Roblox Studio Tutorials

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Beginning to build

Every Roblox PC or Mac player already has Roblox Studio downloaded. So just open Roblox Studio, then click install. Once that is done, log in to your Roblox account. You should now be on the templates page. We are going to start an obby now. Click on baseplate, a new place should be opened. Select "Baseplate" then use CTRL+X to delete it. Click on part and a new block should spawn in the middle of your screen. Click on scale and make the block look like a floor. Insert three new blocks and scale them like walls that fits the floor. Use the move tool to move your walls in the right spot. Select your floor and click on duplicate. Use the move tool and move it on top of the walls. Now we just need a spawn so the players will spawn in your lobby. Go to models and click on spawn. move the spawn in your lobby. The lobby for your obby is now finished(VIP doors are in future tutorials). Click next again and your game should be saved.

Effects and lighting

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This tutorial will be about how to make a light that goes off in the day and goes on at night. First, make the part that shines. Insert a script and a PointLight inside it. And let's say it is named "Light". Script:

light = game.workspace.Light
minutesAfterMidnight = 0
while true do()
            minutesAfterMidnight =[press space]minutesAfterMidnight+10

Effects

Campfire

You can make a cool campfire using effects! First, build the campfire with surroundings and a base and some logs. Then, add a fire effect by going to models>effects>fire. You will see a fire coming out from the base. The fire might be too small, but we can make it bigger by going to the properties of the fire. You can change the size of the fire by changing the size property. You can also change the brightness, and the color, also the range to make a cool campfire!

Fountain

This one is a little bit harder than campfire. But it is really cool. First, add a ring of water, then, add surrounding and a middle. Add a part that would spray water into the air in the middle. Insert a ParticleEmitter inside the sprayer. You will see that the sprayer starts to "spray" out sparkles. But sparkles look nothing like water. We need water. Copy this smoke: wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=File:Smoke.png&filetimestamp=20150731221157&

copy this website.

Add the new smoke file to replace the sparkles file. You should see smoke coming out of the sprayer. That still doesn't look like water though, we need to change the properties. Change Color>Start to light teal, then change LightEmission to 0.5, click on size and click ... and drag the right endpoint to the bottom. Do the same thing to transparency. But this time, drag the left endpoint to about in the middle. Now they look good but they don't fall. To make the particles fall, we need to change acceleration to 0,-10,0. Now for the finishing touches. Change RotSpeed to -90,90, change speed to 15, velocity spread to 5, rate to 200 and LifeTime to 4.

Treasure Hunt Simulator

Currencies

There are two types of currency in Treasure Hunt Simulator: Coins and Rubies.

Coins are earned by selling sand and by opening Chests found underground. Coins are used to purchase Tools, Backpacks, Pets and Crates.

Rubies are earned by Rebirthing and opening Chests found underground.

Rebirths

Rebirths reset the player's progress, removing all Tools, Backpacks and Pets. After rebirthing, the player starts with the Bucket and Starterpack. Rebirths can be purchased using the Coin currency, with each subsequent rebirth costing more than the previous.

Each rebirth grants the player a 0.5 multiplier to Coins earned from selling Sand and opening Chests, and 50 Rubies.

Crates

Crates are items containing one random Skin or Hat. Skin and Hat Crates can be purchased at the Upgrade Shop with Coins or Rubies. The Crates that require Rubies have a higher chance of granting rare items.

Skins can be applied to the player's Tool or Backpack. Skins do not grant any bonuses to Tool strength or Backpack storage and are purely cosmetic. Rebirthing does not remove skins from the player's inventory.

