I'm wary of Roblox. How is this different from just playing it?

Fair concern, and worth being direct about. This course is taught in Roblox Studio — the desktop creation tool, not the game itself. Your child spends their time in an editor building and scripting, not chatting or playing strangers' games. Publishing the finished game is a deliberate step at the end of the course, and it can be published privately so only your family can play it. Nothing in the course requires chat or social features.

Are there live classes or a teacher?

No. The course is fully self-paced: guided step-by-step lessons, quizzes that are checked automatically with instant feedback, and a clear rubric for the final project. You get progress emails and a dashboard, so you always know where your child is. There's no schedule to keep and no class to miss.

Does my child need any coding experience?

No. The course assumes zero experience and starts with building before any code appears. Lua scripting is introduced in small steps in Unit 2, and every concept is practiced in a project before the course moves on.

Can I pay with ESA or education program funds?

Courses like this are commonly purchased through state education savings programs. The course ships with a syllabus, learning objectives, and assessment documentation you can file with your program. Your program administrator makes the final call on eligibility, so check with them before purchasing.

Will this work on our Chromebook or iPad?

No. Roblox Studio only runs on Windows and Mac computers. Chromebooks and tablets can't run it, so your child will need access to a regular computer to take this course.

What's your refund policy?

Every course and digital purchase carries a 14-day money-back guarantee. If it isn't a fit, email support@pizuki.com within 14 days of purchase for a full refund. Full details at pizuki.com/refunds.

Self-paced online course

Roblox Game Development Course (Self-Paced)

Your child already loves playing Roblox. This course turns that into building — ending with a real, published game they made themselves.

12-month access · per student

~~$269.00~~$229.00

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What your kid builds

Illustration: the kind of colorful obby platformer world students build in week 1 — floating platforms, ramps, and a checkpoint flag.

Illustration: the kind of game world students grow into later in the course — a shop stand, collectible coins along a path, and a simple robot shopkeeper.

Illustrations of the kinds of projects students build in this course.

Outcomes

What your child walks away with.

A published Roblox game of your child's own design, a portfolio of three finished projects (obby, tycoon, and capstone), a rubric-scored final project, and a downloadable completion certificate.

Build and publish a playable obstacle-course game (an "obby") in Roblox Studio
Write Lua scripts that handle touch events, checkpoints, traps, and win conditions
Build a working tycoon game with in-game currency, upgrades, and saved player progress

What your child will learn

Unit 1: Welcome to Roblox Studio

Install Roblox Studio, learn the editor, and build a first playable world with parts, terrain, and materials.

Installing Roblox Studio and setting up a creator account
A tour of the Studio editor
Building with parts: your first playable map
Terrain, color, and materials
Project build: laying out your first obby

Builds: First Obby — a playable obstacle course your child can run through start to finish

Unit 2: First Lines of Lua

Scripting starts here. Your child learns what a script is, then uses variables, functions, and events to make the game react to the player.

What a script is (and where it lives)
Variables and values
Functions and events: making things happen on touch
Killbricks, checkpoints, and spawn points
Finding and fixing errors in the output window

Builds: Obby 2.0 — the obstacle course upgraded with traps, checkpoints, and a win condition

Unit 3: Game Systems

The logic behind real games: conditionals, loops, points, money, and progress that saves between play sessions.

If-statements and game logic
Loops and timers
Leaderstats: points and coins on the leaderboard
Droppers, buttons, and buying upgrades
Saving player data so progress survives

Builds: Cookie Tycoon — a working tycoon game with currency, upgrades, and saved progress

Unit 4: Look and Feel

What separates a demo from a game: on-screen menus, shop interfaces, lighting, and sound.

On-screen GUIs: menus, buttons, and pop-ups
Building a shop screen that actually sells upgrades
Lighting and atmosphere
Sound effects and background music
Playtesting your game like a designer

Builds: Tycoon Deluxe — the tycoon game finished with a menu, shop screen, lighting, and sound

Unit 5: Design, Build, Publish

The capstone. Your child plans an original game on paper, builds it, tests it, and publishes it — privately or publicly, your call as the parent.

The one-page game design doc
Building the capstone: applying everything from Units 1-4
Playtesting and bug-fixing
Publishing settings, privacy options, and game icons
Submitting the final project against the rubric

Builds: Capstone Game — an original game of your child's own design, published to Roblox and scored with the course rubric

Roblox Game Development Course (Self-Paced)

What your kid builds

What your child walks away with.