[rib3ye]

It's a super interesting point: why are these games so appealing to tweens and are dismissed as shit to everyone else? I spent about 10 hours playing a game on the platform called Bee Swarm Simulator and some other game where you build a rocket and I think the answer is that it's actually a social platform first, then a game dev platform. In financial news everyone is comparing it to Unity in an attempt to price the IPO, but I think Roblox probably in a class of its own.

[sjg007]

My kids FaceTime their friends and play Roblox together, the bee game and adopt me. And the obbys and piggy. All they want is Robux. They like Minecraft too but there are Minecraft like games inside Roblox too. It’s nuts. Definitely buying this stock.

[dgacmu]

Ditto. The last thing my daughter asked me to do tonight was to go login to adopt me for her so she could get the daily prize...

[viraptor]

This was noticed over the last few years with minecraft, fortnite, etc. Can't find the good article about it (it was posted on HN at some point), but there's https://www.forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2019/06/04/is-fortnite-t...

[theNJR]

I bet it was Matt Ball.

Maybe this? https://www.matthewball.vc/all/themetaverse

[viraptor]

That's the one, thank you :-)

[michaelbuckbee]

This is exactly it - they're fairly simple games (in some cases) but the social dynamics are what makes them.

In the current pandemic setup where my kids are so isolated Roblox has been a huge win as it's so much like a digital playground for them to hang out on.

[jameson]

ok, so I wasn't the only one that's not tweens playing Bee Swarm Simulator. Hi there