Hat crates

tier 1: 5000 coins 70% chance of common 20% chance of rare 7% chance of epic 2.9% chance of legendary 0.1% chance of mythical

tier 2: 250K coins 49% chance of common 20% chance of rare 15% chance of epic 5% chance of legendary 1% chance of mythical

tier 3: 5M coins 23% chance of common 45% chance of rare 20% chance of epic 10% chance of legendary 1.9% chance of mythical 0.1% chance of sacred

tier 4: 250 gems 0% chance of common 54.5% chance of rare 25% chance of epic 15% chance of legendary 5% chance of mythical 0.5% chance of sacred

tier 5: 500 gems 0% chance of common 30% chance of rare 36.5% chance of epic 25% chance of legendary 7.5% chance of mythical 1% chance of sacred

tier 6: 1500 gems 0% chance of common 10% chance of rare 20% chance of epic 40% chance of legendary 25% chance of mythical 5% chance of sacred 0.01% chance of GODLY

Hats

Hats grant a bonus to Tool strength. Most importantly, Hats are not removed when rebirthing, so spending Coins on Hat Crates is a good strategy to start rebirths with plenty of strength, even when the player only has the starting Bucket.

The player may equip hats in the Hats tab of the inventory screen. Up to three hats can be equipped at once.

Minimum and Maximum bonus values were obtained from the in-game Hat Index.


Quality	Color	Minimum Bonus	Maximum Bonus	Notes
Common	White	10	50
Rare	Yellow	130	170
Epic	Purple	250	380
Legendary	Red	500	750	The White Sparkle Time Fedora emits a visual effect around the player's head that can significantly obstruct the player's view, especially in first-person view. This effect is visible even when hats display is turned off in game.
Mythical	Green	1,030	1,480
Sacred	Orange	2,310	3,250
GODLY	Pink	4,560	6,200

Tools

Tools can be purchased at the Upgrade Shop (also referred to as simply Shop). Some tools are only available for purchase in specific areas. When a new tool is purchased, it will automatically be equipped. The player can switch between purchased tools at the Shop. BEWARE!!! Some tools dig automatically and only dig straight down, which makes it very difficult to mine a chest above or beside you; these tools are primarily used for getting to lower depths very quickly, without regard for chests you pass along the way down.


Tool	Strength	Time (seconds)	Cost	Robux	Area Shop	Dig Type	Notes
Bucket	1	2	0			Manual	Can target blocks above, beside and below the player, up to four blocks away (excluding the block the player is in).
Spade	2	2	100			Manual
Toy Shovel	3	2	250			Manual
Small Shovel	4	1.5	600			Manual
Medium Shovel	5	1.5	2,100			Manual
Large Shovel	7	1.5	8,800			Manual
Big Scooper	10	1	24,000			Manual
Rake	15	1	40,000			Manual
Vacuum	20	1	65,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Vacuum tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Dynamite	50	0.5	185,000			Manual	When used, dynamite is dropped near the feet and explodes. Cannot be used to target blocks like regular tools.
Giant Shovel	75	0.5	250,000			Manual
Metal Detector	100	0.5	500,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Metal Detector tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Lollipop	100	0.5	200,000		Candy	Manual
Chisel	125	0.5	300,000		Dino	Manual
Magical Message Bottle	150	0.5	400,000		Pirate	Manual
C4	150	0.5	1,500,000			Manual
Jack Hammer	250	0.5	3,000,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Jack Hammer tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Golden Spoon	500	0.5	10,000,000			Manual
Dual Scoops	750	0.5	22,000,000			Manual
Candy Hammer	800	0.5	20,000,000		Candy	Manual
Pickaxe	900	0.5	25,000,000		Dino	Manual
Drill	1,000	0.5	45,000,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, drill-type tools will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Golden Bucket	1,000	0.5	30,000,000		Pirate	Manual
Easter Basket	2,000	0.5	250,000,000			Manual
Nuke	2,000	0.5	100,000,000			Manual	Nukes are dropped on the floor and eventually explode, like the dynamite tool.
Dual Drills	2,000	0.5	500,000,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Dual Drills tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Golden Nuke	4,000	0.5	300,000,000			Manual
Lightning Bolt	3,500	0.3	N/A	500		Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Lightning Bolt tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Magnifying Glass	3,000	0.25	1,000,000,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Magnifying Glass tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Golden Metal Detector	3,500	0.25	3,000,000,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Golden Metal Detector tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Claw Scooper	4,750	0.25	4,000,000,000		Candy	Manual
Magical Map	4,900	0.25	5,000,000,000		Pirate
Grenade	5,000	0.25	1,500,000,000			Manual
Spiked Shovel	5,000	0.25	6,000,000,000		Dino	Manual
Firework	6,000	0.25	80,000,000,000			Manual
Sword	5,000	0.2	5,000,000,000		Medieval	Manual
Black Hole	5,000	0.15	N/A	1,299		Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Black Hole tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Double Big Scooper	5,500	0.15	20,000,000,000			Manual
Hoover	6,000	0.15	100,000,000,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Hoover tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Golden Fork	6,150	0.15	125,000,000,000			Manual
Lawn Mower	6,500	0.15	250,000,000,000			Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Lawn Mower tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.
Trident	6,500	0.15	300,000,000,000		Atlantis	Manual
Lazer Gun	6,750	0.15	500,000,000,000		Toy Land	Manual
Great Sword	7,000	0.15	650,000,000,000		Medieval	Manual
Alien Lazer Gun	7,250	0.15	700,000,000,000		Mars	Manual
Police Baton	7,350	0.15	800,000,000,000		Prison	Manual
Flaming Axe	7,500	0.15	1,000,000,000,000		Volcano	Manual
Scythe	10,000	0.125	N/A	3,000		Automatic	Unlike regular tools, the Scythe tool will continuously dig at the block directly below the player when active. With careful positioning, the player can dig adjacent blocks, but not ones above.

