Is there a alternative to roblox (preferably free) that is just better overall and dosent take advantage of everyone? I want to make games but also be a player… How might i do so and not use roblox? It feels like most clones are dead or close to it but what do you think? What do you suggest and why so?
Gmod is essentially Roblox’s father. It’s limited in what you can do but is still really good and has a shockingly active community.
The best Roblox alternative is S&box, but it’s not out yet. It’s a spiritual successor to Gmod that aims to be a gaming platform that’s developer friendly and good to consumers. There’s a developer alpha you can join to start making games in it, but the community is not there yet and it’s likely a few years away.
Also worth mentioning that S&box is developed by the same guy as GMod
If you tie yourself to a commercial platform, it’s gonna take advantage of you. That’s how they make money. So, I would also recommend using an open-source game engine like Godot and then distributing on multiple platforms.
The closest open-source thing to the Roblox model, that I can think of, is Luanti, which is basically a game engine and distribution platform for Minecraft-like games. Don’t expect to make money off of it, though.
Fortnite. Yes, Fortnite. They’ve added a bunch of crazy stuff similar to Roblox where you can be paid for your content. Hell, Gaijin just bought the rights to a stupid custom map in the game for this very reason.
It’s free, and so are the tools. But the tools are also just… UE5. Which is also free and literally made to develop games.
It’s called UEFN (Unreal Editor for Fortnite), not Fortnite the game specifically. From what I understand it’s a watered down version of Unreal Engine and is really good to use, lets you publish your games straight to the platform.
Godot is really good, but it doesn’t distribute your games, right?
No. Distribution is left to the developer.
But the silver lining is that you’re outside of a walled garden and outside of a company’s control.
You can do a lot in minecraft with mods and/or datapacks and plugins
Minecraft (Java edition)
Luanti (formerly Minetest) might be closer to what OP is looking for. Both because LUA and because it’s platform-like.
EDIT: Also I didn’t notice at first, but OP’s previous post was asking about Minecraft vs. Luanti
