01
Studio Story

How Two Friends Built a Roblox Game From Scratch

The story of how Goonblox Importers went from zero Roblox experience to building MergePets — a merge + idle game with 22 pet families across 4 zones.

March 27, 2026 · 6 min read
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Game Design

Fair Monetization in Roblox: Why We Said No to Pay-to-Win

How we designed MergePets to be profitable without loot boxes, gambling mechanics, or predatory monetization — and why more Roblox games should do the same.

March 27, 2026 · 5 min read
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Psychology

The Psychology Behind Merge Games: Why They Feel So Good

What makes combining two digital pets so deeply satisfying? The science of variable rewards, completion loops, and progression design in merge games.

March 27, 2026 · 5 min read
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Behind the Scenes

Building an Egyptian Pyramid Inside Roblox: 980 Parts, Zero Meshes

How we built MergePets' Desert Zone — a full-scale Egyptian pyramid interior with columns, braziers, hieroglyphs, and a secret chamber — using only BaseParts.

March 27, 2026 · 7 min read
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Lessons Learned

5 Roblox Game Design Lessons We Learned the Hard Way

From broken gacha systems to security exploits — the mistakes we made building MergePets and what every Roblox developer can learn from them.

March 27, 2026 · 6 min read