblox but graphics are changed and i think developing is way easier

@Hyperrcapsule

3 жыл бұрын

@@cacsjr.4610 Yeah, but core doesn’t have nearly as many players as roblox, so you’d honestly still make lots more from a decent roblox game.

Wow way to destroy my dreams of becoming a fulltime Roblox developer.

@PolyMars

3 жыл бұрын

let's start a roblox union

@microdavid7098

3 жыл бұрын

what? I also wanted to try out roblox once but eh.

@mashtrack4053

3 жыл бұрын

you can still get lots of money if ur smart with advertising

@LostAdvanced

3 жыл бұрын

Sucks huh, reality is harsh

@autoaimmouse1230

3 жыл бұрын

keep going mate. its fine asimo and badcc arfe millionaires. you can still become succcsessfull even wirh roblox money grab.

as a roblox developer, this is pretty interesting, i might share this with the dev teams i work with, such as afterdawn interactive (the makers of militant) and gunpoint, (the makers of gunpoint)

i used to watch you and then i saw ur game maker sponsor segment as an ad and i have returned to the video with that sponsor segment lol.

honestly it'd be cool for polymars to make an official game in gamemaker cuz like its actually VERY easy to make one as shown, hell i made one without knowing like no code and now ive learnt so much gml (the code that gamemaker uses) from tutorials or just messing around in the documents

Great to see yoyo games sponsoring videos of youtubers. This move maybe represents the new era the company is going through, since Opera bought them and I hope it means betters things to developers and gamers. With that being said, Roblox is doing something similar to what buildbox is suffering now(low cut to developers and making you pay to increase cut you can receive), and as GameMaker is trying to compete against Unity and Unreal, I expect Roblox and Buildbox to have more competitors, forcing them to be more competitive and offer better conditions to developers using them.

The only experience I've had with Roblox developers was when I was into Wings of Fire. That series had a pretty popular fangame on there. It was stuck behind a paywall and last I remember, they had stopped making updates.

ikr, many front page games literally need to hyper-monetize to even survive on the platform, some developers live on roblox as well.

That sponsor announcement was the first ever that I didn't get bored watching. :D

Polymars' version of club penguin is beautiful, we need it on steam

@buttersquids

2 жыл бұрын

To avoid getting sued, call it Penguin Club

@nuclearbomb9483

2 жыл бұрын

@@buttersquids Disney aren't suing actual reuploads of club penguin.

@tastyyoylecake2069

2 жыл бұрын

make it $999.99

The ad after the intro played as a seperate ad before the video even started

I used to make roblox games when I was 10. Roblox introduced me to programming, but when I was 12 I had a game with 70k daily visits, but I realised the low Exchanges so I switched to Unity

@korvexus9922

2 жыл бұрын

what was your game if you mind sharing?

@villandoom

2 жыл бұрын

@@korvexus9922 sure. It was called Modded Miners Heaven rez. It's now called industrwlist breakthrough. I'll get the link soon. It was a replica of miners heaven. I know miners heaven had a leaked version but it was old so I recreated it. It was very simmalar I even had multiplayer kinda. But the game died when a official source code was dropped by the owner. There was a version of thst dropped version called heavily Modded Miners haven. And it was not close to how Modded mine was. I recreated it all and he got 5 million visits for adding a feature to change your facility name while I remade the whole game with such features

Yet another PolyMars video. The Fortnite KZreadr with almost 100 million subscribers.

@sillicon8227

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Terrazon

3 жыл бұрын

@Clxp and markass brownlee

@tres-2b299

2 жыл бұрын

@@Terrazon what about him?

