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2 young Irish game developers earn $10K per month on Roblox

  • 02-05-2014 10:30am
    #1
    who_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭


    Venturebeat
    the company is announcing today that it has hit a milestone, with the first $10,000 monthly check going to two 18-year-olds — Conor and Darragh Griffin of Limerick, Ireland, who go by the name TheGamer101 and created a popular tournament game dubbed Sword Fighting Tournament.

    The Griffins released Sword Fighting Tournament in October 2009, and it has been played more than 25 million times. When the game gets played, the creators receive virtual currency. .......Roblox gives out 20 cents for every 100 Robucks, or virtual currency from the game.

    ...

    “The Developer Exchange program has made Roblox more than just a hobby for us,” the Griffins said in a statement. “We used to just do it for fun, but the Developer Exchange program means that all the time we have spent working on our games on Roblox will actually help us pay for our education. We are grateful for the opportunity to make Roblox a real job and are looking forward to creating more games on the platform in the future.”

    Earning 10K a month at the age of 18? Nice!

    Ok, it's probably a bit misleading since they've only received one 'monthly' cheque thus far. Have to admit, I'd never even heard of Roblox until this article, it's obviously a pretty substantial community.


Comments

  • #2
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,708 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Never heard of it either, but fair play to them.


  • #3
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Did they create it when they were 13?

    If they are 18 now they must have been at most 14 in October 2009

    I would be over the moon if 10,000 people played my free game a month, never mind making $10k!


  • #4
    Kilgore__Trout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Kilgore__Trout


    Impressive. Fair play to them!


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