During this year’s Hack Week, ROBLOX developers shifted gears, working tirelessly to devise and present ideas fueled more by creativity than priority. This week, we’ll be featuring some of the most innovative ideas to come out of Hack Week. Our first story is about a “Crafting” system in ROBLOX, by Software Engineer Navin Lal.
The idea of “Crafting” has been in the gaming world for a long time; DotA, Ultima, Everquest, and even Diablo have featured their own versions of the concept. It’s an undeniably interesting idea that is worth exploring in the world of ROBLOX. In order to better explain our unique take on a crafting system, let’s split the notion into two categories: materials and recipes. We’ll go over materials first.
The general idea is that, after years and years of playing ROBLOX, many users have acquired things, either from the Catalog or the game itself, they simply don’t need. We’ve all got some hats from four years ago that we’d never wear today. So we started thinking, how could we make use of these useless items that are gathering virtual dust in our inventories?
A prototype interface for a crafting and recycling system
The crafting system would give users the ability to recycle items and harvest their core materials. Then, users would be able to mix and match all of these materials in order to create custom items that can only be shaped by alchemy. That way, no item in your inventory can be considered useless, as it may be a key component in developing a customized creation when mixed with other items, and can also be seen as a valuable item for bartering, as someone may need that component to make something much more complex.
That leads to the second half of the equation: recipes. Recipes would exist to create both existing items, and brand new ones—this would present a new way to leverage the trading system, as you would want to trade items with other users in order to get the core materials you need to build your creative concoction.
We wouldn’t want to limit you to the specific confines of written recipes either; if you have a bunch of random items you don’t feel you need, throw them all together and see what happens! You could end up randomly discovering a new item, or making an existing item that could be useful to you in the future.
Let’s hypothesize, to get an idea of how this system could work. Say you wanted a DarkAge Ninja Swordpack, but didn’t have enough Robux to buy it, but you did have the recipe for it.
The recipe is as follows: 3x Polished Steel and 1x Shard of Darkheart, a rare material used to craft items in the Fighting genre. So you decide to recycle your existing sword pack and come away with 2x Polished steel from it. You’re almost there!
Now you have a couple of options to obtain the rest of your ingredients. Find something of value to a friend, and trade him/her for the additional Polished steel ingredient you need, then pop over to the catalog and purchase the Shard of Darkheart. So, with a few recycled materials, trades, and a single purchase, you’ve got your shiny new DarkAge Ninja Swordpack.
This is just a quick and simple example of how this system could potentially work. We’re always thinking of ways to further enrich and enhance the ROBLOX experience, and that usually involves giving our users more creative freedom. Crafting would lead to the creation of new and unique items, while simultaneously enhancing our recently released trade system so that users could trade and barter for items to recycle and harvest. Nothing’s set in stone, but it’s an interesting avenue that we’re excited to pursue. We’re totally open to feedback, so if you’ve got any ideas, sound off in the comments below!
This can also ruin the value of expensive, rare items, so please be cautious.
OH,so you are SCARED that you won’t be able to sell your expensive swords anymore?Do not worry,if you are BC,you still get a day the money I get in 16 days.Eh,but I’m the happy one here…didn’t spend my money on a game that’s going to crash itself soon enough…You know,running for money will only make your bussiness crash,ROBLOX.I get it,you need money,but one thing is taking the money you need,and another is taking way more…or,even worse,FORCING players you give you even more.
ALERT: MINECRAFT RIP-OFF STATUS APPROACHING.
Way to be REALLY creative and come up with your OWN ideas roblox.
/sarcasm.
Thats a great idea, when it’s released, you should make a part in the catalog where people actually well their materials for crafting. :3
…no comment guys@roblox
If an actual physical crafting table is implemented I think you should be able to wright scripts on it. But there are obvious problems for that. And out the door my idea goes.
