Core scripts

The core game loop in Roblox Battle Royale is generally handled by two scripts, specifically ServerScriptService/Server on the server and StarterPlayer/StarterPlayerScripts/Client on the client.

Initial setup#

The ReplicatedFirst/InitialSetup script configures a few engine-level systems — built-in UI, chat, etc. — and ensures that the client loads the assets referenced in ReplicatedFirst/Configurations/AssetPreloads before proceeding.

Game stages#

The initialization and updating of specific systems is done differently depending on the current stage of the game. Most of these cases are handled by ServerScriptService/Core/GameStageHandler on the server and ReplicatedStorage/Core/StageManager on the client. When a stage is requested, a module of the same name is required and various setup functions called on it. If there is already a module handling the current stage, shutdown functions are called on it prior to the new stage handler being initialized.

Places/server roles#

Within ReplicatedFirst/Configurations/MainConfiguration, different gameplay modes are organized into lists of stages to be executed.

local _roleStages = {
	Lobby = {"Lobby"},
	Queue = {"Queue"},
	Gameplay = {"Waiting", "Gameplay", "EndGame"},
}

There are 3 different roles that a place can have:

• Lobby — Initial place where options like game mode are selected.
• Queue — Where a cohort of players gather for a particular game mode, building and fighting while waiting for the configured number of minimum players. Once the minimum numbers of players have arrived, a countdown will start, currently configured for 3:00 minutes, at the end of which gameplay will be initiated.
• Gameplay — The place where skydiving takes place and the game is played until completion.