How to Make a Roblox Game: Studio, Luau and Publishing

In short

To make a Roblox game, install Roblox Studio (free, on a Windows or Mac computer), start from a template such as Baseplate, add parts, then write Luau scripts that react to events, for example a coin that adds a point when a player touches it. Publish with File > Publish; a new game stays private to you until you release it. Modern Age Coders teaches this live online for US students, in a batch or one to one, and the first class is free.

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Three courses that take a Roblox fan to real game code

Each one is taught live, and each one starts from what your child has already built.

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RBX / 01

Roblox game coding in Luau

Ages 8 to 14. Studio, events, leaderboards and a published game.

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RBX / 02

Game development for kids

Ages 8 to 12. Scratch, Roblox and Minecraft, one plan.

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RBX / 03

Game development for teens

Ages 13 to 18. The step from Luau to Unity and C#.

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Before you start

Which devices can build a Roblox game, and which only play one

This is the question families ask first, usually after a Chromebook or an iPad has refused to install anything. Roblox answers it plainly in its own documentation.

Building versus playing, from the Roblox Creator documentation (read 17 October 2026)
Device	Play Roblox games?	Build in Roblox Studio?
Windows PC	Yes	Yes: minimum Windows 10, recommended Windows 11
Mac	Yes	Yes: minimum macOS 10.14, recommended macOS 14+
Chromebook	Yes	No: "Roblox Studio cannot run on Chromebooks or mobile devices such as smartphones."
iPad or tablet	Yes	No: Studio is listed for Windows and Mac only
Phone	Yes	No

What the computer needs

Roblox lists 3 GB of memory as the minimum and 8 GB as the recommended amount, with a screen resolution of 1600×900 or higher. A school laptop that meets those numbers and runs Windows or macOS is usually fine.

The installer is RobloxStudio.exe on Windows and RobloxStudio.dmg on a Mac. After installing, you sign in with a Roblox account, the same kind of account used to play.

If the only computer is a Chromebook

Your child can still play and test ideas on a Chromebook, but building needs a Windows or Mac computer, so a shared family laptop or a library computer is the usual answer.

In the meantime, the thinking behind Roblox games (events, loops, scores) can be practised in Scratch in a browser, which is how many of our younger students start.

Sources, read 17 October 2026: Roblox Studio setup and the Roblox education FAQ. Roblox says every game runs on the latest version of the Roblox engine, so keep Studio updated. We are not connected with Roblox Corporation.

Step by step

From an empty Baseplate to a game your friends can play

This is the order we teach in, and the order that keeps a first game small enough to finish. Each step names the Studio window you will use.

Install and sign in. Download Studio from the Roblox Creator Hub, run the installer, and sign in with a Roblox account.
Open a template. Choose Baseplate for an empty world, or Obby if you want platforms already placed. Templates save an hour of setup.
Learn three windows. The Explorer lists everything in the game, the Properties window changes one selected object, and the Output window shows messages and errors from your scripts.
Build with parts. Insert a Part, then move, scale and color it. Anchor platforms so they do not fall when the game starts.
Add the first script. Put a Script in ServerScriptService for game-wide rules, such as the leaderboard below.
Make objects react. Put a Script inside a part when the part itself should do something, such as a coin that counts or a brick that resets a player.
Playtest often. Press Play, try to break your game, read the Output window, fix one thing, and test again.
Publish privately. Use File > Publish. Roblox keeps a new game private to you and your collaborators until you choose to release it.

Why so many small steps

Most first games that never get finished fail in the same way: a child designs a huge world, writes no code for a week, and loses heart. Eight small steps each end with something that works.

The playtest step matters most. Professional game developers test constantly, and children who learn to read the Output window early fix their own bugs instead of waiting for help.

How long it takes

Our twelve-class plan puts steps 1 to 5 in the first two classes and the coin and leaderboard in classes 3 and 4, a pace we set for children aged 10 to 12 and adjust for each child.

Teenagers with some coding behind them often go faster, then spend their time on what makes a game fun: level design, difficulty and feedback.

Three real scripts

The three scripts that turn a world into a game

These are the first three Luau scripts our students write. We wrote them using only the parts of Roblox that its documentation describes: the Players service, Instance.new, the Touched event and GetPlayerFromCharacter. Paste them into Studio, press Play, and test them yourself.

