--- title: Second Life Wants Its 23-Year-Old World To Be a Modern... description: Second Life is adding SLua, a scripting system based on Roblox's Luau language, plus Visual Studio Code integration and live in-world script iteration. Linden... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/second-life-wants-its-23-year-old-world-to-be-a-modern-game-platform-rgikeaj5i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Second Life Wants Its 23-Year-Old World To Be a Modern Game Platform | daily.dev og:description: Second Life is adding SLua, a scripting system based on Roblox's Luau language, plus Visual Studio Code integration and live in-world script iteration. Linden... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/second-life-wants-its-23-year-old-world-to-be-a-modern-game-platform-rgikeaj5i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rGikeaJ5i.png og:image:alt: Second Life Wants Its 23-Year-Old World To Be a Modern Game Platform og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Second Life Wants Its 23-Year-Old World To Be a Modern Game Platform **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 13 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Second Life is adding SLua, a scripting system based on Roblox's Luau language, plus Visual Studio Code integration and live in-world script iteration. Linden Lab SVP Anya Kanevsky says Luau beat out C#, JavaScript, and WebAssembly because scripts must pause, resume, and migrate across servers while running alongside thousands of others. The platform has around 700,000 monthly active users, with over 11% actively scripting, and over 13,000 unique creators cashing out real money this year. Creators keep roughly 85% of sales revenue, which Kanevsky says compares favorably to Roblox. Lua runs alongside the existing Linden Scripting Language rather than replacing it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Linden Lab choose Luau instead of C# or JavaScript for Second Life's new scripting system? Luau was chosen because it best met Second Life's unusual technical requirements: scripts must run securely alongside thousands of others, pause and resume execution, preserve state, and migrate between servers as objects move across regions or into inventory. Linden Lab evaluated C#, JavaScript, and WebAssembly first, but found C# a poor fit due to sandboxing, memory management, micro-threading, and state serialization issues. _Developers weighing scripting languages for persistent multiplayer worlds can track platform decisions like this on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of sales revenue do Second Life creators keep compared to Roblox? Second Life creators keep approximately 85% of their sales revenue before applicable cash-out fees, which Linden Lab's SVP of Product says compares favorably to what Roblox pays creators. Second Life has run a functioning user-to-user economy for over two decades, with Linden Dollars convertible to real-world currency, and over 13,000 unique creators cashed out real money this year. _Developers comparing creator-economy payouts across platforms can follow these economics on daily.dev._ ### How many monthly active users does Second Life have and how many are creators? Second Life averages just under 700,000 monthly active users, with just over 11% actively scripting or creating content for fun or profit. Over 13,000 unique creators have cashed out real money from their creations so far this year, reflecting a stable, highly engaged user base after more than two decades of operation. _Anyone sizing up a smaller but monetizable platform audience can track figures like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Creator of Lua: Scripting, Programming Languages, Predictions](https://daily.dev/posts/creator-of-lua-scripting-programming-languages-predictions-irrmt1pkr) · The Developing Dev · 8 upvotes · 0 comments - [Roblox debuts tool for players to AI-generate interactive in-game objects, promises "full scene generation" is coming](https://daily.dev/posts/roblox-debuts-tool-for-players-to-ai-generate-interactive-in-game-objects-promises-full-scene-gene-vx3drzrqv) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Inside Roblox’s Bet on World Models](https://daily.dev/posts/inside-roblox-s-bet-on-world-models-mfuhvkw5c) · ByteByteGo · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [minimalism as a harness](https://daily.dev/posts/minimalism-as-a-harness-alevfxc8x) · Vincent D. 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