#roblox programming lore

This is only gonna be part 1 since there are a FUCK ton of languages.

All of them are apart of the C-family of programming languages.

Besides Lua of course (i didnt realize,only after i finished this and actually started to research so I can write this out)

The C-family is usualy characterizied by the use of curly bracekts and semi-colons ( {} and ; ),aswell as paramters delimited by parentheses ' () '

C is the parent (created 1972) and C++ being a direct descendant of C (1979).

The difference between scripting languages and programming languages is very simple.

Every scripting language is a programming language,but not all programming languages are scripting languages.

Scripting languages are only interperted at a certain runtime,whole P.L. are compiled ahead of time.

S.L. are alooooot slowr that their P.L. counterparts. S.L. are dependent on programs and enviroments to run at all,while P.L. can run independantly directly on the OS of the computer.

S.L. are veeery simple and light weight while P.L. are code-intensive with complex builds.

Errors are only found during the runtime of the vode being executed for S.L. while errors are caught during the compilation phase before the code can run.

Python and Javascript need an 'interpreter' to process line by line so it can be executed,while C++ or Rust need a 'compiler'. Interpreters read line by line in real-time as the program is running,while Compiler's read ALL of it all at once (also to catch errors before the code can run). Lua uses both actually,which surprised even me.The Compiler is actually used first and turns it into bytecode and then the Lua Virtual Machine or VM then reads the bytecode line by line using its internal interpreter.

Now,lets skip to my explanation of each of these languages in the universe of Robloxia.

Lua - even though its a simple lightweight scripting language,it still lives inside every Robloxian and what gives them Life. Lua powers imagination and is considered magical in a way. Though,the Roblox games are programmed using 'Luau' which is just a short term to refer to Roblox Lua (a faster version of Lua).All in-game scripts and gameplay mechanics are written in Luau. Veeery event-driven to (if a player touches a button,then this happens and etc.)

But guess what i also found out @cosmica-galaxy ?

THE DAMN ROBLOX ENGINE,THE VERY CORE OF IT,IS BUILT BY C++.

I stumbled upon this delightful information beacuse my curiosity was very hungry to search about the roblox game engine to understand it better and to write it here in more detail...You have no idea the dopamine hit i got,hehehe.

But that would also mean....(Possibly) That 2x2 knows how C++ works- or he cant understand it beacuse their human creators put some type of 'limiter' on them or Robloxia as a whole beacuse thats the damn CORE of their universe. They shouldnt mess with what's keeping their universe in check,whole and in balance.

We can speak about this later-

C-Family

C is the proud father of 70 programming languages (DAMN BUSY AS HELL)

Though I mostly see them as elements and types of rock (C is malachite if you are wondering),given C++ is a fucking powerhouse compared to all of them,it is larger and much more like a liquid and gas (though,this is entering the territory of TFTOR and they way i interpret information,magic and code - still not written down),the reason why Lua and C++ are mostly like this in the picture is beacuse they are both used in Robloxia, Lua is the manipulatable kind (used by admins and hackers alike),while C++ is the 'Order' to Lua's 'Chaos',C++ gives the paramters,structures of the world of Robloxia...hmm,i can compare it to DNA and RNA, the DNA is C++ while the RNA is Lua. Given their function in cells,DNA is practically trapped in the nucleus ( the core of the universe of Robloxia) while RNA travels through the cell (universe) giving information and instructiona from the DNA (practically the manipulatable kind and information giver,the bridge to allow creation in Robloxia to even be possible)

C# and Objective-C. C# is used by Microsoft whole Objective C is used by Apple (for older models,while Swift,another member of the C-family has been used as a replacement since 2014). Though using these two should be treated with caution (like all languages of the c-family) .Objective-C has a lot of vulnerabilities beacuse itnhas loose null-safety lines (null safety is a programming feature designed to eliminate nullpointerexception,which means that it ensures variables to not hold null unles explcitiy allowed). Has bad pattern-matching and the value types are veeery complex. They inherited the pointer vulnerabilities from C which can lead to memory leaks or crashes. C# has a garbage collection that osnautomatic,which is convinient but it will allow a low frame per second rate , also application speeds plumet due to high level abstractions.

