Freeblox
Progress!
I chose a name for the project. At least for now, it is called Freeblox. I initialized the git repo at codeberg.org/norawibb/freeblox, and I also obtained the domain freeblox.org (which I’ve currently set up to just redirect to the Codeberg page). I’m pretty motivated to work on this stuff right now since I have time on my hands and I’m wanting a fun thing to play while hanging out in voice chats. Also Roblox has been in the news lately, not really related to the things I mentioned before, but I do think my project will be able to fix those issues too.
Federated Roblox
Background
I hate modern Roblox. I played Roblox starting in 2009 and loved it through about 2016 or so. The game looked like LEGOs, the games people made were simple and fun, the sounds/ambience were quaint. The website itself was fun. You could browse the shop and buy items for your avatar, and you could create and join groups to chat with people. After that time it started to degrade into a corporate hell world. The engine got more features, and in doing so, the games looked less and less like the classic Roblox I grew up with. It barely resembles LEGOs and the games are monetized to hell. As someone who uses Linux, federated social media, and FOSS software only, I’d love to have something like Roblox that was FOSS and federated.