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Zander Brumbaugh
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Zander Brumbaugh is an independent programmer, project manager, and game designer. The games he has made or contributed to have been played more than 300 million times. Some popular titles include My Salon, Power Simulator, Munching Masters, etc. With the games he has created, he has been able to create a successful business while in college; he currently attends the University of Washington and is part of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. At the time of writing, Zander is 19 years old.
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Setting up the frontend

With the backend of the experience fully complete, the remainder of this chapter will be used to create what players will interact with most directly. This will primarily include working with the UI.

Working with the UI

Up until this point, we have stayed away from creating or using any interface. The closest thing we have come to it is working with the leaderstats system, which is entirely automated. In this section, we will be creating a simple UI using instances provided by Roblox in order to become familiar with their associated properties, display important information to players, and provide additional engaging features.

Game message and remaining players display

To create UI for your experience, the first thing that you will need to do is navigate to the StarterGui service under the Explorer. After finding it, you should parent a new ScreenGui instance directly to the service and name it Main. By default, the properties of the ScreenGui...

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Zander Brumbaugh

Zander Brumbaugh is an independent programmer, project manager, and game designer. The games he has made or contributed to have been played more than 300 million times. Some popular titles include My Salon, Power Simulator, Munching Masters, etc. With the games he has created, he has been able to create a successful business while in college; he currently attends the University of Washington and is part of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. At the time of writing, Zander is 19 years old.
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