Thats why they arent used as much,they have an jnusual syntax but also their own vulnerabiltiies listed up ahead.Objective-C is practically forgotten by the masses,overshadowed by Swift.

But if used in Robloxia,these two would have only great use in battles (C#) and excellent in creating (Objective-C, though used with caution due to its many vulnerabilities and syntax)

Java, Javascript and Python

Java is programming language while the other two are scripting languages. They are VERY popular and they are moderate/high in terms of learning difficutly,slightly harder than C# and Objective-C. Java is very stable and versatile for backends and used mostly for Android applications.It is veryyy strict with its variables and data types.This language is very secure and scalable,but it takes a lot of code to make even the simplest program. Java is used for enterprise the most (and why its highly valued in today's market)

Javascript is the Master of the Web,modern web browers lean on this language,used for frontend web development and dynamic interfaced and can make hybrid mobile apps. The syntax is the same as in every memebr for the c-family. Though a non-neogtiable for web interfaces ,but due its flexibility is its downfall,its achilles heal, can lead to harder to fix bugs and the code is harder to maintain if the project is large.

Python is designed to be simple and readable to even the most junior programmer. Used in AI, data analysis and machine mearning due to this readability and simplicity.Code is very clean and minimalist, best language for begginers.... Though its aloooot slower in execution compared to any language in this list,mostly due to it being interperted to c++ theeen to machine readable code.

But in Robloxia,if the human ever uses one of these three would be a buffed version of Lua. Java is the best bet here,due to its stability and versatility,though i have a headcanon that it can hurt the user mostly beacuse due to how stable it is and its trying its best to 'correct' what it thinks is 'wrong' (if you know what i mean),its like a fire that clings to the arms and neck ,some parts of the chest,the most.Scalability allows more complex 'spells' and gadgets due to this. The best bet here for practically anything, given its easier to learn than c++ and a fast track to 'deityhood' compared to Lua

Javascript would be the best in terms of interaction . Better than Lua in terms of creation and alot more versatile compared to it. I think they would be the better alternative to objective-c of the reader wants to 'create' things,expiriences... Its a very powerful language to power servers too. It could be used as a powerful source of power in stability for the servers. Though its not the best in security.But its more a pink flame and only clings to the front of the chest(as in frontend,ha-)

Python is alot more powerful than Lua and veeery easy to learn.the fastest way to gain power.Best for security and taking down hackers. Python reminds me of Minos Prime from Ultrakill (que Order playing in the backround).its acts like electricity and the essence is usually around the elbow all the way down to the back hand.It acts like snakes and can speak (why?beacuse when writting in this language is very simple and has alot of english words understandable to its user,so its kind of like a headcannon that the 'essence'/snakes can speak,though very little)

And now the big guns, C++

The language I know best but also the core of the engine as a whole in Robloxia. It has maaaany libraries for data structures. Object-orienzed and compiles directly to machine code very fast. Allows manipulation of its code of storage adresses and hardware directly by the usage of pointers.Its extremely portable (with some adjustments) and canvbe used acroy many OS's. There is alot of documentation of this language,maaany compilers and VERY GOOD for games.

Though it lacks a garbage collection which makes it prone to leaks and crashes if not used correctly. It has a steep learning curve. A fucking struggle to comprehend pointers and refrences. Strict and Cryptic syntax and it demands manual 'checkups' (if i can phrase it like that). And not to mention the error outputs are difficult to understand (WTF DO YOU MEAN EXPECTED '}' WHEN ITS ALREADY THERE??!!) (check that out yourself). Though it has a high risk of security bugs if not well written.

Though,its the best here in terms of use in all categories,but the code in c++ must be VERY precise,even the smallest mistake will throw the whole thing off (talking from expirience,im still technically a beginner,sitll learning this language and its many libraries)

But i imagine that C++ is similar like Lua in Robloxia.It produces alot more esccence and is alot more blue (a royal blue to be precise) and it acts like a gas,similar like Lua (all over the body and sparkly). C++ is less sparkly but it has 'shooting stars',the hair is the most effected here (floaty and looks like tendrils,no matter the gender,that hair WILL GROW IN FUCKING METERS - a headcannon beacuse C++ must be maintained time to time,more so than Lua),it also effects the eyes more than Lua,turning any eye color to the shades of blue and yellow,mostly yellow.It also heavily hangs out around the hands and feet,leaving trails (memory leaks con).

