Roblox Specialization

Typing and other basic computer skills.  Must be able to type 20 words a minute without looking at the keyboard.  Proper fingers on keyboard is enforced.

Must complete the seven feats of strength for Roblox Programming (adult students can opt for java feats of strength and have a minimum of 3 months of classes).  These tasks must be repeatable without using reference material.

1. Color Part

Objective: Create a part that changes color when a character touches it.

- Declare a variable for the part

- Create a function to handle the touched event for the part

- Attempt to find a humanoid component within the colliding part

- Use an if statement to see if the humanoid exists

- Assign the part's color property a new value

- Connect the touched event to the event handler function

2. Disappearing PowerUp

Objective - Create a part that gives the character speed for 10 seconds, it disappears while the speed power is in effect, it reappears when speed wears off.

- Using a similar pattern to the first script, add the following.

- Use a boolean to see if the part was touched (debounce)

- Use two conditions in the if statement (humanoid and debounce) with a    

           logical "AND" 

- Use the wait statement to pause the script

- Assign WalkSpeed to the humanoid

- Assign the object's CanCollide to false (if not already)

- Assign the object's Transparency to 100%

- Reassign original values after cooldown

3.  Rotating Coin

Objective - Create a coin the rotates in the air

- Use a while loop to rotate the coin

- Change the parts orientation to spin an object on the y-axis

- Use Vector3 to assign orientation, i.e. X, Y, Z values

4. Leader Board

Objective - Create a leaderboard for points that is attached to every player that joins the game

        - Create an addBoard function to capture the PlayerAdded event

- Connect the PlayerAdded event to the addBoard function

- Assign a leaderboard to the Player in the addBoard function

- Add a currency and parent the object to the leaderboard in the addBoard function

5. Dispearing Pickup to Leaderboard

Object - Create a pickup that adds value to a stat on your leader board

- Combine task 2 and task 4 to create a point system

- Capture the "player" in the touched event of the object using the humanoid

- Retrieve the leaderstats metric from the player

- Increment an attribute on the leaderstats 

6. For Do Loops

Objectvie - loop through the objects changing their color

- Add parts to a folder in the workspace

- Create a table with all the parts using GetChildren()

- Create a for loop to iterate through the folder in the table

- Change the color of each part in the folder

7. Create a button that when you press it, it prints a message

Objective - Create a UI with a text button

- Change properties such as button size and position

- Change font size and style

- Use a client side script (LocalScripts) and attach it to the button

- Capture a button press event and connect it to a function

- Print a message to the screen when the button is press and make

 the button disappear

 Must complete the seven feats of strength for Roblox Programming (adult students can opt for java feats of strength) and 3 months time in grade.  These tasks must be repeatable without using reference material. 

1. Teleport 

Objective - Teleport a player from one location to another location

- Create two parts (pads)

- Create a function that is called when you step on one of the 

- pads.

- The function gets the HumanoidRootPart's CFrame of the Player.

- Create a new CFrame using the target pad's position.

- Add 5 units on the CFrame's Y position using a Vector3 so the 

 player "drops" onto the pad

- Assign the new CFrame to the HumanoidRootPart to move the character.

- Reverse the process to the player can teleport back

- Use a debounce with a cooldown

- Add a sound effect for the teleporter that fires on touch

2. Button that creates a part (Remote event - Client to Server)

Objective - When you press the button, activate a function in a local script 

that uses a Remote event to trigger a serverside script to create a part

- Create a remote event in Replicated storage

- Get the remote event in the local script which is attached to the button

- Call the remove event's FireServer method in a function to handle the 

 button press event.

- Catch the remove event server side in a server script using OnServerEvent

- Create a part when OnServerEvent catches to remote event

3. Part that makes a button appear (Remote event - Server to Client)

Objective - When you step on the part, activate a function in a server script that

uses a Remote event to trigger a client side script to make a button visible

- Create a part in the world

- Add a script to the part and a touched event for the part

- Create a remote event in replicated storage

- Get the remove event from Replicated storage in the part script

- Fire the ClientFire event in the touched function for the part

- Create a button with the UI editor and make it invisible

- Add a local script to the button

- Catch the event (from the server) on the client side using OnClientEvent

- Attach a function OnClientEvent make the button visible

4. Set data to the DataStore on game exit

Objective - Create a function that stores the players data from the leaderboard so their

scores presist between games

- Create a saveData function passing in the player

- Store the leaderstats metrics (using the Value) in a table

- Use SetAsync with the player.UserId as the key and the table as the value

- Wrap the SetAsync in a pcall to make sure there wasn't a comms error

- Check for success, if there was a failure, print the msg

5. Get Data From the DataStore on entering the game

Objective - Create a function that retrieves the player's saved data from the datastore

so they have their previously obtained resources

- Create a iniPlayer function passing in the player

- Add the player's leaderboard to the player in initPlayer

- initialize a "data" table for the saved stats

- Use GetAsync to get the players data

- Wrap GetAsync in a pcall to make sure there wasn't a comms error

- Check for success of the pcall

- Check for stored data

- Assign the stored data to the leaderboard if exists (use Value)

6. Module Scripts and a Game Manager

Objective - Use a Module script to create a game manager with a library of functions

- Make a script for a game loop in ServerScriptService

- Make a module script and require it in the game loop (in ServerScriptService)

- Make a non-local function that's callable in the module script

- Call the function in the Module script from the GameLoop

7. Spawn things in the world stored in ServerStorage

Objective - Create a monster spawner

- Get a Drooling Zombie from the Toolbox and drag it into ServerStorage

- Create a script in ServerScriptService that clones the zomie

- Create a loop that periodically adds zombies to the world

- Control where the zombies are being added to the world 

1. Capture Keyboard Event - Shift Run

2. Capture User Input - Mouse click

3. Create an Animation for a Tool

4. PathFinding

5. Find Closest Character

6.  LookAt - Field of View using the Dot product between Vector3s