Build Animation

Lesson 11 of 18 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Factory Tycoon course.

Bought items pop into place. A tycoon feels better when they rise out of the ground and fade in. A tween does it: remember where the part belongs and how see-through it should be, move it 8 studs down and make it invisible, then tween it back:

local goal = part.Position
local transparency = part.Transparency
part.Position = goal - Vector3.new(0, 8, 0)
part.Transparency = 1
TweenService:Create(part, TweenInfo.new(1), { Position = goal, Transparency = transparency }):Play()

An item can be one part (a dropper) or a Model of parts (the walls), so build rises the item itself if it is a part, and every part inside it.

A dropper that starts while it is still underground drops its first ore into the void, so a bought dropper starts once it has landed: task.delay(1, startDropper, item) runs it a second later.

Challenge

Medium

Animate building:

Get TweenService and write riseIn(part) as in the lesson.
In build, after moving the item into the factory: rise the item if it is a BasePart, and every BasePart among its descendants.
Start a bought dropper with task.delay(1, startDropper, item).

Press Play and watch the walls go up, then Check.

Try it yourself

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")
local Settings = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Settings)

local tycoon = workspace.Tycoon
local items = ServerStorage.TycoonItems
local owner = nil

print("Ore is worth " .. Settings.OreValue .. " Cash")

-- Every player gets Cash on the leaderboard
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player

	local cash = Instance.new("IntValue")
	cash.Name = "Cash"
	cash.Parent = leaderstats
end)

-- The sign above the factory
local gui = Instance.new("SurfaceGui")
gui.Parent = tycoon.Sign

local signLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
signLabel.Name = "Status"
signLabel.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
signLabel.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 25, 35)
signLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
signLabel.TextScaled = true
signLabel.Text = "Step on the green pad to claim this factory"
signLabel.Parent = gui

local function setSign(text)
	signLabel.Text = text
end

-- Ore: a small part worth Cash, dropped under a dropper
local function dropOre(dropper)
	local ore = Instance.new("Part")
	ore.Name = "Ore"
	ore.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1)
	ore.Color = Color3.fromRGB(150, 150, 160)
	ore.Position = dropper.Position - Vector3.new(0, 2.5, 0)
	ore:SetAttribute("Value", Settings.OreValue)
	if math.random() < Settings.GoldChance then
		ore.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 200, 40)
		ore.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
		ore:SetAttribute("Value", Settings.OreValue * 5)
	end
	ore.Parent = workspace
	Debris:AddItem(ore, 20)
end

-- A dropper runs one loop, however often it is started
local function startDropper(dropper)
	if dropper:GetAttribute("Running") then
		return
	end
	dropper:SetAttribute("Running", true)
	task.spawn(function()
		while dropper:IsDescendantOf(workspace) do
			dropOre(dropper)
			task.wait(Settings.DropInterval)
		end
		dropper:SetAttribute("Running", nil)
	end)
end

-- The conveyor carries whatever rests on it
tycoon.Conveyor.AssemblyLinearVelocity = Vector3.new(Settings.BeltSpeed, 0, 0)

-- The collector turns ore into Cash
tycoon.Collector.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Name == "Ore" then
		local value = hit:GetAttribute("Value")
		hit:Destroy()
		if owner then
			owner.leaderstats.Cash.Value += value
		end
	end
end)

-- The upgrader doubles each ore that passes through it, once
items.Upgrader.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Name == "Ore" and not hit:GetAttribute("Upgraded") then
		hit:SetAttribute("Upgraded", true)
		hit:SetAttribute("Value", hit:GetAttribute("Value") * 2)
		hit.Color = Color3.fromRGB(155, 89, 182)
	end
end)

-- Put a bought item in the factory
local function build(item)
	item.Parent = tycoon.Built
	if item:HasTag("Dropper") then
		startDropper(item)
	end
end

-- Buying: the pad goes away and its item is built
local function buy(pad, player)
	if player ~= owner or pad.Parent ~= tycoon.Buttons then
		return
	end
	local cash = player.leaderstats.Cash
	local price = pad:GetAttribute("Price")
	if cash.Value < price then
		return
	end
	cash.Value -= price
	pad.Parent = ServerStorage
	build(items:FindFirstChild(pad:GetAttribute("Item")))
end

for _, pad in tycoon.Buttons:GetChildren() do
	pad.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
		local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
		if player then
			buy(pad, player)
		end
	end)
end

-- A price tag floats over every pad
for _, pad in tycoon.Buttons:GetChildren() do
	local tag = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
	tag.Name = "PriceTag"
	tag.Size = UDim2.fromOffset(160, 40)
	tag.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 3, 0)
	tag.Parent = pad

	local label = Instance.new("TextLabel")
	label.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
	label.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(25, 25, 35)
	label.BackgroundTransparency = 0.2
	label.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
	label.TextScaled = true
	label.Text = pad:GetAttribute("Label") .. ": $" .. pad:GetAttribute("Price")
	label.Parent = tag
end

-- Claiming: the first player to step on the pad owns the factory
local claimPad = tycoon.ClaimPad
claimPad.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	if player and not owner then
		owner = player
		claimPad.Color = Color3.fromRGB(120, 120, 120)
		claimPad.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
		setSign(player.Name .. "'s Factory")
		for _, dropper in CollectionService:GetTagged("Dropper") do
			if dropper:IsDescendantOf(workspace) then
				startDropper(dropper)
			end
		end
	end
end)