Goal
Ship updates with confidence and a clear recovery path.
Pre-Release Gate
Verify:
- Core loop smoke test passes.
- Mobile layout and controls are usable.
- Save/load and valuable grants are checked.
- Purchases are server-authoritative.
- Console has no new errors.
- Performance risks are known.
- Update notes and player-facing promise match the build.
Release Notes
Include:
- New content.
- Balance changes.
- Bug fixes.
- Known issues when necessary.
- Return hook or event deadline.
Rollback Thinking
- Know which changes are data-schema-sensitive.
- Avoid irreversible migrations without fallback.
- Stage risky economy or persistence changes behind server flags where possible.
- Keep manual admin recovery steps for grant/data issues.
Post-Release Watch
Track:
- Error spikes.
- Purchase/grant failures.
- Save/load failures.
- Funnel drop-offs.
- Economy inflation.
- Community reports.
Output
Return:
- Release readiness status.
- Blocking issues.
- Smoke test plan.
- Rollback or mitigation plan.
- Post-release watchlist.
Next
After release, watch metrics with roblox-analytics-instrumentation and player sentiment with roblox-community-ops; hand any live bug to roblox-debugging-bugfix.