[yarone]

Roblox studio. My son is a sound designer for some of the top games there. He's also learning programming in Lua for Roblox platform.

It is a small community of mostly kids aged 15-25 as far as I can tell. It doesn't seem like any professional adult game developers are part of the community (I got an inside view when I took my son to RDC this year).

The top game developers are making millions of dollars per year (they're paid in Robux and converted to USD).

In short, thriving ecosystem with lots of kids having fun doing creative work including creating games, writing code, designing graphics, designing sound effects.

[hyperbolablabla]

Concur with other comments here when I say: do not throw your child into this incredibly exploitative community

[grahamj]

I’ve read about these concerns but my kid is 11 and on there all the time, often with me over her shoulder, and I’ve never seen any sign of it.

It’s a huge platform for kids so I’m sure there are some creeps but there are plenty of controls in place to deal with that and even so, again, I’ve never seen it.

[maxweylandt]

There's also the financial exploitation. https://youtu.be/_gXlauRB1EQ?si=C4prkNgGgK0bR_MX

[noblox]

The creeps are only part of the problem. The platform itself is deeply exploitative and harmful. It's full of "you can make games and get rich" messaging that's just a lie. To say nothing of even if you are successful, they will take a staggering cut, and may not pay at all.

Keep your kids as far from Roblox as you can.

[_joel]

I have similar experience to yours. I would prefer them not to be on it but it has network effect, as their friends are all on it too.

[RIMR]

Required reading before throwing your child into the machine that is Roblox: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/09/the-trouble-wi...

[navane]

tldr; teenagers on the internet. Nothing here described at Roblox doesn't happen to teenagers on the internet as a whole; Discord, IM. At least the people learned a valuable skill in Roblox.

[mplewis]

When I was on AIM, I was never pressured into joining an asset sweatshop by older kids online. Stay far away from Roblox.

[n1b0m]

Pretty disturbing reading about predatory behaviour on Roblox:

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-roblox-pedophile-pro...

[bloopernova]

Good god that article shows how immoral roblox's owner is. They also seem to be very ignorant about online abuse, probably intentionally.