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.
@bpub @aschaffar very interesting. Thanks. Roblox seems super flexible! I've seen people implement yoga tutorials, dance clubs, complete wild west sumulations, etc...
@bpub that is a good point! I didn't consider Linux support. But thankfully everyone in that team has access to Windows. Except me!
@gpowerf I just now read in the roblox wiki that as of January 2022 it is supported via Wine in Linux as well.
@bpub perfect.
@gpowerf Yeah, I already wanted to take a look at it, but at the time it didn't support Linux so this was only a short lived research for me :)
But I also heard that it is super flexible, so go for it! :)
I think the key ingredient is that you have a good plan regarding your setting and what you want to achieve with it. Prepare a space facilitates what you want to achieve. Like mentioned creative space for a reflection session or smth. alike.
Since you said that this is a remote work environment I think anything like this already constitutes value for the team.