Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/new-publishing-requirements-evaluation-process-for-games/4573166

New Publishing Requirements & Evaluation Process for Games

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My 6 year old likes to make basic obstacle course games and I help him with the coding.

There is ZERO chance I’m doing ID verification or paying a subscription. The entire reason we liked this platform was there was barely any friction.

I will be checking out S&box by the creator of Garry’s mod as an alternative: https://sbox.game/

s&box

TFA:

> Publish for personal use - Anyone on Roblox can continue to publish games for personal use.

I know it is not great... but .. is that sufficient for your kid?

Similar story here with Minecraft.

Luanti + Mineclonia is absolutely excellent open source software.

I get a great sense of peace knowing that my incentives, are aligned with the people who made it.

Huge fan of luanti (minetest) as well. My kids never picked it up though because the client controls were not very polished and they got frustrated. Has that improved in the years?