Script 1 · a leaderboardluau

-- ServerScriptService > Leaderboard (ours)
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function onPlayerAdded(player)
  local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
  -- this exact name shows a leaderboard
  leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
  leaderstats.Parent = player

  local coins = Instance.new("IntValue")
  coins.Name = "Coins"
  coins.Value = 0
  coins.Parent = leaderstats
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerAdded)

Roblox shows a leaderboard for any player who has a Folder named exactly leaderstats. Each value inside it, here Coins, becomes a column.

Script 2 · a coin that countsluau

-- Script inside a Part named Coin (ours)
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local coin = script.Parent
local collected = false  -- the guard flag

local function onTouched(otherPart)
  if collected then return end
  local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(otherPart.Parent)
  -- not a player (a ball, a wall)? ignore it
  if not player then return end

  collected = true
  player.leaderstats.Coins.Value += 1
  coin.Transparency = 1  -- hide the coin
  task.wait(5)  -- respawn after 5 seconds
  coin.Transparency = 0
  collected = false
end

coin.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

Our timing arithmetic: a coin that respawns after 5 seconds can be collected at most 12 times a minute (60 / 5 = 12), whatever the player does.

Script 3 · an obby reset brickluau

-- Script in a red Part, ResetBrick (ours)
local brick = script.Parent

brick.Touched:Connect(function(otherPart)
  local humanoid = otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
  if humanoid then
    -- respawn at a SpawnLocation
    humanoid.Health = 0
  end
end)

Roblox’s own templates call these kill bricks. We call it a reset brick because that is what it does: the player respawns at a spawn point, which is their latest checkpoint when the checkpoints are SpawnLocations.

The idea behind all three: events

Roblox games are event-driven. Nothing in Script 2 runs until something touches the coin; the Touched event then calls the onTouched function, which we call the handler.

That one pattern, an event and a handler, is the same idea behind buttons on websites, clicks in apps and messages in chat programs. Children who understand it here have learned something they will use in every language that follows.

Why Script 2 needs a guard flag

A player’s character is made of several parts, so one jump onto a coin can fire Touched several times in a split second. Without the collected flag, one coin would add three or four points.

Spotting that bug, and fixing it with a single true or false value, is the moment most of our students stop copying code and start reasoning about it.

Using AI

Roblox Assistant: what the AI can do, and how we use it with kids

Studio now includes Roblox’s own AI helper. Families searching for how to make a Roblox game with AI are usually asking about this, so here is what Roblox says it does.

Roblox Assistant, as described in the Roblox Creator documentation (read 17 October 2026)
Point	From the documentation
What it is	"Assistant is an AI helper that helps you build games faster by answering questions, generating content, and performing actions directly in Studio."
What it can touch	Objects and scripts in your place, assets from the Creator Store, and code you select in the Script Editor
Planning	A Plan mode that breaks a game idea into smaller tasks before building
A limit	"50 procedural models within a 24-hour rolling window"

How we use it in class

Where Roblox makes Assistant available on a student’s account, we ask them to write a script first, then use Assistant to explain an error or suggest an improvement, and to say in their own words what changed. The AI becomes a second explanation, not a replacement for thinking.

Plan mode is genuinely useful for teaching: a child describes a game, reads the plan, and decides which tasks they will code themselves.

What we do not do

We never let a student publish a game they cannot explain. If Assistant wrote a script, the student must be able to say what each line does before it stays in the game.

Outside Studio, we keep under-18 students away from general AI chatbots whose terms are for adults. Assistant runs inside Studio under the student’s own Roblox account, and what it offers can depend on that account, so check it with your child.

Sources: Assistant for Studio and Build your first game with Assistant, read 17 October 2026.

Publishing safely

Publishing a first game without making it public by accident

Parents often worry that pressing Publish puts a child’s game in front of the whole internet. By default it does not.

What publishing does, from the Roblox Creator documentation (read 17 October 2026)
Point	What Roblox says
Who can see a new game	"By default, new games are only accessible to you as the creator, users with Edit access, and group members"
How to publish	File > Publish, then add a name, description, icon and thumbnail
Size limit	"Roblox supports places up to 100 MB (104,857,600 bytes)."
Early testers	"You can invite up to 10 similar-aged friends to preview your game"
Who a child can invite	By the creator’s age: under 9, none listed (N/A); 9 to 12, friends aged 9 to 15, plus under-9 friends with parent approval; 13 to 15, friends aged 9 to 17
After release	A game with no age-restricted content gets a Content May Vary label and "releases only to age-checked Roblox users ages 16+"; reaching younger players takes further steps in the Creator Hub

A checklist for parents

Publish privately first. A creator aged 9 or older can invite a few real-life friends to preview it; for a creator under 9, Roblox’s table lists no preview invites, so a parent tests the game with the child instead.

