Step 3 of 4 in Get started

Your first place

Build a small place, script both halves of it, and play it.

Start the place

Open Studio and choose File > New. A new place opens with a flat baseplate.

Put parts down

Press Ctrl+I to open the Insert palette, pick Part, and drag it into the viewport. Add two or three this way.

Four toolbar tools change what a drag does, and keys 1 through 4 switch between them. Each one draws its handles in the part's own axes:

Tool Key The handles it draws
Select 1 None. Clicking picks a part.
Move 2 An arrow on each axis.
Scale 3 A handle on each axis.
Rotate 4 A ring around each axis, through the part's center.

Select a part, then change it in the Properties panel: give it a color and a size. Dragging in the viewport is one way; typing the values directly is the other.

Add the server script

In the Explorer, click ServerScriptService, then drag a Script onto it from the Insert palette. The editor opens. Type:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function (player)
    print("Welcome", player.Name)
end)

print("server started")

Add the client script

Click StarterPlayer in the Explorer and drag a LocalScript onto it:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

print("client ready for", Players.LocalPlayer.Name)

Play it

Press F5. The character appears on the baseplate, and Output along the bottom shows server started from the server script and client ready for with a name from the client script. Walk with W, A, S, and D, and hold Space to jump.

Press Shift+F5 to end the test. The place returns exactly as it was, so changes made during a test do not stay. Build in edit mode, test with Play, and edit again.

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