Has anyone here contemplated using Roblox for work?
I manage remote software development teams who have never met face to face and I find that bringing people out of their shells is difficult, and activities like icebreakers can be invaluable for this.
Roblox games are very varied and the platform seems very flexible. And it got me thinking that maybe these icebreaker activities can be gamified. Imagine a Roblox game being used to estimate stories for a sprint for instance.
Anyway, does anyone know of anyone who has done this? I'd love to know how they found it.
@gpowerf That sounds dangerously close to what Zuck is trying to do with the metaverse.
@LouisIngenthron yes. I'm actually one of the few people looking at what he is doing with some enthusiasm.
But I don't envisage using this for every meeting. It is more of a special icebreaker for a new team to be used to bring everyone out of their shell.
@LouisIngenthron true. This is a potential risk. This is making me think even more.
@gpowerf Idk, maybe it's because I haven't managed a team in a while, but it feels like the "let's use videogames as an ice-breaker" thing comes off as inherently disingenuous, like many corporate team-building activities. (Not because of what you'd be doing; because of the long history of corporate cynicism in this area)
Even if you can figure out a way to make it work, clearing that hurdle of perception seems nearly impossible.