I have an idea:
Add a “Buy Recipe” Option below the “Buy one” In every Item So you can buy it and then make it
Of course it could be half price or a little bit less
Maybe the took it from S&I I read the topic about this and they maybe readed it too link:
http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=73211644
Kool so we can basicly make our own gear!
Would beat crafting in minecraft… Will recreate the stamper tool… Stamper tool users could do more… There would be a wide variety of things to make… Could completely redesign and make ROBLOX unique.
Yeah crafting like Minecraft…you guys never talk about minecraft.
To all NBC members:
I know since bodies and trading system being BC only, you want a really good idea to be NBC! But I can tell its not. I mean, most people nowadays buy BC only for the robux, but if you can just buy ingredients for 100 tix, and make stuff that cost 100 robux, people will stop buying BC!
So… Recycling old items…
You guys should make a lock so we don’t accidentally recycle things.
Team Fortress 2 roblox needs this kind of crafting
Craft Fortblox 2???
I LOVE this idea!
SO DO I!
Watch them maker it were instead of the free small crafting thing you can buy a bigger one.
(MC inventory craft and crafting table)
lol now i can make a minecraft chest and crafting table :D
im sorry to tell you but you can only do it on the website
unless your a legandary scripter i think you may have a chance i dont know
Minecraft table/Chest/pistons can all be made already but you have to no how to build if you cant make the storage gui then you wont be able to make it with crafting
This idea is really good for roblox, but it wont be fair if your not bc so, PLEASE, make this Non bc, because people will be very jelous of the gears that they cant make, And nobody likes to pay for an online game all the time, just to make 1 little thing! So make it NBC!
kinda like tf2! lol which cagotory do i find it in, P.S. is there a cagtolog?
Thought it was a horrible idea at first, but now I think I may like it. I just want a free model GUI so I can craft in-game items.
So it looks like roblox is making roblox into
Team craftblox 2 well ehh i dont play roblox much
Crafting materials? Hmm… where have I heard that before..?
I noticed that in the list of companies that also include crafting, Mojang was not included. Coincedince?
I hope you do realize that this is nothing like minecraft.
Where can i find it?
Team Roblox 2? i approve
Is it out yet? I have 5 limited items, and I still cannot find out how to craft.
I’m sorry, but this hasn’t been released.
BLOX has a collecting game for NBC’ers to get materials mining and tradeing.
As a long time Roblox user (2 or 3 years I think) I like the idea. I have a RoBling necklace that I can’t sell bcuz I’m not a BC member. I like it, but you should make it available to all members, not just Bc. You don’t want to be Wizard101, a pay to play game. You want to be Roblox, the FREE to play online building game.
if roblox was all free there wouldn’t be money to run the website so if it was all free there wouldn’t roblox
I don’t know if you noticed or not but, ROBLOX Is FREE TO PLAY But if you want an upgrade then buy BC/TBC/OBC Thats how they get money.
So basicly, you can create your own items by you, not roblox. Reply to me if i’m wrong.
You take some items and put them together for something new, say, a Redcliff sword and shield. Let’s say it requires, hmmm, three phoenix feathers, a shard of Darkheart and fifteen iron chunks (phoenix feathers and iron chunks are probably just ideas). You will also need that recipe, as said in the article. You combine these materials, and POW! Brand new, epic weapon, right from the forge! Be careful not to scorch yourself. You cannot invent all new gear and hats in ROBLOX (except as models).
i have no clue if your wrong or rite
this would be great! (if it isn’t BC only) but it may turn out like mega places, bodies, and certiant hats. ugh. just let it be NBC!!!!!
Honestly, I don’t really know as to what to say to this. It is very unexpected and out there… I’ll give it that…
Would be good… But how Rare would the Recipies be?
This idea could also come with dyes to change the color of your current item.
E.G. Blue Baseball Cap + Green Dye = Green Baseball Cap.
Just make the names for dyes simple (blue dye, green dye, etc.) so they don’t sound like the dyes from games like Diablo or Minecraft (or other games with dyes).
