Retro Dev/RetroStudio

RetroStudio is a Roblox game created by the developers of Retro Dev. RetroDev is essentially almost the same as its older counterpart, RETROBLOX, because they both try to simulate Roblox from the 2009-2015 era. Unlike it's counterpart, RetroStudio lets players create games in the game, using a built-in 2013 Roblox Studio. RetroStudio also has a built-in catalog feature, where players can purchase items and customize their 2013-esque avatar using the built-in Avatar Editor.

Gameplay
Upon joining, there are a selection of games created by other players that take place in older versions of Roblox ranging from Early 2009 - Mid 2015. You can go to your avatar page, and change your avatars body colors, shape, and items. You can also visit the avatar shop to view the items onsale, with new catalog additions every 1-2 days.

Game page
Upon loading into Retrostudio, you immediately land in the game page, where you can choose to see many of the different games on the front page. Be warned, although there are bad games, its best to play games that have a high like to dislike ratio, and avoid the ones with vice-versa. You can also view "Top Rated" or "Featured," which are usually the games of highest quality.

Studio mode
Upon going to the build tab, you have a starter place. clicking edit will open it up in a 2013-esque studio mode, with a ingame free model tab. If in the Discord server, you can use codes to import/export free models made by users.

Retrobux
Retrobux is the official currency of RetroStudio. It's used to buy items in the catalog and badges for games. Players can get Retrobux by place visits, joining the game daily, buying them, and rarely promocodes.

Catalog
Upon switching to catalog tab, there are many items to buy, such as classics like the Shaggy, Sk8r Boi, Robloxian 2.0, Radical Orange Helmet, Silly Fun, and many other items. Many of the items are suggested through the Discord server, and are added in large batches nowadays, unlike the past, where it was added + coded manually, and small-medium batches were added once or twice every few months.

Going Under Review
On December 13, 2021, Retrostudio suddenly went Under review. Many players have started speculating and fearmongering about what could have happened, however, Cristiano100, the lead developer, claimed that the game would return in 1-3 days. After 1 day the game came back.

Criticism
Although the game is being worked on hard by the developers, many issues pop up, particularly in game creation and the community.


 * Community: Ever since youtubers like Mrflimflam and Tutili have made videos reviewing the game, much of the community is now children. While this isnt all that bad, many players dislike this, as most children like playing the lack of effort/trendhopper games, claim to be an "Old Robloxian," attack users for dressing with certain items (especially with Stitchface,) and generally bring more of a toxic premise to the game, instead of a open-to-all game for people wondering how ROBLOX used to be like.
 * Lack of effort: Many front page games are very poorly made, example being a Free admin game, as the whole premise is to have free admin in a almost desolate base-plate, along with players abusing the admin commands.
 * Block coding and blacklisting: many of the players who rely on block-coding to make a well-made game are constantly hassled by the blacklisting of certain words, as it makes it impossible to get their game going when one of the features is impossible to code.
 * "Game era" trends: Many players follow a trend of using the same game era years to make games that are considered "bad" by many of other players, such as "Among us" games using the game era of Mid 2015, which many players consider to be unrealistic, as Among us didn't exist then, "ROBLOX NPC's are becoming smart!" games, as the first video was released in 2016, and the trend becoming popular in 2021, and "FNF" games, as the communities are perceived as "unfunny" and "annoying" by most, which usually leads to the games being disliked as being obvious trend-riders.
 * Game breakage: sometimes after saving the game, the game could have broke all scripts, including spawns, admin commands, click-detectors, doors, and other models involving scripts. many players were frustrated by this, as it happened randomly, and no one knew how to fix it.
 * Bugs: Dating from September 3, 2021, the mobile jump button bug was fixed, as for a while it had been broken, making mobile players unable to play many games.
 * Broken features: Many classic things (such as skateboards, AlexNewtron's YOU FAILED death screen, and Morph Magic) have suddenly broken, as ROBLOX has updated even more throughout the year-long period RETROSTUDIO has been created. Many players/developers find these certain bugs angering, as for example, skateboards disappear in games that are below Late 2013. This may ruin the immersion for a developer making/recreating a skating game that took place in a timeline before Late 2013.
 * Non-block coded games: Due to block coding being released, many people find games that should be coded (such as SIMON SAYS) as redundant, as there is no need for manual games at this point, and find the games as extremely low effort, as such games have been made with block-coding.