Backpacks

Like tools, backpacks can be purchased at the Upgrade Shop. Similarly, backpacks are automatically equipped when first purchased, and can only be switched at the shop.

When the backpack is filled, a prompt will appear on screen that allows the player to return to the Sell area. The player may ignore the prompt and continue digging through blocks, but will not be able to accumulate any more sand until they've emptied their backpack.


Backpack	Storage	Cost	Robux	Area Shop	Notes
Starterpack	10	0			This is the backpack the player starts with.
Small Bag	25	150
Medium Bag	40	375
Large Bag	140	900
XL Bag	250	3,150
XXL Bag	480	13,200
SuperStorage	1,000	36,000
SuperStorage 2	1,500	75,000
Sand Safe	2,500	150,000
Sand Vault	5,000	350,000
SuperStorage 3	7,500	700,000
Small Canister	10,000	1,500,000
Medium Canister	15,000	4,000,000
Ice Cream Sandwich	25,000	5,000,000		Candy
Large Canister	25,000	8,000,000
Duffle Bag	35,000	12,000,000
Empty Crate	50,000	7,500,000		Pirate
Dual Canister	50,000	24,000,000
Giant Canister	75,000	48,000,000
Magical Fanny Pack	100,000	100,000,000
Hiking Pack	100,000	10,000,000		Dino
Humongous Canister	200,000	250,000,000
Candy Bucket	200,000	200,000,000		Candy
Giant Magical Fanny Pack	300,000	500,000,000
Bucket O	350,000	250,000,000		Pirate
Brief Case	400,000	750,000,000
Chest	500,000	1,000,000,000
Dinosaur Cage	500,000	330,000,000		Dino
Candy Bag	700,000	1,250,000,000		Candy
Popcorn Bucket	750,000	5,000,000,000
Golden Chest	900,000	1,500,000,000		Pirate
Giant Safe	1,000,000	2,500,000,000
Egg Preserver	1,200,000	2,000,000,000		Dino
Present	2,000,000	20,000,000,000
Rubix Cube	10,000,000	50,000,000,000		Toy
Shield	15,000,000	70,000,000,000		Medieval
Double Humongous Canister	20,000,000	80,000,000,000
Rainbow Rock	30,000,000	100,000,000,000
Infinite		N/A	800

Pets

Pets can be purchased at the Upgrade Shop. Like tools and backpacks, they are automatically equipped when purchased, and can be switched at the Shop.