This would be kinda good for the NBCs if it were for everyone. Still there the downs. I don’t know.
this looks realy awsome i cant wait till it comes out send me a message if you know when it comes out
i think this is a bad idea. it woukld be like a mix between minecraft and runescape. i wouldnt lik it at least
Great Idea! Make it NBC, I was BC and I have old things.
Still, a little bit to much like MC.
It’s nothing like minecraft.
In what way is it anywhere similar to minecraft? minecraft didn’t even invent it in the first place.
Can’t wait to see this happen. Then i can get rid of the hats i dont and something. Wished there was refunds though…
this is going to be epic i can’t wait for this to come out
WHOAW COOL I CANT WAIT
Okay, really? In the recent years, ROBLOX has really been stealing ideas from Minecraft. First the terrain generation, and now this? If ROBLOX is just going to copy Minecraft from here on in, I might as well just switch to it. I mean, really, character customization on Miencraft is free, and it is a lot nicer in my opinion.
Actually Roblox terrain generation is very different from minecraft as it uses different textures, different wedge parts (MC dosen’t even have wedge) and it is smooth while minecraft terrain is blocky. Basicly your saying any game that has “terrain”/”physics” in it like ROBLOX or Blockland and all the other ones out there are copying minecraft…Minecraft and ROBLOX are 2 different types of gaming and will probably always be. Minecraft = Sandbox, Roblox = Physics. Happy?
Minecraft isn’t the only game with terrain and crafting. It’s not like every game has to be exactly ‘original,’ there’s always going to be ideas influenced by other games.
FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO DOESNT FACE THE FACT THAT ITS TRUE!!!! Mojang should have the right to sue ROBLOX now.
Seems Legit. I dont think you should need so many componets though. i think the system should be like the ledgen of the shattered rune crafting with the dusts and i think the dusts should be tradable. Also add robux exchange to trading!
Oyus! this sounds so awesome…
My idea was kind of stolen. Where I imagined how a crafting system would be, I thought that you had all recipes from the beginning, like in Team Fortress 2.
I know it says ‘HACK week’ but it’s not actually a bunch of hackers, it’s just a bunch smart programmers forming a think tank…
EPIC i can make us eof half of my invetory fuse and make new epic items such as fuese gaurdian in exile with ninja mask of light =EPICNESS!
Love it! I hope it comes true sometime in the future.
so basicly i can craft a dominus instead of spending 3,000,000 R$? AMAZING. :O!!!
that sounds awesome!
Definitely go for it i mean it sounds really awesome , im into it because its really hard for me to get a hat on roblox due to pretty much all of them coasting robux
This reminds me of the time when I was playin’ Team Fortress 2!
I think the crafting system is a great idea and that it does need to be made and put into the ROBLOX game.
Don’t you mean Diablo 2. It was the first 1 out of the 3 to start crafting. Not 1. Posted by UnionROBLOX on Roblox.
Oh great, something else that only BC members are allowed to use. I’m not even excited about updates anymore, ever since I lost BC.
I hope materials can be bought in the catalog as well, or atleast some. I hope Limiteds and LimitedUs aren’t required, because if every one of one gets recycled, it’s gone forever. Nobody has it except ROBLOX.
IDEA: be able to BUY RECEPIES for certain/new items! Bit you get the RECEPIES if you craft the item without that recepie in your inventory
This idea sounds awesome, but it could use a few tweaks [just for thought]. NBC/BC users, not just for BC users. Crafting items buyable from catalog, and possibly a few rare ones “collected” from select games [i.e., Darkheart Shard collected from top of a dark energy mountain in a game]. And the ability to make some of the stuff into gear.
