Getting started with a roblox keypress script today

If you've been trying to figure out how to get a roblox keypress script working, you probably realized pretty quickly that it's the backbone of almost every interactive game on the platform. Whether you want your player to swing a sword, open a shop menu, or sprint across a map, you've got to tell the game exactly what to do when a specific key is tapped or held down. It sounds simple enough, but if you're new to Luau (Roblox's version of Lua), it can feel a bit like staring at a wall of gibberish. ...

February 22, 2026 · 7 min · Rafael Gonzalez