When equipped, a pet will give the player a passive bonus to digging strength that is added to their tool strength. This bonus remains active as long as the pet is equipped.


Pet	Strength	Cost	Robux	Area Shop
Duck	5	7,500
Squid	10	14,000
Hedgehog	15	27,000
Turtle	17	34,000
Snow Fairy	18	33,750
Cat	20	43,000
Duckling	22	49,000
Red Orb	24	53,750
Ocelot	25	52,500
Elephant	26	61,250
Fighter Jet	28	67,187
Parrot	28	80,000
Alpaca	30	110,000
Iguana	35	150,000
Penguin	40	170,000
Candy	40	100,000		Candy
Shark	45	205,000
Eyepatch Parrot	45	125,000		Pirate
Elf	48	125,000
White Orb	50	150,000		Dino
Seagull	50	260,000
Siamese Cat	54	256,250
Hound	54	256,250
Gummy Bear	54	156,250
Crab	54	256,250
Crocodile	60	300,000
Octopus	64	320,312
Eagle	70	375,000
Robot Dog	80	450,000
Sloth	100	500,000
Robot	120	1,500,000
Panda	140	2,500,000
Red Panda	160	7,500,000
Rocket Cat	168	3,125,000
Robot Horse	168	3,125,000
RC Tank	200	12,500,000
Doge	240	17,500,000
Polar Bear	280	35,000,000
Dragon	320	50,000,000
Walrus	336	43,750,000
Pony	360	65,000,000
Seahorse	384	62,500,000
Robot Bunny	390	72,500,000
Phoenix	420	87,500,000
Fairy	468	90,625,000
Donuts	750	100,000,000		Candy
Unicorn	750	125,000,000
Black Orb	1,000	125,000,000		Pirate
Dinosaur	1,250	150,000,000		Dino
Pegasus	1,500	200,000,000
Magical Frog	1,750	500,000,000
Monkey	2,000	1,000,000,000
Dark Pegasus	2,000	N/A	1299
Snowman	2,100	625,000,000
Car	2,250	1,500,000,000
Butterfly	2,500	2,500,000,000
Pufferfish	3,000	5,000,000,000		Atlantis
Pinata	3,500	10,000,000,000		Candy
Ship	4,000	15,000,000,000		Pirate
Santa	4,040	18,000,000,000
Booga	4,500	20,000,000,000		Dino
Jellyfish	4,650	30,000,000,000
Swamp Monster	4,800	35,000,000,000
Magical Umbrella	5,000	40,000,000,000
Snow Fox	5,050	60,000,000,000
Gurt	5,100	80,000,000,000
Blue Doge	5,250	100,000,000,000
Blimp	5,400	250,000,000,000
Moon	5,760	337,500,000,000		Moon
Satellites	6,120	500,000,000,000
Pink Jellyfish	6,250	550,000,000,000		Atlantis
K-9	6,500	650,000,000,000		Prison

Dig Sites

Dig sites are what the player interacts with for the bulk of the game. When starting out, the player only has access to the initial dig site. Other dig sites are walled off with messages indicating the entrance requirements, which can be total sand extracted, total rebirths, or Robux.

Each dig site covers a 10-block by 10-block area, with an indeterminate depth. Every 30 minutes, all dig sites are reset and refilled with sand and chests.

Players use their equipped tool to dig up blocks and chests.

Notes for the table below:

- Sand Value is how much the seller pays for each unit of sand sold in the area. While it's possible to dig sand from the Start area and move to the seller in another area to sell for a higher price, the time it takes to do this is largely negated by the time it takes to climb back out of the dig site (if it's even possible), and walk to another dig site. - 1 to 100 indicates the strength of each block of sand between depth 1 and 100. 101 to 200 indicates the strength of each block between depth 101 and 200, and so on.


