The power of community collaboration

“Michael McHale”

Director of Products, Roblox

Michael from Robox

Our January 2022 guest, Michael McHale, is Director of Product at Roblox. Many people assume that Roblox builds a lot of games but the truth is they don’t make any games. Instead, they build a platform and tools that their community developers and creators can use to make and distribute games.

Our kids learned a bit about what you have to think about when making games. Building games requires many people working closely together and testing many times. If you love playing games, think of making your own games. You might fail to make one at the beginning but if you learn from each attempt, you will get somewhere. Failure is the mother of success.

Imagination is something individual but creativity requires feedback. Creating things in a community environment where you can exchange feedback with others is super important. Roblox and TaleTree have the common goal of enabling these interactions among people that share the same passions.

“Our mission at TaleTree is to empower kids around the world to build confidence and social, emotional skills through sharing their creative nature and kindness with their peers”