@Terrazon

2 жыл бұрын

@@tres-2b299 Clxp's comment said something like "fortnite!!11" so I quoted Will Smith from KZread's Rewind 2018 (kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5Z-sbadiqW-Yco.html)

I've noticed there are quite a few reasons why the DevEX exchange rate is what it is right now. For one, Roblox used to have another currency called Tickets. Roblox gave a few each time you log in, and there was a way to transfer these Tickets into Robux. Seeing as though Tickets were only discontinued a few years ago, there's got to be a huge amount of Robux gotten with Tickets. Low DevEX rate helps to cut the amount of Robux with no monetary value out of circulation. Another reason is you save quite a bit if you buy in bulk. If you buy 400, each Robux is worth ~0.0125 each meanwhile 10,000 Robux is worth ~0.00909. While that might not seem significant, basically you're getting 1,000 more Robux compared to paying using the 400 Robux's per-robux rate. And just in case you're curious, Robux gives devs 0.0035 per Robux, meaning Roblox takes 61% to 72%. Keep in mind that Roblox still has to pay payment providers for facilitating Robux transactions; the most they're paying is 30% on mobile devices (though I believe a few mobile apps stores have lowered their rates in favor of Devs), and the lowest I believe is PayPal's rate of 2.9% plus 30 cents, (unless the Roblox Gift Cards provided by FastCard has lower fees).

it makes sense considering small things that have to do with your avatar are already covored and in other 3d game softwares its a pain to make an animated, unflawed, customizable avatar

Imagine walking up to someone and taking 75% of there money and just going away that is not fair at all

Polymars. I ended up checking it out. In December. It's now my main game engine and I LOVE IT!

I loved this, you should make more essay-y videos :D

when i saw starscape at 4:53 i was so happy

honestly just from what im learning from this video, the most "unfair" part to me is that not only do they take 75.5%, but then you have to pay them 5 bucks minimum every month just to get the 24.5% you've earned, to me that's really dumb

@jownadel1526

2 жыл бұрын

Paying 5 dollars isn't that big of a problem when you have to make at least 350 dollars to make money

Some of the goals they set out is absolutely hilarious, “Have the president mention their Roblox avatar on Camera” I doubt Biden would ever care about it

@PrivateMcPrivate

3 жыл бұрын

Breh that is really dumb goal lol. They took "anything is possible" too far

@Dgrif12

3 жыл бұрын

Just you wait.

@maxx8069

3 жыл бұрын

@Valka Lmao nice

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

@Context. not just kids

@sygneg7348

3 жыл бұрын

Does Biden even know about Roblox?

I don't make games on the platform but I have developed a bunch of tools for developers on it such as plugins, game frameworks, and modules to simplify certain aspects of game development. I would love to see a marketplace for people like myself to sell our creations on.

@MikeDeveloper

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I think there are such services, for example. Well done for making such a tool, I am also a developer and I hope to use it someday.

These edits are sooo smooth!

the rates are a product of an era on the website where the games were mostly small passion projects and the idea of anyone getting to cash out on them seemed crazy. Now that there are games polished enough that they could reasonably be sold on steam the rates feel outdated

i have been on roblox for over 6 years (both in my old and new account) and this is completely unfair to roblox devlopers, the developers don't get paid enough and roblox should really check on this

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

They are paid this little for all of the privelleges roblox provides its developers. Its generally more easy to develop on roblox than any other platform.

@Forcoy

2 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Carey 1. They already did 2. What we provide them is used to sustain those same benefits they have given us

Most games on roblox are money hungry simulators and roleplaying games. Some projects are cool but most is bad tbh

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

saying most of roblox games are bad is a bit of a stretch

@operu

3 жыл бұрын

@@Forcoy welp i used to enjoy roblox but as i got older it made me lose interest. But i understand that lots of kids still enjoy the games just like i used to

@Emperoroleary

3 жыл бұрын

Battle sails, armoured patrol v9.5, zeppelin wars, arsenal, dead ahead(when your team isn’t monkeys), northwind, rise of nations, the Wild West, child labour tycoon 3. Try them they are good

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Emperoroleary robot 64 is always a great time waster. If you have friends (rare ik) you can try horrific housing on a private server

@Emperoroleary

3 жыл бұрын

@@Forcoy I personally just like playing the games I mentioned

This is slightly the reason why I quit programming entirely, but most of the reason as to why is because I'd probably have to learn so much about coding that will be invested onto something that I'd most likely get bored in the first minute, now I'm trying to focus on a job that meets with my skills or something I genuinely want to do, like management, law enforcement, rubbish cleaning or joining the military.

lol i got the gamemaker sponsorship ad in this video as a seperate ad on a completley different video

Quite an interesting video to watch! A bit different, but this was definitely a very solid video :)

