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Starting February, We’ll Pay You $2,000/Month to Make Great Games
If you’ve been following any of the stories about ROBLOX in the press this week, you’ve no doubt heard rumblings and rumors of a potential increase in the maximum monthly payout from our Developer Exchange program. Let it be known that the...
| January 29, 2014 -
Game Developers Get Game Stats
In game development, feedback is of paramount importance. It can take myriad forms: observing players as they interact with games, listening to written opinions and ideas, and crunching numbers to find out what features make players spend
| January 28, 2014 -
We Ponder a Murder Mystery With Nikilis
If you’ve logged into ROBLOX anytime in the past couple days, you’ve noticed Murder Mystery. It’s been sitting at the top of the Popular games list, at times hitting roughly 5,000 concurrent players. Based on a popular Garry’s Mod game
| January 25, 2014 -
Even in 2014, Creativity and Gameplay Trump Graphics
In the last few months, Sony and Microsoft launched the latest versions of their consoles. As expected, the games look fantastic and will only continue to get prettier. But, while next-gen consoles amp up the horsepower and triple
| January 24, 2014 -
Inside Team Rudimentality, an Indie Game Studio
We recently published an article describing a few of the many reasons ROBLOX is the best place to dive into indie game development and cited a couple of examples of developers who’ve come to be very successful here.
| January 23, 2014 -
Sneak Preview of the Winter Games Gameplay
We’re inching closer and closer to the start of the ROBLOX Winter Games 2014. As we’ve explained in the past, this competitive event, powered by the new game universes technology, will feature games created by some of our top developers
| January 20, 2014 -
Weekly Roundup: January 19, 2014
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our community, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| January 19, 2014 -
Crossfire: Raising Epic Reptiles With Hyperblue and misgav11
Creativity and sharing are two qualities that fuel ROBLOX, and it’s in that spirit we created Crossfire, a series where we chat with ROBLOX game developers about their game design choices.
| January 18, 2014 -
Using Plugins Just Got 10x Easier
If you’ve spent a considerable amount of time using ROBLOX Studio, there’s a good chance you’ve used plugins to expedite certain processes. Many plugins are made right here at HQ and are bundled into Studio (e.g., the terrain stamper), while...
| January 16, 2014 -
Use Module Scripts for Cleaner, More Efficient Scripting
We’re constantly working to make ROBLOX Studio the most feature-rich yet user-friendly game-development environment possible. This week, we’ve launched Module Scripts, which essentially allow you to create and save libraries of code, and shar...
| January 15, 2014 -
Upload Longer Sounds for Less
The ability to upload custom sounds is a feature that’s changed the tone of ROBLOX since its launch in September. Horror games have gotten more atmospheric, competitive games have become more exciting
| January 15, 2014 -
Weekly Roundup: January 12, 2014
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our community, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries. For those of you who catch up with us over the weekend, the Weekly Roundup collects the best stuff to hit our ...
| January 12, 2014 -
Watch the Next BLOXcast on January 18th at 10 a.m. PT
The first live event of 2014 is nigh! Next Saturday, January 18th, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, we’ll be hosting the second BLOXcast livestream on the ROBLOX YouTube channel . As you can see in the video, the format will be similar to that...
| January 11, 2014 -
ScriptOn Takes Paintball to a New Level
If you’ve been on ROBLOX recently, you’ve probably noticed a new version of Paintball sitting on top of the Games Page. Paintball Testing by veteran builder ScriptOn is in its early stages of development, and is already gaining a massive foll...
| January 10, 2014 -
Developers Have Earned $46,000+ in Three Months of DevEx
Another month has passed, and our intrepid developers continue to earn real-life cash via our Developer Exchange program. We’ve cashed out over $46,000.00 since we introduced the Developer Exchange in early October.
| January 7, 2014 -
Stickmasterluke’s Dynamic Lighting Video Tutorial
Easily the biggest feature we enabled in 2013 (which is saying a lot), dynamic lighting has transformed the way ROBLOX looks and feels. Because dynamic lighting has become such a great contributor to the way many of games look and play
| January 06, 2014 -
The Year in Review, Part 5: Top Games, Items and Topics
In 2013, ROBLOX surpassed 50 million registered accounts. Just a couple weeks ago, we saw more than 160,000 ROBLOXians logged in simultaneously. Needless to say, our bustling community creates more games, worlds, avatar accessories
| January 04, 2014