Once you have created your experience, you may want to find an audience for it and keep them engaged over time. You need to consider:
Publishing to make it public for everyone to enjoy.
Promotion to bring in new users.
Monetization strategies for selling any products within it.
Localization to help users around the world understand it.
Analytics to monitor how it's performing.
Game Design to create and maintain an engaging player experience.
Publishing
When an experience is ready to play, you can publish your experience on any devices you choose. An experience can be published privately (default) in order to test and save to the cloud, or publicly so that it can be discovered and played by other users.
Monetization
Users can spend Robux in experiences for items such as new vehicles or power-ups, and creators can also earn Robux from engagement-based payouts, private servers, paid access in Robux, and paid access in local currency. There are two main methods of monetizing within an experience:
Developer Products - users can purchase multiple times. Great for in-experience currency purchases.
Passes - users can only purchase once. Great for VIP passes or permanent power-ups.
Both are sold for Robux at a price you choose. You can then trade Robux for real world currency using the Developer Exchange.
Localization
Roblox players come from around the world and speak a variety of languages. It's important to localize the experience so everyone can understand and enjoy it.
Roblox automatically captures text from an experience and stores it in a table for translation in the experience's Localization page, where all localization settings can be configured.
Promotion
You can promote your experience within the Roblox Ecosystem in multiple ways:
- Use the Ads Manager to create ad campaigns using image, video, or portal ads within existing experiences.
- Roblox experience events are time-based events that users can join and discover through an events detail page.
- You can use integrated features such as update announcements and experience notifications to promote your content to a wider audience and keep in touch with your existing user base.
Analytics
Roblox offers a variety of analytics features to help you chart your experience's growth, track user behavior and retention, and find opportunities for optimization.
Game Design
The Roblox Game Insights team provides game design resources for designers of all levels to expand their knowledge and skills.