Area	Sand to Unlock	Rebirths to Unlock	Robux to Unlock	Sand Value	1 to 100	101 to 200	201 to 300	301 to 666	667 to 900	901 to 1300	1301 to ?	Notes
Start				5	5	50	150	500	1,500	3,000	5,000
Candy Land	5,000			10	15	150	450	1,500	4,500	9,000	15,000	This site is at the end of the path to the left of the spawn location.
Pirate Isle	25,000			15	25	250	750	2,500	7,500	15,000	25,000	The portal to this site is at the pier just past the Start site.
Dino Land	125,000			20	35	350	1,050	3,500	10,500	21,000	35000	This site is at the end of the path opposite the Start site.
Launch Site	625,000			25	45	450	1,350	4,500	13,500	27,000	45,000	This site is at the end of the path to the right of the spawn location.
Moon Landing		10		30	55	550	1,650	5,500	16,500	33,000	55,000	The portal to this site is accessed from the Launch Site.
Atlantis		50		40	75	750	2,250	7,500	22,500	45,000	75,000	The portal to this site is at the pier just past the Start site.
VIP Island		N/A	400	50								The portal to this site is the helicopter next to the spawn location.
Toy Land		75		55	100	1,000	3,000	10,000	30,000	60,000	100,000	The portal to this site is to the right of the spawn location.
Medieval		100		65	125	1,250	3,750	12,500	37,500	75,000	125,000	The portal to this site is to the left of the spawn location.
Mars Landing		125		75	150	1,500	4,500	15,000	45,000	90,000	150,000	The portal to this site is accessed from the Launch Site.
Prison		150		85	175	1,750	5,250	17,500	52,500	105,00	175,000	The portal to this site is to the right of the spawn location.
Dominus Land	250,000,000	75		95	200	2,000	6,000	20,000	60,000	120,000	200,000	The portal to this site is to the left of the spawn location.
Volcano	500,000,000	150		110	250	2,500	7,500	25,000	75,000	150,000	250,000	The portal to this site is to the right of the spawn location.
Private Islands		N/A	35									The portal to this site is at the pier just past the Start site.

Chests

Normal: Normal layer+ Rare: Gray layer+ Epic: Brown layer+ Legendary: Underworld+ Mythical: Mythtic+

General Strategies

- The first rebirth takes the longest. Each subsequent rebirth takes less and less time as the player accumulates more strength bonuses through hats.

- Before rebirthing, spend Coins and/or Rubies on the most expensive Hat Crates possible, leaving just enough for the rebirth cost. Since Hats are not removed when rebirthing, they are the main source of boosts when starting over after rebirthing.

- Look for Dice Chests from depth 50 and below in any dig site. They offer the highest reward to work ratio. Often times, the first Dice Chest the player opens after a rebirth will contain enough Coins to do the next rebirth.

- The site-specific Tools and Backpacks found in the Candy, Pirate and Dino sites offer the best value, once those sites are accessible. However, once the player has rebirthed eight times or more, the differences in cost become more and more negligible.

- For max efficency, immediately BEFORE you hit the rebirth button, FIND, & stand next to a very HIGH value chest, e.g. a "Dice Chest" or a "Mars Chest".

Hit the rebirth button (Purple swirl @ bottom left). Everything then goes back to "zero", so, equip the bucket & dig out the valuable chest. You will now have several millions of cash to zoom off to the Shop with & kit yourself out again with little time wasted. Check the "rebirth" button to see what is the next cash total that you need to collect.

And repeat. (Set aside half a day to get 150 rebirths)

- Check the chart above for the best "Sand values" & always dig the highest value site you can access.

- A big rucksack is ALMOST as important as your preferred digging tool. You will be very surprised at the value of the sand you have dug when you sell it, especially when you times by the "rebirth multiplier", (screen bottom left) ( Value is x76 when "rebirth" = 150) - SO DON'T WASTE YOUR SAND, sell it as soon as your backpack is full.

- Digging tools - A personal preference, "Drill type" tools are VERY fast & VERY hard to control.