I've actually NEVER seen or even considered how the DevEx rates could be unfair or whatnot. I've been developing on Roblox for 8 years now and I now am able to DevEx every single month for around the past year. I've honestly just always been incredibly thankful for just having the opportunity to make make money from doing games on Roblox... but in the past few months, I've started to realize how much making a "front-page-quality" game actually takes... While working on my biggest project yet, I reached out to a sound producer that worked with Nintendo, popular movies, etc, and after asking for his rates, I immediately said no, I wasn't even CLOSE to the amount of money I needed for a single track. This video is really making me question, am I getting enough from my consumers?? IK apple only takes 30% of a cut total from your apps, so going from the apple game store to the Roblox games... Kinda crazy to think Roblox almost takes 3 times more than what apple takes... Seeing an up in DevEx rates would definitely help me to continue to push on with hiring and working on really good games. Not sure what side to take but I do think Roblox needs to focus #1 on moderation first, they're moderation is awful and IK plenty of devs who have quitted completely due to getting hacked or falsely banned and whatnot!

@immigrantgaming420epic

2 жыл бұрын

i've never really had any problems with moderation except for warnings for some decals which was definitely fair, despite being on the platform for 3+ years, and sometimes not saying the best things in chat

@dt295

2 жыл бұрын

How much do you earn in a month and what's your average of players in your games?

@chawrx3

Жыл бұрын

try moving off the roblox platform?

Why not switch the rates around? That way, it would be a great incentive for developers to create games as well as well as to make it similar to how game stores take their share of cut

And yet… 920M in revenue is still not enough for even decent moderation

i believe that games that are mostly appreciated by the community should get better revenue due to the fact that many games on the roblox platform barely holds itself as it gets younger children and manipulate them into spending money to give the bad game better revenue, as games that people like (which can be used from the rating of dislikes and likes ratio) should discuss how well and the amount of revenue they should make. For example Phantom Forces, as that game is a true revolution toward roblox games, so it should make better revenue cuts.

As a Roblox developer I love to talk to people about this topic. I like to see other people agreeing with me. Roblox developers are carrying the website and are the only reason the website is as popular as it is. Roblox gives developers 70% of a purchased item. Meaning if I made a game pass for perks in my game for 100 robux I would get 70. Then on top of that to do developer exchange you need 100k robux which is hard to get. I have made about 4 games now that took months to create. And I have made about 1 million robux from them. On top of that 10,000 robux costs 100 dollars so if I bought 100,000 it would be 1,000 dollars. Yet Roblox only gives developers $300 which don’t get me wrong is fine but for smaller developers like myself they don’t have huge studios it isn’t very good compensation for what they do. Roblox needs to make a better system and I hope after their lawsuit they will fix it. Until then I really hope people realize the same thing I do.

I feel like the only thing increasing devex rates would do is push more people to build the same cashgrab tycoons and simulators for even more profit. I think Roblox needs to add a feature where they choose what games should be monetized for certain rates or something

@Metrollingnorobux

5 ай бұрын

That's stupid because developers will then target the same genre unless they are making games as a hobby.

Thats not to mentions the hardships of making a good game inside roblox. It starts out easier than making a game in unity for example but there are a lot of limitations you have to overcome in developing a game. Thats not to mention how new roblox updates can often break a game permanently if the developer never comes back to fix it.

Making money off roblox is waaaaay to similar to KZread. Both do not give a fuck how much effort you put in, it gets deleted for no reason

@Skoopyy.

3 жыл бұрын

So true, i used to be a roblox dev

@paypercutts

3 жыл бұрын

110% agree there mate!

Yay! A new video!

Thanks for covering this, finally someone said something

the thing is your overall income probably isnt going to be too far off when you consider the massive amounts of hosting fees and the fees to get stuff ported to mobile like, where else are you going to find someone willing to host 20 servers full of 20 people for as cheap as roblox does also this is unrelated but im surprised that roblox hasnt gotten in much copyright trouble, especially recently

As an ex-programmer on Roblox, this was the exact reason I quit developing on their platform. There is so much more out there, and this just demotivates an aspiring developer when they realize the reality of how much they actually earn.

@fdfsdsfds2831

2 жыл бұрын

What language does Roblox use?