I headcannon that only Lua and C++ (which are what keep Robloxia in balance) can produce those crstalys.Technically still Lua crstals,but the c++ ones would be alot more harder to produce by the body but also i would call them 'Sea Crystals' (HA,SEE THE PUN???),mostly beacuse they lopk like the deep sea,a dark churning blue hue with more stardust compared to Lua Crsytals. (Still,they can be called C Crstalys,but i love my creativity :D)

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I have been writting this for like 2 and a half hours.More spent on writting than drawing 😭

I allow the picture to be used by anyone for their own creative purposes (aswell as headcannons in this text) (just please mention me-)

Any questions?(Anyone can ask in the messges or in the ask,anything really)

Im really looking forward talking about Code,compiler,interpreter and Game engines, Cosmica Galaxy.

Your local programmer here on tumblr that is still learning :D

(why the forsaken,phighting and deadly delivery tags are here is mostly due to me wanting to reach a bigger audience beacuse in a way its connected to these 'worlds/dimensions')

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I have started a conversation in the previous post about Lua and its uses in the real world but also in the world of Roblox. Same with the PL's (Programming languages) from the Curly Brackets Family (C-Family). The Roblox Engine at its very center is made out of C++ code.

This does give us a hint in the lore of Roblox that these two PL's are used,not just Lua. Though why we dont see mentions of it in the Roblox Chronicles might have a deeper reason.

This is speculation on my part but I do believe that the humans responsible for the creation of 2x2 and Roblox as a whole might've put a some sort of barrier or limiter of the comprehension of C++. C++ is litterally what makes up the game engine,so if any hacker or other 3rd party robloxian gets their hands on it would spell out trouble. Quite brutally,C++ is keeping the rendering and physics of their universe in pristine condition.Allowing the world to grow and adapt,yet limits to what ends they can go to.

So,i will be reffering to these humans as "The Progenitors" from now on.

The Progenitors placed a mental block on every single code-being of Roblox to be unable to comprehend C++. Lua is fine,being the way Robloxians can create new things, and can be manipulated by anyone. C++?No mentions of them,practically forgotten. I believe even 2x2 doesnt know and yet is the Roblox equivelent to GOD,though he might have an idea that there is an even stronger force,similar to Lua yet different,keeping the world stabilizied.This also might be why Robloxians CAN'T create new code,beacuse that would effectively bring chaos in Roblox and basically its 2B2T.

But we havent touched the most important part.

Code Rot

What is Code Rot?Otherwise known as Software Decay/Rot is the process of code becoming more and more 'outdated' due to API's,other Software or OS's being modified and changed overtime.This leads to the code 'rotting' and notmworking properly,the outcome being that it becomes a slow incomprihensible mess no one wants to get near.Take MeepCity for an example,it was so popular yet now the minigames are barely even functional.Why?Beacuse the game hasnt been updated to fall in line with the updates that have happened.Small change in that code there,and over there....Yeah,you get it by this point.

But this is also my working theory on how John Doe got corrupted in the first place. Faulty rotted code slipped and infected him.It had enough time to rot and rot....until it was a black mess of broken code.

Given the corruption IS sentient,this lead me to believe that Lua and C++ might be sentient too. Though,the corruption might be sentient beacuse it had enough time to become aware of itself and its surroundings. Though,Lua and C++ can only be sentient enough to do their job,but not feel in the traditional sense.Only capable of doing their 'god-given' work for the rest of time.Them feeling emotions would only get in the way of their work,and plus,feeling for something that is affectivly 'a part of them' is useless in their eyes.They cant meddle in the world,only maintain it.That's 2x2's job. (alll of this is just headcannons at this point)

But I have to go back to the code rot and its definition. If we do believe that Roblox is its own universe and hasnt had human involvment in DECADES,the sentient code's might've picked uo the slack that their progenitors couldnt (pracitcally abandoned at this point).But that would still leave a lot of room for Code Rot to set in. There are things even the two cant even do themselves and need help from their creators,especially if one of them starts going faulty.

