Roblox is the largest user-generated online gaming platform in the world to create and play games. Not only can you create games for free, but also earn good money from the success of your games even if your game is reasonably successful.
Coding in Roblox is not something for kids to start on their own very easily. It does require a bit of earlier exposure to some level of programming and the tenets of programming. Therefore, all the books advised here are for children who do have some level of understanding of programming and would like to learn the fundamentals of programming Roblox games. Also, these are best used with some help from teachers and guides along the way for kids as and when they get stuck in some places.
Book 1: The Ultimate Roblox Book by David Jagneaux
With everything from instructions for playing the games to tips on creating your own games and worlds to the basics of coding, The Ultimate Roblox Book can help you to become a top Roblox designer. The book helps you to create and share your gaming creations with
Book 2: Coding Roblox Games Made Easy by Zander Brumbaugh
With this practical book, you’ll get hands-on experience working on the Roblox platform. You’ll start with an overview of Roblox development and then understand how to use Roblox Studio. As you progress, you’ll gradually learn everything you need from how to program in Roblox Lua to creating Obby and Battle Royale games. Finally, you’ll delve into the logistics of game production, focusing on optimizing the performance of your game by implementing impressive mechanics, monetization, and marketing practices. By the end of this Roblox book, you’ll be able to lead or work with a team to bring your gaming world to life, and extend that experience to players around the world.
Book 3: The Official Roblox Guide – Coding with Roblox Lua in 24 Hours
This book helps you master the essential basics of Roblox Lua programming. Beginning from the basics of variables, functions, properties, conditionals and loops, to working with events to make things move, explode, count down, and do whatever you can imagine, this is a good book for beginners of Roblox in a step by step manner. The book graduates to more complex topics around raycasting to allow visitors to place their own objects.
Book 4: Basic Roblox Lua Programming
A really good book on Lua basics for beginners and kids to learn the tenets of Roblox Lua. This is written by a kid and therefore it is not necessarily the best in terms of editing. The book would do well with a bit of editing on the manuscript again. Nevertheless, look at the big picture and it is a good book for beginners to learn from a kid’s perspective.
Book 5: A Beginners Guide to Roblox Programming: A Book by a Kid For Kids
It’s a great guide to Roblox, but could be a bit dense and complex for beginners. ,It is ideal for high school students who may not be total beginners or intermediate students of Roblox Studio. The book excels in particular explanations on the graphics side of gaming for beginners than the programming side which is more common.
Book 6: The Advanced Roblox Coding Book
With detailed instructions, example screenshots, and simple explanations on teleporting objects (or PCs/NPCs!), to adding and applying power ups, to creating a leaderboard, and allowing players to save their games. This book walks you through the basics of the studio tool, provides tutorials for specific actions and creations, then explains how to use all of that knowledge to create your own unique game world!
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