@O1dBay

2 жыл бұрын

@@fdfsdsfds2831 It uses a derived version of Lua. Definately a language I don't recommend learning if you're trying to break into game development or programming in general. Simply because of how there are better languages out there which can achieve what you're making with Lua.

I’m so happy to see a new video from you, they’re always interesting!!!

the amount of tax they add is so crazy, so if u do like a commission and the payment is a gampass you have to set the price like 5 thousand more robux.

And after all those money Roblox earned, they used it to sue a roblox youtuber for 1.6 million dollars smh

Some Roblox games are actually underrated, and their devs

@PolyMars

3 жыл бұрын

i'm addicted to super golf

@Skoopyy.

3 жыл бұрын

@@PolyMars eh-what?

@saadgondal1380

3 жыл бұрын

@Jaison Ngock-Ita Roblox is not bad there are bad games that show Roblox the devs some of them have really cool games like polybattle and rise of nations those are few

@saadgondal1380

3 жыл бұрын

@Jaison Ngock-Ita also the company is pretty greedy also just search Roblox moderation and bans it just sucks

@Forcoy

3 жыл бұрын

zkevin

berezaa's cheeky cameo at 5:02

As a scripter on the platform, I kinda understand why the amount of revenue roblox takes is justifiable. The roblox studio platform is a super easy and ready to use platform to create games on that roblox provides to you for free. While some other programs sell their platforms, roblox also allows you to upload your game to their website to get free publicity. At the end of the day roblox is taking alot of money but it's justified.

@lottery248

Жыл бұрын

People Make Games: are you really in charge here?

@b5rke_

Жыл бұрын

peoples can't understand this

Roblox is pulling their end by removing features everyone loves like avatars,faces that Roblox themselves created and taking 30% of the ROBUX and taking 65% when devex’ing is horrible they don’t know that there will be no games in the catalog if there isn’t any players or developers roblox has been too lucky for almost 20 years but they won’t be too lucky after 2025

I thought that roblox was something between scratch and unity, but as it turns out, it's something cooler

@klinxium8627

3 жыл бұрын

bruh

@ajemajh

3 жыл бұрын

many roblox games are better than some unity games

@androov2797

3 жыл бұрын

@@ajemajh it's really complicated to compare tho

@necrotomia

3 жыл бұрын

Roblox games have high diversity and you can notice the age difference between game types and such. You'll very often find a CoD toxic environment in a competitive pvp game, but the second you lay foot in a main page game, it'll all be children, rainbows and fun. It all depends on what you seek

@ahlatagaci2018

3 жыл бұрын

@@necrotomia I try to find an actual good game to play. I've only founded a few and one of them is Aethelbeorn. And I hate children.

Imagine needing a team to make a game

@RedStone576

3 жыл бұрын

um what

@sugar2000galaxy

3 жыл бұрын

@@RedStone576 if you want to get more money from roblox, just hire nobody and the revenue won't be divided!

@RedStone576

3 жыл бұрын

@@sugar2000galaxy lol yeah 200iq moves right there

@nicoludoc1117

3 жыл бұрын

@@sugar2000galaxy or don't use roblox at all

Hi PolyMars!!!, I'm a new subcriber of your Channel. All your videos are so cool, i love it all!! 😀😀. I'm just a simple Highschool studient that loves Computer Science, and is trying to learn English. Anyway, What I really wanted to tell you. I used to play a game called, PUBG *Lite* with my friends in the beggining of this year, it was so cool and nice to play with people. We celebrate my birthday in that game😅 The game was just a Copy of the original Pubg, but with lower requirements, and free to play... I can't imagine how that game was made It Looked so beatifull all the textures, the animations were so real, the maps, it seems like a PS4 Game. And the game requirements was only a Core I3 from 3rd Gen, 4gb of Ram and 4gb of free space Yes, all the game weighs only 4gb *Only 4* Well, the game was closed because there were a lot of hackers... But I make me a question Can I make a PUBG lite Port to a Xbox 360 and PS3?? I think that is possible to make a port, the game was so light, and i could make it run in a Intel Celeron n2830 with HD intel graphics :) (yeah, i used to play that game with my friends in a sh*t computer) _Do you think you could accept a challenge like that?_ Nice video!

