SAN FRANCISCO—At the Game Developers Conference Monday, Roblox ... a seven-line Lua function that does just that, based on a coder-defined orb object provided earlier in the code.

Minecraft is excellent for teaching coding concepts, particularly with Java, allowing players to create mods and enhance the game. Roblox introduces Lua coding through its game development ...

using the simple programming language Lua. Parents and educators loved the platform because it was seen as helping kids learn to code. Roblox can be played virtually anywhere, from an Xbox console ...

Baszucki: You can make an initial Roblox experience by dragging and dropping. If you want to become one of our top developers, you have to use code. Lua, our coding language, is built into the site.