How to make a Roblox simulator (with AI)

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5 files · 1158 lines · one recipe call

Sample output: ServerScriptService/SimulatorServer.lua

--!strict
-- Generated by Picoo recipe: simulator_loop
-- collect -> currency -> multiplier -> rebirth

-- (excerpt)

--------------------------------------------------------------------
-- CURVES — the whole game is these three functions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Cost grows geometrically, power grows more slowly. Each upgrade then takes a
-- little longer to earn than the last, so upgrades never turn trivial while the
-- numbers grow, which is the rhythm players actually stay for.
local function upgradeCost(level: number): number
	return math.floor(BASE_COST * COST_GROWTH ^ level)
end

local function powerOf(d: Data): number
	-- Rebirths are a separate, linear multiplier on top. Folding them into the
	-- same exponential is what makes late numbers unreadable.
	return POWER_GROWTH ^ d.level * (1 + 0.5 * d.rebirths)
end

local function rebirthRequirement(rebirths: number): number
	return math.floor(REBIRTH_REQ * (rebirths + 1) ^ 1.5)
end

-- (excerpt)

--------------------------------------------------------------------
-- REBIRTH PAD
--------------------------------------------------------------------

rebirthPad.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local character = hit:FindFirstAncestorOfClass("Model")
	local player = character and Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
	local d = player and data[player.UserId]
	if not player or not d or not padReady(player) then return end
	-- Rebirth saves too: never over a failed load. A live server does nothing for
	-- that player; a Studio play test rebirths in memory only (below).
	if not loaded[player.UserId] and not playTest[player.UserId] then return end

	local need = rebirthRequirement(d.rebirths)
	if d.coins < need then return end

	-- ORDER MATTERS. Compute the next state, PERSIST it, and only then apply it.
	-- Clearing progress before the save means a failure in between leaves the
	-- player wiped with nothing gained, and that is unrecoverable.
	local nextState: Data = { coins = 0, level = 0, rebirths = d.rebirths + 1 }
	if loaded[player.UserId] then
		local _, err = safe(function() return (STORE :: DataStore):SetAsync("u_" .. player.UserId, nextState) end)
		if err then
			warn("[Simulator] rebirth save failed, nothing changed: " .. err)
			return
		end
	end

	data[player.UserId] = nextState
	stats(player)
	-- The one moment in a simulator worth a full reveal: the player just traded
	-- everything they had for it.
	Feedback.reveal(rebirthPad, { name = "REBIRTH " .. nextState.rebirths, weight = 1, color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 190, 90) }, { player = player })
end)