I hope that the “New items” You guys are talking about in the description arent going to be models or decals. Because I donw want to rip apart a good hat for a lame model or something.e
ok so your really jealous of minecraft i see…
its kind of a nea idea though :l
how about crafting raw items like 2 of the same sword to make a dual weild reply if you agree
I Think the Idea is Cool. I agree with everyone that said make this Idea for all Members in ROBLOX. Like Nbc and all Bc people. It be fair and get more popular that way.
Don’t you even think about it!
I see a business stratigy here. If the Crafting System was NBC, NBC would need certain materials from certain hats so this would increase spending money this would take a while without BC like it already is with saving (they might get a card or BC to speed up the process(I know I would.)
Although the developers most likly already thought of this.
i think that thats a great idea i have lots of stuff i dont want and i could finnaly make use of it!!!
LOL! Getting hacked would be terrible!
Um… It’s just kind of weird…
No, just no.
What do you mean by ‘no’?
Dawg
i hav no clue what to say…
im not a big fan of hackers and exploiters
I am not surprised. I don’t think ANYONE is.
This is NOT hackers/exploiters making things, It is smart people, with GREAT ideas…
Really roblox. Has it come to this point that you are steaing other items from other games? Wow roblox you are nothing like it was before. I still remember the days where everything was fine and ok. Now its just copie and paste. Come on roblox! Come up with you’re own ideas! Oh wait sorry you guys are fat money pigs with no knowledge. I should respect you? One of you’re admins hacked a place and spammed the place with buy hats and OBC TBC AND BC. And saying this place is his. Come on! EVEN you’re admins are now being noobish! Roblox you need to do something abotu that. God. You know i really hate games like this that gorde the ideas of other games.
I dont even know why i still play this
I suggest takeing the idea off because you are probably gonna get bombarded by copy-right claims from games like DotA and Minecraft. I suggest its a bad idea. Roblox. Please. Come to you’re senses and remove the black tarp covering you’re awesomeness! *sigh* The poeple you employ are money pigs and all they wont is money,money,and money. Come on roblox. Look at the catalog. Nothing but robux and RARLEY very rarely Tix. And those ugly bodies. Look at the community. Rules are being broken left and right. You do nothing about it. You pretty are letting poeple do them.
Roblox. Look at the community. Its not a building game eneymore. Its a fighting game and a fashion show. a FASHION show. Everyone is there to get the latest items. No wonder you are money pigs. Roblox. Why?
Yes i know this has nothing to do with it but it has simularitys.-Aprillemarie2
honestly you need to calm down and thik of the future, it’s people like you that keep games like this from moveing forward, and another thing gameing itself is just a giant copy fest the difference is that each company puts there own spin on the idea. The ROBLOX admins, are allowed to do what they want with their sight, if they want to add in a new feature that resembles something of another game, it is instantly them coping that game its like me saying that every shooter game ever made was copied off of 007 Golden Eye (The first ever FPS) makeing every game copied. if life was made that way then we would never have moved on, becasue one caveman used a stick to hit something and another tied a rock to the same stick and it was something else, thats copying to if we go by what you say. and even if it is released and you dont like it, DONT USE IT, nothing says you have to it is just something for people to use, NOTHING IS FORCING YOU TO USE IT!
Just make events in games when materials fall down liek the eggs that fell a few years ago then you can pick them up and they go to your inventory expensive items should have rae materials that rarely fall so we dont have to break items to make new items that we need
This sounds awesome! It’d be a great way for people to get limited or good items without having to actually buy it. It would be cool if we can find some materials for crafting IN GAME. We could have an event for it like for Easter Eggs in April, or we can have it on the administrators games. Make this for everyone, including NBC people. This could be a good way to attract more players or “customers”.
Sigh… Stop being immature! The community will not care about us! They only care about money instead of us. And I’m afraid that roblox will release the copied crafting system for bc members only!
If you don’t believe me, look at their “bodies”! I mean packages. Almost all of the packages are for bc members only! (except the roblox girl package)
Or you can see the 3.0 bodies! Many people think that roblox will give it for nbc members. But roblox still make it for bc members only.