I used the "Giant Shovel" for a very long time as It was cheap and totally controllable for "cherry picking" the best chests on the way down. Take your pick (lol).

Beginning to script

Oops. I forgot to tell you to go to models, then use the anchor tool to anchor everything. Do it right now. I apologize for that. But anyways, we are going to start scripting today! The first thing we are going to script is lava. Insert a new part then rename it "Lava" by clicking on its name, delete its current name, and type in "Lava". Now click on the plus sign on the right side of lava. search "Script" and click on script. Now type this in the script:

local LavaPart = script.Parent

local function onPartTouch(otherPart)

       local partParent = otherPart.Parent
       local humanoid = partParent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")

       if ( Humanoid ) then
             humanoid.Health = 0
       end
end
LavaPart.Touched:Connect(onPartTouch)

Test it by touching the lava. If you died, then the script is working. The other thing we are going to script is a conveyor that pushes players off. Make a new part and insert another script inside this one. Put the following script inside: while wait() do script.Parent.Velocity=script.Parent. CFrame.lookVector*10 Change 10 to how fast you want the player to move on it. Don't forget to anchor everything!

Ways to die in Roblox Natural Disaster Survival

Fall damage
Drowned
Burnt
Hit by a piece of lava
Fell off the edge
Hit by a piece of thing in a sandstorm
Staying outside in a blizzard
Hit by a meteor
Attempting to cross over a tsunami when not high enough
Struck by lightning
Falling into the volcano
Volcano spawned on you
Staying on the edge in an earthquake
Staying outside in an acid rain
Walking into the tornado
Falling off second floor of lobby
Staying on green or black stuff in an acid rain
Staying on white stuff in a blizzard
Attempting to reach the volcano when you have orange or red health bar
Falling off the play area
Reset your character

New spawns

You will need new spawns for each level in your obby, but when you put multiple spawns, if you test your game a died, you will spawn at random positions. To prevent that, we needed teams. We can do that by click on the advanced section, then click on services, then select teams. We can add a new team by click on the plus sign by teams, then insert the object "team". Change the team color to whatever color you want and change the spawn you want to have that color in properties and change neutral to false and change TeamColorChangeOnTouch to true. Keep the lobby spawn neutral though, because the player is not going to spawn on the lobby spawn if you don't do so.

Day and night cycle

Have you ever wondered how to set the time of day? It is easy. Just go to Workspace -> Lighting, and change the property (clock time) to whatever you want (0:00 - 23:59). To make the time change in game, we just need to insert a script. Also, "_" in the script section is empty space. This is the simplest way to do it:__________________ while wait(1) do --change one to whatever speed you want. less is faster________ game.Lighting.SetMinutesAfterMidnight((+1)_________________________________end --30 is the minutes changed

Basically, press enter whenever you see "_".

Basic hinges and jump boost

This will be our final obby tutorial, we are going to move on to lighting and effects next. One basic hinge is a seesaw.

To build it, first we need to make two supporters for the seesaw. Make sure that the supporters have anchored true and CanCollide false so that the player don't just pass the level by jumping on the supporter. Now, make the part that the player have to balance on so they're not dumped into empty space. Make sure that the balancing part is NOT anchored. Go to models and select surface select hinge inside surface. Put hinges on the supporters and name them Hinge0 or something(If I'm wrong then I will say the correct name in discussion). And put hinges on the opposite sides of the seesaw and rename them Hinge1. Test your game and the seesaw should not fall into empty space(If it did I apologize for that and I will say the correct way in discussion). You can also make doors with this strategy too.

The other kind of hinge we are going to talk about is spinning blocks. (I think it is like this, if not, same thing, discussion)First, you make one supporter for the spinning block. Put the block that is going to spin on top of the supporter. Connect them using hinges again and change the hinge type to motor. Test your game and the block should spin! You can also use spinning lava too. Now it is time for jump boost. First, insert a new part, go to properties, expand velocity, change y velocity to something no bigger than 200. Test your game and your character should be able to jump very high!

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