Releasing is a separate step, and Roblox first releases a new game only to age-checked users aged 16 and over, so a child’s first release is quieter than many parents fear. Read the game description together before that step.

Sit with your child the first time they fill in the game details. A clear one-sentence summary is a writing exercise as much as a coding one.

What we teach about releasing

Students learn that releasing a game is a decision, not a button. They write down what the game is, who it is for, and what they will fix next before anyone outside the family plays it.

For anything about Roblox accounts, parental controls and age settings, check Roblox’s own help and settings pages, which change over time.

A first term

What a child can build in twelve classes

Our plan for a first term of Roblox game coding, for children around ages 9 to 13. Teenagers move through it faster.

A 12-class plan for a first Roblox game (ours)
Classes	What gets built	The coding idea
1 to 2	Install, templates, parts, the three windows	Objects and properties
3 to 4	Leaderboard and coins	Events, handlers, variables
5 to 6	An obby with checkpoints and reset bricks	Conditions: if something is true
7 to 8	Moving platforms and timers	Loops and waiting
9 to 10	A shop that spends coins	Comparing numbers, functions
11 to 12	Testing, the game page, private release	Debugging and explaining your code

Ages 8 to 10

Shorter scripts, more building, lots of playtesting. Roblox typically recommends Studio from 10, so many start in Scratch first.

Ages 11 to 13

The full twelve classes, with their own shop or level idea by class 10.

Ages 14 to 18

Faster, then on to tables, module scripts and the step towards Unity and C#.

After the first game

Where Roblox coding leads

Luau is a real language, and the habits it builds carry straight into the next one.

From Roblox to the next language
If your child loved	A good next step	Why
Writing scripts	Python	The same ideas (variables, functions, events) in the language schools use most
Building worlds	Unity and C#	Full 3D game engines used by professional studios
Making it look right	Web development	Design, layout and code that friends can open in a browser
Competing	Coding competitions	Puzzles that reward the reasoning a guard flag teaches

For more on choosing, see Minecraft vs Roblox for learning to code, our Roblox coding classes and the best age to start coding.

From player to builder

Four stages from playing Roblox to making games

Where most children are, and what comes next.

Stages of a young Roblox creator (ours)
Stage	What it looks like
1. Player	Knows many games and has opinions about what makes them fun
2. Builder	Places parts and uses templates in Studio, no scripts yet
3. Scripter	Writes events and handlers like the three scripts above
4. Designer	Plans levels, tests with friends, explains every line

For parents

Stage 1 is not wasted time. Children who can say why a game is fun already think like designers.

The jump from 2 to 3 is where a teacher helps most, because the first bugs are the hardest to read.

For kids

Start small: one coin, one score, one obby. Finished small games teach more than unfinished big ones.

Read the Output window. It tells you which line broke and usually why.

The catalogue

Nine courses for young game makers

All taught live online by a regular teacher, in a batch or one to one.

I

Kids

Ages 6 to 12

RBX / KID / 01

Scratch coding

Games in blocks, before Studio.

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RBX / KID / 02

Minecraft coding

Blocks first, then real scripts.

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RBX / KID / 03

Python for kids

Typed code, games and turtle art.

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II

Teens

Ages 13 to 18

RBX / TEN / 01

Python for teens

Real projects, real code.

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RBX / TEN / 02

C++ for teens

Fast code and real games.

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RBX / TEN / 03

JavaScript for teens

Browser games and websites.

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III

Going further

Teens and adults

RBX / PRO / 01

Game development

Unity, C# and Unreal.

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RBX / PRO / 02

Vibe coding for teens

Building with AI, explained.

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RBX / PRO / 03

Hackathon preparation

Ship a game in a weekend with a team.

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How lessons run

Live classes, at a time that suits your family

Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays.

Weekdays

Choose a batch at a time that works across US time zones.

Weekends

Weekend mornings suit many families.

1-on-1

Very personalised, at your convenience.

Regular teacher

The same teacher each week.

Studio on screen

Your child shares their screen and builds.

A plan per learner

The twelve-class plan, adjusted.

Their game, their ideas

We build on what they already made.

Live, online

At home, any state.

Batch or one to one

Fifteen to twenty, or one to one.

Student work

Games and apps built by our students

Projects from learners who started where your child is now. More on the student labs page.

AI and ML

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AI and ML

Misti

A chatbot that answers mathematics and programming questions, built and deployed by a student.

