Roblox NPC Quest System

Create a quest engine, capable of serving multiple quests to your players, tracking their progress, and giving rewards!

Created by: Brendon Ross
Roblox Accredited Educator

What Will I Learn?

• How to manage your project files.
• Download and import Models into Roblox Studio correctly.
• Enable API Services to make use of Datastores.
• Create a Main Script to manage players joining and leaving your game.
• Learn to comment your code in a meaningful way.
• Create a game currency to reward your players.
• How to display game values on the screen using leaderstats.
• Create hidden folders to hold values players don’t need to see.
• Create “Quest State” variables to track your players progress as they complete their quests.
• How to use various data types in different ways to achieve your coding goals.
• Create useful print statements joining messages and values to test your game.
• Create a quest giver script that allows your players to interact with the quest giver.
• Learn to Move,Rotate and Scale parts and models to meet your games needs.
• Use Touch functions to trigger code when a player touches a part in your game.
• How to access the folders and values you create in different scripts for each player.
• Learn what different error messages mean, and how to fix them.
• How to access and change text in a GUI using code.
• Learn about quest logic to let your quest giver make decisions.
• How to use Module Scripts in a number of ways.
• Create dictionaries using JSON format to manage quest data in a easy to read and use way.
• Create dialogue for your quest giver to say to your players, and how to make it appear one line at a time.
• Create an Apple pickup your player can use to complete a quest.
• Use code to restrict which players can pickup and use quest items.
• Create a functions module to store common functions used by a number of scripts.
• Reward your players with in game currency when they complete quests.
• Control multiple parts with one script using tagged parts and the Collection Service.
• Learn make parts move in the workspace using code.
• Spawn functions that control a mini game we create in the project.
• Change the colour of the fields in a quest depending on how much they have been watered.
• Create new values for parts in the game on the fly using code.
• Learn to use Datastores to save and load your players data when they enter and leave your game.
• Add sound effects and music to your game using regions that allow the music to change when your players move between different areas.

Requirements

• Have a Mac or PC with Roblox Studio installed

Target audience

• Intermediate to advanced Roblox Studio coders