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Spotlight: Taking Flight with BuilderAtWork
When you first join Avionic by BuilderAtWork, the chats you see are much more professional than what you probably expect from a multiplayer game. The majority of the people inside the game are communicating simple orders with one another. “Clea...
| November 2, 2013 -
Redeem ROBLOX Cards in November and Get Sci-Fi Items
Every month, we release a new set of exclusive virtual goods you can only obtain by redeeming ROBLOX cards from particular retailers around the world. That means when you’re turning your prized red slice of ROBLOXia into a Builders Club subscrip...
| November 1, 2013 -
Happy Halloween from the ROBLOX Staff!
Happy Halloween! What a month it’s been. We figured there would no better way to celebrate the end of BLOXtober than to show a little holiday spirit, and come to work dressed in the duds we’ll be wearing tonight! We had ourselves quite the par...
| October 31, 2013 -
Feedback Loop: This Month’s Big Features
99% of the content available on ROBLOX is created by our passionate community of builders. In Feedback Loop – the spiritual successor to the long-running Responding to User Feedback series – we respond to builders’ grand ideas for ROBLOX and question
| October 30, 2013 -
Economic Ideas: Scarcity, Popularity, Liquidity, and Volatility
The ROBLOX economy is in constant motion, and many entrepreneurial-minded users have found methods to leverage it in order to turn significant profits. ROBLOX Creative Director John Shedletsky keeps a close eye on the economy
| October 29, 2013 -
New Material Textures Are Now Live
ROBLOX’s streak of fantastic rendering updates goes yet another step further today with the release of updated material textures and a starter-pack of brand new options.
| October 28, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: October 27th, 2013
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our community, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| October 27, 2013 -
Crossfire: Clonetrooper1019 and Loleris Avoid the Light
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. For this outing, we interviewed loleris and CloneTrooper...
| October 25, 2013 -
More Quests and Prizes Coming to The Witching Hour
There are still more BLOXikins to collect, and companions to aid you on your quest! The horizon and scope of ROBLOX games are constantly expanding. Though our platform is shaped 99% by our user base of builders and game creators, our very own Game...
| October 25, 2013 -
Lightning Fast Loads: Streaming Is Enabled!
Last month, we talked with ROBLOX Engineer Yunpeng Zhu about prototyping and testing our new streaming parts system in our test environment. After gathering a ton of useful feedback we’re proud to announce that this new feature has been impleme...
| October 24, 2013 -
Lightning Fast Loads: Streaming Is Enabled!
Last month, we talked with ROBLOX Engineer Yunpeng Zhu about prototyping and testing our new streaming parts system in our test environment. After gathering a ton of useful feedback we’re proud to announce that this new feature has been implemented
| October 24, 2013 -
The Winners of the BLOXtober Costume Contest
Before we announce the winners of the BLOXtober Costume Contest, let’s step back and look at just how it shook out. In total, we received 17,000 costume submissions over the course of a roughly three-day entry window. We then launched into the w...
| October 23, 2013 -
Halloween 2013: The Witching Hour Is Now Open to Everyone
BLOXtober continues this week with a big Tuesday announcement: our 2013 Halloween game, The Witching Hour, is now open for everyone to play ! Those of you who paid for early access during either the 1,000- or 500-ROBUX phase will receive your excl...
| October 22, 2013 -
Tired of Your Username? Change It!
ROBLOX has been growing quickly for upwards of six years. In that time, many members of our community have grown along with us — so much so that some builders no longer feel their username accurately represents who they are on ROBLOX, and what t...
| October 22, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: October 20th, 2013
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our community, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| October 20, 2013 -
The Implementation and Effect of New Water
“Terrain” water has existed in ROBLOX for the last year and a half and, while the physics have always behaved in satisfyingly realistic fashion, the appearance left something to be desired.
| October 19, 2013 -
Promote Your Costume Contest Entry and Win Prizes!
Today, hot on the heels of the early-access period for The Witching Hour , we have even more exciting BLOXtober news to share: the costume contest is now open for voting! With hours upon hours of adventure waiting to be unlocked in The Witching H...
| October 18, 2013