slime-factory-tycoon

Studio Setup — click by click

You need zero paid tools. Roblox Studio is free. That’s it.

1. Create the place

Studio → New → Baseplate.
File → Save to Roblox → name it. Publish now so DataStores work (they don’t run in an unpublished place).
Home → Game Settings → Security → turn ON Enable Studio Access to API Services. Without this, every DataStore call fails in Studio and you’ll think your code is broken. It isn’t.

2. Build the tree

In the Explorer, create exactly this:

ReplicatedStorage
└── Modules              (Folder)
    ├── GameConfig       (ModuleScript)
    └── Format           (ModuleScript)

ServerScriptService
├── Bootstrap            (Script)          <- server Script, RunContext = Legacy/Server
└── Services             (Folder)
    ├── DataManager      (ModuleScript)
    ├── EconomyService   (ModuleScript)
    ├── MonetizationService (ModuleScript)
    ├── PetService       (ModuleScript)
    ├── DailyRewardService  (ModuleScript)
    └── LeaderboardService  (ModuleScript)

StarterPlayer
└── StarterPlayerScripts
    ├── ClientMain       (LocalScript)
    └── UIBuilder        (ModuleScript)

How to create each one: hover the parent in Explorer → click the ⊕ → pick Script / LocalScript / ModuleScript / Folder → rename it to match exactly (names are case-sensitive in the require calls).

3. Paste the code

Open each file from src/ in this workspace and paste it into the matching object.

Workspace file	Studio object
`src/ReplicatedStorage/Modules/GameConfig.lua`	ReplicatedStorage/Modules/GameConfig
`src/ReplicatedStorage/Modules/Format.lua`	ReplicatedStorage/Modules/Format
`src/ServerScriptService/Bootstrap.server.lua`	ServerScriptService/Bootstrap
`src/ServerScriptService/DataManager.lua`	ServerScriptService/Services/DataManager
`src/ServerScriptService/EconomyService.lua`	…/EconomyService
`src/ServerScriptService/MonetizationService.lua`	…/MonetizationService
`src/ServerScriptService/PetService.lua`	…/PetService
`src/ServerScriptService/DailyRewardService.lua`	…/DailyRewardService
`src/ServerScriptService/LeaderboardService.lua`	…/LeaderboardService
`src/StarterPlayerScripts/ClientMain.client.lua`	StarterPlayerScripts/ClientMain (LocalScript)
`src/StarterPlayerScripts/UIBuilder.lua`	StarterPlayerScripts/UIBuilder (ModuleScript)

Do not create the Remotes folder by hand — Bootstrap creates it and every RemoteEvent at runtime.

4. Make the gamepasses and products

Creator Dashboard → your game → Monetization.

Passes → Create a Pass, for each of the 6 in GameConfig.Gamepasses. Copy each pass’s ID from its URL.
Developer Products → Create for each entry in GameConfig.Products. Copy the IDs.

Then paste those numbers into GameConfig replacing every id = 0. Anything left at 0 is simply skipped — the code checks for it, so you can launch with a partial set and add more later without errors.

5. Test

Test → Start with 2 players (this catches session-lock and remote bugs that solo testing hides).
Tap the vat, buy upgrades, rebirth, hatch.
Leave and rejoin: your data should persist and you should see the offline-earnings banner.
Test → Device emulation → iPhone. Check every button is reachable with a thumb and no text is clipped.

6. Art (the fastest free path)

You do not need to model anything. For v1:

The vat is a coloured circle with a UICorner — already done in code.
Pets are coloured cards — already done in code.
Later, upgrade to real art via free Toolbox meshes (filter to Creator: Roblox or verified creators only) or generate icons and upload them as Decals.

Ship with programmer art. Replace art in week 2 once you know people are playing. Do not spend week 1 on a slime model.

7. Where to change things

Balance / prices / pets / zones → GameConfig only. Never hardcode numbers elsewhere.
New upgrade → one row in GameConfig.Upgrades. The UI builds itself.
New pet → one row in GameConfig.Pets.
New zone → one row in GameConfig.Zones.

That’s the whole content pipeline. A weekly update is ~15 minutes of editing one file.

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