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The 3D View shows your world. The Explorer lists every object, Properties shows the selected object, and Output shows messages from your scripts.

Hold the right mouse button to turn, use the wheel to zoom, the middle button to slide, and W A S D, Q and E to fly. Shift is faster.

Hover over an object in the Explorer and click the plus. Search for what you want; it becomes a child of that object.

Drag with the left mouse button to draw a frame, or hold Ctrl and click. Ctrl+A selects all parts.

Use the arrow next to Part to add a ball, wedge, corner wedge or cylinder. The Shape property changes an existing part.

Players appear on parts with "Spawn point" ticked. New maps already have one called SpawnLocation.

Add a ScreenGui to StarterGui and put Frames, TextLabels or TextButtons inside. Drag them to move and pull the white squares to resize. Yellow lines show the distance.

Insert a Script. Scripts use Lua. Press Test and read the Output panel.

print("Hello world!")

Find a part by name in workspace and set its properties.

local part = workspace.Part
part.Color = Color3.new(1, 0, 0)
part.Transparency = 0.5

Touched fires when something touches a part. This one removes health, like lava.

workspace.Lava.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
  local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
  if humanoid then humanoid:TakeDamage(10) end
end)

A Script runs on the server and decides what really happens. A LocalScript runs for one player and handles their screen and input. RemoteEvents connect them.

A Script can save numbers, text and tables with DataStoreService. In Studio tests, saves only last until you stop.

local store = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Coins")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
  local coins = store:GetAsync(player.UserId) or 0
  store:SetAsync(player.UserId, coins + 1)
end)

Give a part the material Water and players swim in it (Space rises). The material Truss can be climbed by walking against it. Players run with Shift.

Insert a Sound into a part with the plus button, choose a file and call Play from a script.

workspace.Part.Sound:Play()

Insert an Animation and double-click it. Choose a joint, move the sliders and a keyframe appears at the current time. A LocalScript can play it.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local humanoid = player.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
humanoid:LoadAnimation(game.ReplicatedStorage.Animation):Play()

Put a LocalScript inside a TextButton. Its parent is the button.

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
  print("Clicked")
end)

Click Music in the Studio bar. A Sound with a song from the free Flinzu library is added to Workspace; it loops and starts by itself. Choose another song in Properties and press Listen.

Click Sound effect, or insert a Sound into a part. The library has coins, jumps, explosions, lasers, a win sound and more. You can also upload your own MP3, OGG or WAV file.

Every library sound has an id that starts with flinzu:. Set it as SoundId and call Play.

local sound = Instance.new("Sound")
sound.SoundId = "flinzu:coin"
sound.Volume = 0.8
sound.Parent = workspace
sound:Play()

-- Songs: flinzu:music-happy, music-adventure, music-calm,
-- music-spooky, music-action, music-chill
-- Effects: spawn, coin, jump, click, pop, hit, explosion, powerup,
-- win, lose, laser, swoosh, ding, alarm, step, splash, magic,
-- beep, thud, wind

Play, Pause, Resume and Stop work in every script. PlaybackSpeed makes it faster or slower; Looped repeats it.

local music = workspace.Music
music:Pause()
wait(2)
music.PlaybackSpeed = 1.25
music:Resume()
print(music.IsPlaying)

In a LocalScript the Ended event fires when the sound has finished.

local sound = workspace.Part.Sound
sound.Ended:Connect(function()
  print("done")
end)
sound:Play()

Players hear a short sound when they join and every time they respawn. Each player can switch it off in the game settings.

Insert a Tool into StarterPack. It already has a part called Handle: that is what the player holds. Every player gets a copy in their hotbar and takes it with the keys 1 to 9.

Put a Script inside the Tool. Activated fires when the player clicks while holding it.

local tool = script.Parent

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
  print("in the hand")
end)

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
  local sound = Instance.new("Sound", tool.Handle)
  sound.SoundId = "flinzu:swoosh"
  sound:Play()
end)

The Handle touches what is in front of the player, so Touched works like on big game sites.

local tool = script.Parent
local swinging = false

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
  swinging = true
  wait(0.4)
  swinging = false
end)

tool.Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
  local humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
  if swinging and humanoid and hit.Parent ~= tool.Parent then
    humanoid:TakeDamage(20)
  end
end)

Tools in a player's Backpack show up in their hotbar. EquipTool puts one straight into the hand.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
  local tool = game.ServerStorage.Wand:Clone()
  tool.Parent = player.Backpack
  player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
  player.Character.Humanoid:EquipTool(tool)
end)

Players drop the tool in their hand with Backspace and pick tools up by walking into them. Untick CanBeDropped to keep a tool in the hand.

Insert a ProximityPrompt into a part. Near it, players see "E" with your text. Triggered fires on the server.

local prompt = workspace.Door.ProximityPrompt
prompt.ActionText = "Open"
prompt.ObjectText = "Door"

prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
  workspace.Door.Transparency = 1
  workspace.Door.CanCollide = false
end)

Set HoldDuration and players have to hold the key; a ring fills up. MaxActivationDistance sets how close they must be.

local prompt = Instance.new("ProximityPrompt")
prompt.ActionText = "Open chest"
prompt.HoldDuration = 1.5
prompt.MaxActivationDistance = 8
prompt.Parent = workspace.Chest

Open Create, click your game and choose Passes. Copy the ID of the pass for your scripts.

Check whether a player owns it, or open the purchase window.

local market = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local PASS = "paste-the-id-here"

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
  if market:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(player.UserId, PASS) then
    print(player.Name .. " has the pass")
  else
    market:PromptGamePassPurchase(player, PASS)
  end
end)

Products can be bought again and again (coins, lives, boosts). Create one under Create → your game → Developer products. A Script gives it out when it is paid.

local market = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local COINS = "paste-the-product-id-here"

-- Server Script: runs once for every purchase
market.ProcessReceipt = function(info)
  local player = game.Players:GetPlayerByUserId(info.PlayerId)
  if player and info.ProductId == COINS then
    player.leaderstats.Coins.Value += 100
  end
  return Enum.ProductPurchaseDecision.PurchaseGranted
end

-- Open the purchase window, for example from a button or a ProximityPrompt
market:PromptProductPurchase(player, COINS)

PromptGamePassPurchaseFinished fires on the server right after the purchase, so the player gets the bonus at once and does not have to rejoin.

local market = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local SPEED = "paste-the-pass-id-here"

local function apply(player)
  local humanoid = player.Character and player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
  if humanoid and market:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(player.UserId, SPEED) then
    humanoid.WalkSpeed = 28
  end
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
  player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function() wait(0.1) apply(player) end)
end)

market.PromptGamePassPurchaseFinished:Connect(function(player, passId, bought)
  if bought and passId == SPEED then apply(player) end
end)

Players pay with Sparks. A LocalScript opens the purchase window; the Flinzu games do it with their yellow Sparks shop button.

-- LocalScript in a TextButton
local market = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
  market:PromptGamePassPurchase(player, "paste-the-pass-id-here")
  -- or for a product:
  -- market:PromptProductPurchase(player, "paste-the-product-id-here")
end)

You get 70 % of every price in Sparks. Sales arrive in your wallet after 7 days, so refunds and fraud can be checked first. Pass or product: a pass is bought once and kept forever, a product can be bought again and again.

Create the badge in your game's Badges menu and award it from a Script.

local badges = game:GetService("BadgeService")
badges:AwardBadge(player.UserId, "paste-the-id-here")