So thats why I believe that the progenitors are still involved with roblox (like in reallife,but wont talk much about it),though we have to take it with a grain of salt that Roblox is most likely hidden from the greater populatiom of Earth.

Im going to leave these 2 theories vague on purpose to allow room for interpertation.

But personally,i view these Progenitors to be some teenagers obsessed with creation that they effectively made 2x2 and Roblox,and now they just do maintenance once in a while and is a secret between them.Checking if there are any bugs or updating that needs to be done. Though,its very much a secret in their group and they dont plan on revealing it to the public,fearing the government would take 'them' away and expirement the world they created. (I can just imagine how big the files are or how much the electricity bill is...fahhhhhh) But this would also explain why C++ doesnt get Code Rot compared to their sibling. Maintenance is being done babyyyy (whiny little bitch,needs regular maintenance AHHH)(its a love-hate relationship between me and C++,fucking hell is what you cause me)

Aaaanyways.Lets touch upon on HOW the human would be using C++,if they ever get their hands in it

Human using C++ instead of Lua

Now,the differences of Lua and C++ have been said in the previous post but i might mention it here or add new things.

Lua is very much 'magic' here and can be used by anyone that knows this 'tounge of the gods'. Humans can weave new code like a wizard,since robloxians can't create new code. Lua WAS created to be manipulated by The Progenitors race for their own purposes. This also means C++ can be manipulated too.

If the Human knew C++ before landing in Forsaken/Deadly Delivery/Phighting,they would still have difficulty using C++.

Its alot more dangerous compared to Lua. Lua has interperters and compilers and is made safe to be used by admins (and others). But C++?Hellll no! They would be EXTREMELY unstable,and given 2x2 himself doesnt know it?Yeah,you are on your own figuring it how to use it safely.

I headcanon that C++,if used like Lua,cant produce the same resultsmbeacuse it doesnt have the same safeguards as Lua does (made to be used for creation and by admins),but C++ wasnt made to be used by the code-beings at all!So,no safeguards.The moment you start to conjur it up,if you dont have aclearhead space,that shit is exploding in your hands.Even the most simplest shape or line of code will be thrown off if you made even the smallest of mistakes.

Practically acting like a handheld bomb.

So,they will have to learn Lua first to have some knowledge on how its commands and..everything works.After that,they can start working on a Script that prevents the C++ creations to not explode. Aswell as 'enchantments' to not damage them,or their clothing, to not explode and to keep it stable. Gloves 'enchanted' with this will be a MUST

After thats done,the code will be faulty if not made correctly. Not code corruption or rot,but faulty.It wont work.So a script that will autocorrect mistakes the human has made,but that also means a compiler is in order beacuse SOMETHING has to read all that,and thats a compilers job. Plus,its a safer bet than interperters that only run their checks during the running phase,but compilers do it before the code can run. That will prevent future accidents or unecessary death.

Still,C++ will still be EXTREMELY volatile.Practicing shapes will be a first to understanding how to use in the world of Robloxia (we have to take into considerstion that this is fictional use of code,not how its done IRL).Then size,colour,fast switches.Yeah....

Overall,both need alot of practice to use in Robloxia. Any other PL other than these two will be a pain to use due to them not having much relations with Robloxia,maaaybe only those whole belong to the C-family (C++) and LISP or Pascal Family (Lua,there is alot more,they come from lots fo families 😭)

Like i said,im leaving this vague (or i believe i am) to be left for the imagination.

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This is the 2nd of the last post,reaaally fun to write! Code Rot came to my mind only like today and i was like "dammit!why didnt i talk about that" :P

Part 1

Given its a huge problem in old roblox games and i feeeel soo bad for them!So many old iconic games are going to waste.I question if they are even archived at all! But more on that later.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this.Im always up for discussion :D

I will be adding extra tags to reach a furthur audience beacuse this is related to Roblox as a whole :D