# Roblox Roblox has become one of the biggest platforms online. Not considering it as a potential platform to build on, for fun or for profit, would be a mistake. As with any engine there are pros and cons. Balancing the pros and cons depends on the experience you are creating. ### Roblox Pros * Audience - Roblox has *millions* of players available as soon as you hit Publish. This is honestly a pretty huge benefit in comparison to having to find your own audience with other engines. * Free - Even with the significant weight of running servers for the millions of players, playing and creating for Roblox is free. * Multiplayer - Multiplayer works out of the box. * Monetization - Roblox has monetization options in built such as selling assets or game passes as well as some advertising tools you can place within your space. Even Donations can be an option. * Platform Access - Desktop, Mobile, Console, *and* VR are available from the one experience. You may have to consider each one in order to create the best experience for all though. ### Roblox Cons * Editor Experience - In comparison to Unity/Unreal the Roblox Studio is a little frustrating to use to put it nicely. Some of these are covered in the next doc, but this would be the biggest con. It is always evolving, but some of the missing features are strange seeing as Roblox came out in 2006. * Exchange rate - To *buy* Robux from Roblox is 400 Robux for $4.99. Whereas a Creator can exchange 350 Robux for $1 as long as you pass the [requirements](https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/203314100-Developer-Exchange-DevEx-FAQs). As much as it may seem like Roblox is taking up to 70% of the rate, they are supplying servers and resources that allow *millions* of users to interact with each other for *free*. * Support - It seems that a lot of support, by email or otherwise, and moderation of spaces and even plugins, is based on Bot interactions. It can be very difficult to get a straight answer. * Official Roblox Forums - Difficult to get enough permissions to post a question or reply to others. * Official Roblox Docs - Many of the docs are good, but due to the eco system having variations of complexity and updated features over many years it can be sometimes difficult to find a clear path to the task you are trying to solve. Custom Avatars is a prime example of this hard to follow pipeline. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://themattempire.gitbook.io/documentation/archive/roblox.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.