NUKE THE WHALES

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NUKE THE WHALES
Maturity	Minimal
Creator	Shedletsky
Month created	November 2006
Visits	Around 1,000,000FLAG::SUSPECTED_NCU
Genre	N/A
Former GenreThis experience's genre prior to the September 26, 2024 genre update.	Comedy
Voice chat disabled Camera animation disabled
Page last updated on October 7, 2025

The current nuke the whales poster that Shedletsky has used in this place.

Nuke the Whales is an experience created by the former Roblox administrator Shedletsky. In the game, players are armed with an explosive harpoon which they can use to destroy whales. By default, the game lasts for 5 minutes. The goal of the game is to destroy the whales generated around the map.

The whales' innards contain blubber, which players must collect. Players must collect as much blubber as they can before before the end of the game. The amount of blubber they collect during each round will affect the explosion power of their harpoons. At the end of the game, the player with the most blubber wins. The blubber looks like yellow small squares, and you are allowed to take other people’s blubber.

Following the paid access update, Nuke the Whales has become controversial due to Shedletsky making it paid access and advertising it as the 'worst game evar', turning this classic somewhat into a troll's game.

This game used to cost 25 Robux, but it is now free. 

Harpoon

The harpoon given to players at the beginning of each round spawns a rocket that flies towards whatever their mouse is pointing to when the player clicks. The rocket will have several different attributes based on the amount of blubber the player has:

Rocket Chart for the Harpoon

Blubber Amount	Power	Color of Rocket	Explosion Radius of Rocket
0	1	Bright red	4
3	2	Bright orange	6
5	3	Bright yellowish orange	8
7	4	Bright yellow	10
9	5	Cool Yellow	12
11	6	White	14
13	7	Entirely reflective	16

Rocket explosions. Strength increases from left to right.

Rockets. Strength increases from left to right.

Whale Spawning

Whales have several factors in their spawning that are modified by the game script.

A whale from Nuke The Whales

Time

By default, at the beginning of the game, 15 whales are spawned in random location around the map. After that, a whale is spawned approximately every 10 seconds in the map.

Location

Each whale on the map spawns randomly anywhere within the place. Below is how you can calculate a randomly generated whale's position within the map.

Whales can spawn with 1-3 blocks of blubber inside them.

The formula to calculate a generated whale's position is:

$x = (random-0.5)*500, y = 80+((random-0.5)*100), z = (random-0.5)*500,''$ So if random = 1 for x, y, and z then the calculation for x is (1–0.5), which equals 0.5, then:

$0.5 * 500 = 250, y = (1-0.5)$ Which equals 0.5, then:

$0.5 * 100 = 50, 50 + 80 = 130, z = (1-0.5)$ Which equals 0.5, then 0.5 * 500 = 250. Therefore, if the random number is 1 for all of them, x = 250, y = 130, and z = 250.

Model

Each whale is hollow and spawns with a random amount of blubber in them, ranging from 1-3 blocks of blubber.

The whale model

Map

The game mainly takes place in an area that is supposed to simulate being under the sea. The area is shaped like a square and can be divided up into four sections that are exactly identical - here are the elements of each section and the dividers:

The Nuke The Whales Map

Blue Spire: Located next to the spire pyramid.

Platform - divides each section.

Rock Ramp - Faces the center of the map - the spawn.

Spire Pyramid - in the center of each section.

The Spawn Spire - at the corner of each section facing the center. Where players spawn.

Trivia

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• Shedletsky once sold a gamepass that would allow Robloxians to get into advertisements for NUKE THE WHALES. People who bought the game pass include CloneTrooper1019, TheInnovative (previously known as Chubbs21), StarMarine614 StarMarine614 is a notable creator or influencer verified by Roblox Corporation. Learn more., Alexnewtron Alexnewtron is a notable creator or influencer verified by Roblox Corporation. Learn more., loleris loleris is a notable creator or influencer verified by Roblox Corporation. Learn more., and NowDoTheHarlemShake.
• Shedletsky once hosted an event in late October 2013 where every whale that spawned would appear as a Doge. Every whale on the game's iconic thumbnail were replaced with doge heads. They also ran advertisements for this event. It is unknown how long this event lasted.
• The map for this game was also used in Freeze Tag.
• This game is a reference to the TV show The Simpsons. In the episode Lisa's Date with Density, the character Nelson Muntz has a political poster that says nuke the whales. When Lisa Simpsons asks him about it he says "I dunno gotta nuke something"
• One of the levels in the game was created by BLOX31 and one of them by BlackholeTrain.