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AI and ML

GuardianX

An assistant that helps a young person recognise unsafe situations online.

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Web app

SkyCast

A weather forecasting site with live conditions for any location.

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Fees

Studio itself costs nothing to install. What families pay for is the teaching: one month at a time, shown in US dollars, nothing to sign for a whole semester, and you can end it whenever a month finishes.

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Questions from families

Making a Roblox game: common questions

How do you make a Roblox game?

You install Roblox Studio on a Windows or Mac computer, start from a template, add parts, write Luau scripts that react to events, test with Play, and publish from the File menu. A new game stays private to you until you release it.

Can you make a Roblox game on a Chromebook?

No. Roblox says Roblox Studio cannot run on Chromebooks or mobile devices such as smartphones. Chromebooks can play Roblox games, but building needs a Windows or Mac computer.

Can you make a Roblox game on an iPad or phone?

Not with Roblox Studio, which Roblox lists for Windows and Mac. An iPad or phone can play and test games, but not build them in Studio.

Is Roblox Studio free?

Yes. Roblox describes Roblox Studio as a free application available on Windows and Mac.

What coding language does Roblox use?

Luau, a language derived from Lua. Scripts in Studio are written in Luau, and the ideas carry over well to Python and JavaScript.

What computer do you need for Roblox Studio?

Roblox lists Windows 10 or macOS 10.14 as the minimum, with 3 GB of memory, and recommends Windows 11 or macOS 14+, 8 GB of memory and a screen of 1600×900 or higher.

Can you make a Roblox game with AI?

Studio includes Roblox Assistant, an AI helper that can answer questions, generate content and act in Studio. We teach children to write code first and use Assistant to explain and improve it.

Is a child's game public as soon as they publish it?

Not at first. Roblox says new games are only accessible to the creator, people with Edit access and group members until the creator releases the game to the public.

What age can kids start making Roblox games?

Roblox says its team typically recommends Studio for ages 10 and up, although some students may start younger, with younger ones focusing on building environments. We follow that: scripts from about 10, and Scratch first for younger children, which teaches the same event ideas.

What times are classes for US families?

Weekdays or weekends, flexible. Choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays.

How much do Roblox coding classes cost?

Your first lesson costs nothing. After it, families pay for one month of teaching at a time, and the fees section on this page shows the monthly figure in US dollars.

Elsewhere on this site

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For kids who prefer blocks to obbies.

Minecraft vs Roblox

Which teaches more coding.

Online coding for US kids

Every track, ages 6 to 14.

How we teach

What happens in each live class.

Lua for kids

Lua for kids: what it is, how Luau differs, and three programs to run today.

Roblox Studio errors fixed

Roblox Studio errors from the Creator docs: 403, 502, HTTP, endless waits.

How to make a video game for kids

How to make a video game as a kid: free tools, seven steps and a real game to copy.

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Three courses that take a Roblox fan to real game code

Roblox game coding in Luau

Game development for kids

Game development for teens

Which devices can build a Roblox game, and which only play one

What the computer needs

If the only computer is a Chromebook

From an empty Baseplate to a game your friends can play

Why so many small steps

How long it takes

The three scripts that turn a world into a game

The idea behind all three: events

Why Script 2 needs a guard flag

Roblox Assistant: what the AI can do, and how we use it with kids

How we use it in class

What we do not do

Publishing a first game without making it public by accident

A checklist for parents

What we teach about releasing

What a child can build in twelve classes

Ages 8 to 10

Ages 11 to 13

Ages 14 to 18

Where Roblox coding leads

Four stages from playing Roblox to making games

For parents

For kids

Nine courses for young game makers

Kids

Scratch coding

Minecraft coding

Python for kids

Teens

Python for teens

C++ for teens

JavaScript for teens

Going further

Game development

Vibe coding for teens

Hackathon preparation

Live classes, at a time that suits your family

Regular teacher

Studio on screen

A plan per learner

Their game, their ideas

Live, online

Batch or one to one

Games and apps built by our students

NutriLife

Misti

GuardianX

SkyCast

Fees

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews

Making a Roblox game: common questions

How do you make a Roblox game?

Can you make a Roblox game on a Chromebook?

Can you make a Roblox game on an iPad or phone?

Is Roblox Studio free?

What coding language does Roblox use?

What computer do you need for Roblox Studio?

Can you make a Roblox game with AI?

Is a child's game public as soon as they publish it?

What age can kids start making Roblox games?

What times are classes for US families?

How much do Roblox coding classes cost?

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