Your Favorite Roblox Game!
Design and build a tabletop prototype of your favorite Roblox game using cardboard, paper, markers, and simple rules, then playtest it with friends.
Step-by-step guide to design and build a tabletop prototype of Your Favorite Roblox Game
Step 1
Pick your favorite Roblox game and write down three things you love about it on a piece of paper.
Step 2
Choose the main objective players must reach to win the tabletop version of your game.
Step 3
Draw a simple top down sketch of the game board on paper showing the start area key zones and paths.
Step 4
Cut a cardboard base to the size you want for the game board.
Step 5
Lightly draw your sketch onto the cardboard base to mark where things will go.
Step 6
Cut and fold smaller cardboard and paper pieces to make terrain and buildings for the board.
Step 7
Glue or tape the terrain and buildings onto the cardboard base in the places you drew.
Step 8
Decorate the board with markers and colouring materials to match the Roblox game's style.
Step 9
Choose small objects to be player tokens and place them near the start area.
Step 10
Mark each token with a unique color or number using a marker.
Step 11
Write six simple rule or event cards that change what happens when a player draws one.
Step 12
Play a full round with friends following your rules to see what is fun and what needs fixing.
Step 13
Change one rule or one part of the board to make the game more balanced or more fun.
Step 14
Share your finished tabletop Roblox game on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
I can't find cardboard or markers—what can I use instead to make the board and decorate it?
Use a stiff poster board or several taped-together cereal boxes for the 'Cut a cardboard base' step and swap markers for crayons, colored pencils, or paint to 'Decorate the board'.
Some terrain pieces keep falling off—how do I make them stay during the 'Glue or tape the terrain' step?
If glued pieces fall off, use double-sided tape, stronger craft glue, or a hot glue gun and hold each piece in place until the adhesive sets to secure your terrain and buildings.
How can I adapt this tabletop Roblox game for different ages?
For younger kids, simplify by using big toy figures as tokens, reducing the rule cards to three and making the objective easier, while older kids can create more complex objectives, detailed terrain, and additional rule cards from the 'Write six simple rule or event cards' step.
What are some fun ways to improve or personalize the finished game before sharing it on DIY.org?
Enhance your game by painting terrain details during 'Decorate the board', making illustrated custom rule cards, crafting themed tokens, and playtesting a house rule change from 'Change one rule' to tighten gameplay and reflect the Roblox game's style.
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Facts about game design and prototyping for kids
📦 Cardboard and paper are designers’ favorite prototyping materials because they're cheap, fast, and easy to change.
🛠️ Creators use Roblox Studio and the Lua programming language to script game rules and interactions — it's a kid-friendly way to learn coding!
🧩 Many famous tabletop and board games started as simple hand-drawn paper prototypes before becoming polished products.
👥 Playtesting with friends is the fastest way to spot boring spots or broken rules — great games usually come from lots of tiny improvements.
🎮 Roblox launched in 2006 and is built around user-created games (called "experiences") that players can join and share.
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