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Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers

People Make Games · 2.7M views · 2021-08-19 · 22:44

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People Make Games investigates how Roblox relies on young, often child, developers to build its content while paying them very little. It covers Roblox's monetization model, the revenue split, and the harms to kids who make games on the platform.

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HN commenters cite it as the go-to evidence that Roblox exploits child developers, and parents are pointed to it before letting kids build games there.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2021–2026

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teddyh · 2024-05 · Recommendation

The one being exploited is the developer. From the article: > I spent $100 on advertising after publishing the game More information: < [VIDEO] >

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follower · 2024-01 · Recommendation

The YouTube channel "People Make Games" has a couple of reports that I'd suggest parents consider watching first before going down that road: * "Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers": [VIDEO] * "Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.": [LINK]

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shagie · 2023-03 · Recommendation

People Make Games is one of the YouTube channels that I respect in this domain... Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers - [VIDEO] Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper. - [LINK]

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