Using Roblox Loadstring for Better Scripting

If you're looking to get a bit more advanced with your game's logic, you've likely bumped into the term roblox loadstring more than once. It's one of those features that sounds a bit mysterious at first, especially if you're just starting to branch out from basic scripts into more complex systems. Essentially, it's a way to take a string of text and tell the game, "Hey, treat this text as actual code and run it." While that sounds incredibly powerful—and it is—it's also something that Roblox treats with a fair amount of caution. ...

February 16, 2026 · 6 min · Mazmanyan Marcie