Getting Started
Your first few minutes in Sumaya. This page covers the main menu, team selection, controls, and the first things you should do once you're in the world.
The main menu
When you join Sumaya, you'll see a main menu screen before you spawn. From here you pick a team, which decides what role you play - a regular civilian, a cop, a firefighter, or a paramedic. The team you pick affects the tools you start with and the jobs you can do.
You can change teams later. Nothing about the first pick is permanent. Just pick whatever sounds fun.
When you're ready, hit Jom ("let's go" in Malay) to drop into the world.
Picking a team
There are five teams. Three of them (POLIS, BOMBA, Kesihatan) are emergency services with specific duties. The other two (Visitors and Malaysians) let you play as a regular person.
| Team | What they do | Anyone can join? |
|---|---|---|
| Visitors | Regular civilian, default option | Yes |
| Malaysians | Regular civilian, cosmetic team for verified group members | Only MYSverse group members at Rank 3+ |
| POLIS | Police: arrest criminals, patrol, enforce speed limits | Yes |
| BOMBA | Fire brigade: put out fires, run rescues | Yes |
| Kesihatan | Medical: treat injuries, run the hospital | Yes |
See Teams for more detail on each one, including what tools you start with.
Not sure which to pick? Start as Visitors. You can try civilian jobs (fishing, mamak, palm oil) right away, and you can switch to an emergency service team later once you've had a look around.
Your starting money
Every new player begins with:
- 100 Ringgit in your wallet
- 1000 Ringgit in your bank
That's enough to rent a few civilian vehicles or buy a basic tier-1 house. See Economy for more on money.
Controls
Sumaya uses standard Roblox movement. On PC:
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Move | W, A, S, D |
| Sprint | Left Shift (hold) |
| Jump | Space |
| Interact with prompt | E (when one appears) |
| Open phone | Phone button on screen, or tap the icon |
| Chat | / (slash) to focus the chat bar |
On mobile and gamepad, the on-screen buttons and standard Roblox gamepad bindings work as expected.
Your first five minutes
Here's what to do right after you spawn:
1. Open your phone
The phone is your main hub. Tap the phone icon on your screen to open it. You'll see apps for careers, quests, emergency calls, settings, and more. See Phone and UI for the full list.
Opening the phone also counts as a step for your first quest.
2. Check the quest app
You're automatically started on the Welcome to Sumaya quest chain: 12 quests that teach you the basics and pay out XP and Ringgit as you go. Each quest tells you exactly what to do next.
Open the Quest app on your phone to see your current objective. A red guidance beam and a marker on the minimap will often point you to the right place. See Quests for the full chain.
3. Spawn a vehicle
Walk up to any vehicle spawner kiosk (look for the prompts scattered around town). Pick a car, rent or buy it, and drive off. Most starter civilian vehicles are free to spawn - the fancier ones cost Ringgit.
See Vehicles for the full list and how the spawner works.
4. Start a civilian job
Walk up to any career station (fishing dock, mamak stall, palm plantation) and press the interact prompt to clock in. You'll earn Ringgit and XP while you work. Jobs are described in Careers overview.
If you picked an emergency-service team (POLIS, BOMBA, Kesihatan), you don't need to clock in - you're on duty as soon as you spawn.
5. Explore
Walk, drive, or fly around. There's a map, landmarks, shops, the hospital, the police station, the fire station, the beach, and plenty of neighborhoods. The minimap (top-right of your screen) shows what's around you.
HUD overview
While you're in the world, you'll see:
- Minimap (top-right): shows your position, nearby roads and buildings, waypoints, and a red guidance beam when a task points somewhere. Click to expand.
- Task card (top-left): shows your current objective (active quest step, current fire, patient you're treating, etc.). Tap the chevron to collapse it if it's in the way.
- Wallet / bank balance: visible near the top of your screen.
Sprint
Hold Left Shift or Left Control to sprint. Walk speed is 10 studs/s; sprint doubles it to 20. There's no stamina gate in the current build - you can sprint as long as you want. (The game has a full hunger/stamina/hygiene system in code, but the server handler that would initialize those stats per character is currently disabled, so none of them run in live play.)
Sprint toggles off automatically when you enter a vehicle seat.
What next?
- Pick a team and a career.
- Read up on the phone and UI so you know where things are.
- Check the quest chain for a structured walkthrough.
- When you're ready to earn real money, look at economy for where the best-paying jobs are.