Debt Escape

Gamified financial literacy education through Roblox!

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Debt Escape: Learn Finances the Fun Way 💸

💡Inspiration

There are over 80 million daily active users on Roblox under the age of 17. Meanwhile, over 50% of teens have never taken a formal financial literacy class. We realized that if you want to teach the next generation, you shouldn’t look for them in a classroom... you should look for them where they’re already playing! Roblox!

Debt Escape was born from a simple "no-brainer": turning "boring" adult concepts like interest rates and debt management into interactive and intense gameplay. By meeting players where they are, we can turn financial anxiety into financial mastery.

What is Debt Escape⁉️

Debt Escape is a Roblox game where players learn financial literacy through fun and exciting mini games! Players start $10,000 in debt, and have to climb their way out by beating games with the highest scores they can. Including:

  • Common Cents: Financial Terms Quiz under Pressure
  • Bill Blaster: Debt Avalanche Method put to Practice
  • Side Hussel: Learn the Entrepreneurial basics
  • Budget Factory: Sort bills by Needs, Wants, and Savings

After getting out of debt, players then need to face the final boss... Bill! Dodging his attacks while fighting back will finally allow them to achieve financial freedom!

Teaching players critical financial knowledge through fun game play

💻How we built it

We built Debt Escape in Roblox Studio, which uses LuaU for programming. We also made use of Claude Code through an MCP server for rapid development within this tight time constraint. The final boss was modeled with Blender and textured with Photoshop. And our UI was designed with Figma!

🚧 Challenges we ran into

We ran into issues with rigging the the final boss and took up too much of our time. Instead of giving up, we pivoted and decided to animate it using trigonometric functions like sine waves for fluid movement.

🏆 Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • We learned how to use powerful AI tools like Claude Code in Roblox Studio which can be used for future games we make! It proved to be super useful to build quickly.
  • We also had a teammate (Sebastian) with almost no previous Roblox game development experience and we still came out with a finished product!

🧠 What we learned

  • Stevin learned more about how to create smooth animations, detailed textures, and better models for our Boss fight.
  • Sebastian learned about the basics of Roblox Studio, building in Studio, and LuaU scripting for mini games.

📈What's next for Debt Escape?

Create more mini games, bosses, and educational content to teach more financial literacy skills to the next generation!

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