Coding Roblox Games Made Easy: The ultimate guide to creating games with Roblox Studio and Lua programming Paperback – January 8, 2021

This is a pretty good intro to coding Lua for Roblox. It does not hold your hand, however, so if you have no coding experience at all or don't understand object oriented programming, this may not be the first book you should pick up. There is a good amount of sample code and corresponding explanation, but at times I found myself having to go back through and re-read a couple of times, do some googling, etc., which is perfectly fine - that's the best way to really learn. I got this book to help my young son learn how to build his own games in Roblox and as a team we have done a pretty good job. He designs the levels and I hook the code in. :) For reference, I have a BS and MS in CompSci and am a data scientist so I have quite a bit of background in coding but am not a software engineer. This book was a good balance for me and I'm really impressed that it was written by a college student. (Who is also really a nice guy - he reached out via twitter to thank my son for some artwork he made for one of Zander's games). Zander, you have a bright future ahead of you.

I'm a bit older than most and I have been looking to pick up a new skill that would jog my brain. My son recommended I learn how to make stuff on Roblox and this book has been very helpful for me to learn programming and understand what young people are doing in technology this day and age. Definitely recommend!

My 11 year old son is teaching himself how to create Roblox games and he's made so much progress since I gave him this book. He refers to it for everything and regularly tells me how valuable the information is.

I play around with code a lot in various different environments. I am trying to work my way through this book and follow the tutorial that is offered within. I bought this on Google Play (my picture is from my Play Books library) for my digital version and have ordered this book in it's physical version through Amazon. As of 5/20/2021 (date of this review), I have not received the physical book yet.In chapter five, there's code that is in the dataMod.SetupData that recursively calls the load and if you fail to load, it recursively calls the load and if you fail to load...Because of this failure to load, the dataMod.SetupData function is unable to complete. Because it's unable to complete, you're unable to save the data. Because you're unable to save the data, you're unable to load the data, leading to the problem stated above.I've utilized the github to hopefully resolve this issue as this is a complete lack of complete testing on the author(s). I've even pulled their project and have hit other issues. I am hoping to get an answer soon. I will edit this review when and if I get answers.Edit 1: it wasn't clearly spelled out: I was supposed to turn in the API functionality of the project... at least not that I read.I am now up and running. I am updating the review to a 4-star to reflect that it is a quality book, though, sometimes obfuscated.

Solid foundation for getting into Roblox coding, also it give good tips on marketing and helping your Roblox games grow. Overall a good buy 10/10

There is little to no handholding for children / those new to programming. Considerable help from someone with programming experience will be needed to get started. Once started the book can be very helpful.Sign - 25 years Programming / Scripting experience

Easy to follow step by step design for building my first Roblox games and understanding what each line of coding does

This book is a great way to get started even if you're entirely new to Roblox. The first few chapters will walk you through the initial Roblox environment. You'll learn how to save and publish your games, navigate the workspace, and interact with a myriad of other menu options. Then you'll be brought up to speed on Roblox's main programing language, Roblox Lua. This book is very thorough so you won't need to have any previous experience with Lua to get the hang of things. The book goes over everything from variable to conditional statement to functions and events. Towards the end of the book, you will take all of that knowledge and use it to create some Roblox game. You will be managing the player data, spawning loot, creating player rewards, and learning how to monetize your game by creating shops and managing in game purchases. If you're looking to dip your toes into Roblox Game development then this book is worth it.