The problem is --The underrated game,You need robux to make it sponsur which is very unfair --The moderation,same as youtube moderation --Rthro,Moslty they don't listen to us to removve rthro --That all

-WAIT A MINUTE GMS2 HAS A TRIAL VERSION? MY DAD JUST BOUGHT THE WHOLE THING FOR ME AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT LOL-

@Kiddocarus

3 жыл бұрын

You got infinite time to create whatever your game is

@endgamerplays

3 жыл бұрын

WAAIT A MINUTE DID YOU JUST USE STRIKETHROUGH

@ExtemTheHedgehogLol

3 жыл бұрын

@@endgamerplays yeah you just put "-" on both sides of the text and you get -this-

@endgamerplays

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExtemTheHedgehogLol -cool-

@alexdynamics

2 жыл бұрын

-Aaaaaaaaa-

(I commented before watching this video) I completely agree that the current system (DevEx) is kind of terrible. This is mostly due to the fact that roblox pays for a lot of privileges roblox developers have (example: free servers). The good thing is I'd I'd roblox has been making an effort to fix this system.

That requirement to buy premium before you can dev ex is the most annoying part, why do you have to pay them before you can get them to pay you? Its dev ex can't they also just deduct the 5 dollars from the dev exchange that will be requested by the player? They also have a very old or lacking website, their income grew significantly during this pandemic and little effort is given to their website. :sadge:

As a Scripter on multiple projects which make large amounts of Robux it can be really sad to see that I get 7,500 dollars worth of Robux turned into ~700 dollars for me. And it also depends on how much of a money hoard your boss is.

What is the name of the game on 1:10

A couple of things missing here context wise. First of all, going based purely off of the numbers provided in the video, they don’t take 65%. You don’t add percentages together. If the dev exchange rate is 35%, then it’s not 35% of the total revenue. Only of the robux you are trying to exchange. So of the 800 robux your product sold, you see 364 robux worth in your bank account. This is 45% of that initial 800 (Roblox takes a 55% cut total) Secondly, of that 55% a large portion goes towards infrastructure. Infrastructure the devs would otherwise have to develop and maintain themselves. After that cost (I’m going to take a wild guess and say that infrastructure costs are about 25%), there is then advertising for not only Roblox, but your games too. After all is said and done, I would say Roblox sees about 10-15% in pure profits. This is opposed to your 45% takeaway from your game that you pay no upkeep for (at least not in terms of general game updates and what not) Just some food for thought Cheers, Lucas

I'm hoping by 2025 we developers have a 50% cut instead of a 75.5%, and that Roblox improves its engine along side these years so we can start to see giant companies start producing on the platform as a more common occurrence, depending on the engine's improvements and dev cut.

@rockets4lifegaming

Жыл бұрын

I think that Roblox will shut down sometime in the early 2030s and the devs of Roblox will make a new game

Do remember that initially the main point of making games is just to make robux which you can reinvest into your profile, buy gamepasses on other games, or advertise your game. The devex is just a feature there if anyone wants to make money. Certainly a good business model for roblox though.

I both agree and disagree with you. Roblox servers are running 24/7, with almost no lag. Uploading a game to roblox is basically free (except for premium if you want DevEx), which makes creating a multiplayer much easier, in comparision to other platforms wich require you to either run the servers yourself or pay money for server hosting. On the other hand, it's quite frustating when 75% of your profit gets taken away.

@Fezezen

2 жыл бұрын

Roblox servers are notoriously shit, and laggy.

@insertpng6289

2 жыл бұрын

Also notorious for shutting down

Ontop of that the dev has to pay 20% to 30% tax on earnings depending on where they are in the world.

@scptelevised

3 жыл бұрын

Where can I get 20%?

Hello polyMars I wanted to ask a question: I noticed your game that was snake but in Twitter and I really liked it, but I wonder. What happened to it? On 8:51 AM feb 15 2021 you said the snake is sleeping for a update, the snake has not woken up ever since. I want you to make a what happened to the snake on Twitter account?

There are some highly complex game on roblox such as entry point, those who remain, notoriety and so much more

this was very interesting mars! good video!

i think its not worth it to create games on roblox for financial gain

Damn, I knew that roblox took a portion from the initial sale and also from dev ex, but I never put it together to see how much they actually take