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Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: September 15th, 2013
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our platform, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries. For those of you who catch up with ROBLOX over the weekend, the Weekly ROBLOX Roundup collects the best stuff t...
| September 15, 2013 -
Let the Countdown to the Virtual BLOXcon Begin!
Virtual BLOXcon is now just one week away! The online event will give everyone in the ROBLOX community a chance to experience our annual fan conventions via a livestream from ROBLOX HQ, recorded BLOXcon footage, and a lineup of great games.
| September 14, 2013 -
Group Dynamic: Competition Bubbling Beneath the Surface
As is the case with ROBLOX developers, we blog curators listen to our readers’ feedback and try to produce content that interests you.
| September 13, 2013 -
With Streaming Join, Levels Load as You Play
Our Client Network Team is focused on getting players into games as quickly and efficiently as possible. Their top three goals: decrease join times, allow builders to make more complex places and creations, and offer support for all types of legac...
| September 11, 2013 -
The Games That Raked in Robux This Summer
On ROBLOX, content creators stand at a path to success that forks in myriad directions – from traditional building, coding and game development to more niche routes like film-making, character asset creation and advertising.
| September 10, 2013 -
The ROBLOXian Film-making Community Is Alive and Well
You saw the wit and skill of ROBLOX’s film-making community this summer at the Film Fest, which gave us the chance to give BLOXY Awards to 15 brilliant films of five varieties.
| September 09, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: September 8th, 2013
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our platform, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries. For those of you who catch up with ROBLOX over the weekend, the Weekly ROBLOX Roundup collects the best stuff t...
| September 8, 2013 -
Last Chance to Enter the Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest
This is it, folks: your last opportunity to enter your BLOXcon-themed place or game in the Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest. Whether you’ve got a work in progress or are going to challenge yourself to build something from scratch in roughly 32 hours...
| September 7, 2013 -
Spotlight: Oysi’s Wild ROBLOX Experiments
We knew when we first experienced Galaxy Wars that developer Oysi had something going, but that turned out to only be the tip of the iceberg that is his backlog of projects. Oysi is an interesting developer because he’s created several sort of ...
| September 6, 2013 -
ROBLOX Staff: Game Developers by Day, Gamers by Night
We all share a passion for gaming and game development here at ROBLOX. While we pour our energy into making our platform more robust and feature-rich every day, many of us also seek inspiration and entertainment from the wider games industry
| September 05, 2013 -
New Font Engine Makes GUI Text Clearer Than Ever
ROBLOX’s updated font engine is more robust, both in Studio, and in game. Join any game that you love playing and take a look at the letters in the text of any GUI–they are sharper and easier to read.
| September 04, 2013 -
Get Ninja Items for Redeeming ROBLOX Cards in September
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...
| September 3, 2013 -
Vote for the Final ROBLOX Hall of Fame 2013 Winners
We’ve already announced a whopping 16 Hall of Fame 2013 winners, but there’s so much fantastic stuff being built on ROBLOX that we’re going to announce another six winners (in six new categories) at the Virtual BLOXcon later this month. The ...
| September 2, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: September 1st, 2013
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our community, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| September 01, 2013 -
Nine Days Remain to Enter the Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest
Last week, we kicked off a Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest, giving you the opportunity to have your BLOXcon-themed game featured at the big event on Saturday, September 21st. We know making a game and building a place are both time-consuming process...
| August 31, 2013 -
Crossfire: TheGamer101 & Loleris Talk Sword Fighting
Creativity and sharing are two qualities that fuel ROBLOX, and it’s in that spirit that we created Crossfire, a series where we chat with ROBLOX game developers about their game design choices.
| August 30, 2013 -
Labor Day Weekend Sale Runs This Friday Through Monday
Monday is Labor Day, and we can think of no better way to celebrate than a sale! Throughout the weekend, we’ll be debuting new items, putting certain items on sale, publishing community-created re-textures, temporarily bringing back offsale items
| August 29, 2013