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Feedback Loop: Dynamic Lighting Advances, Studio Tips and More
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 ...
| July 3, 2013 -
Six Amazing Sci-Fi Themed Environments
We’re consistently blown away by some of the creations our intrepid builders are able to create using ROBLOX. Their creativity inspires us, as well as those who get the chance to experience their vision in ROBLOX. This may come as a total surpri...
| July 2, 2013 -
Redeem ROBLOX Cards in July, Get Great Hats and Gear
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...
| July 1, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: June 30th, 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...
| June 30, 2013 -
BLOXcon Is Coming! Which Staff Will be Where?
With this summer’s BLOXcon happening only two weeks from now in Chicago, we thought it would be a good idea to tell you which of your favorite ROBLOX admins will be at which location (we can’t all go to all three, we have jobs to do here at HQ).
| June 29, 2013 -
Spotlight: ManyFireman’s Ro-Scania Trucking Simulator
Building vehicles, both in real life and virtual worlds, is a complex process that involves many moving parts and an appreciation for physics. It’s easy to take the process for granted–most games feature them prominently and put you in control...
| June 28, 2013 -
Don’t Underestimate the Value of a Strong Core
If you’re a game developer, the one thing you probably want more than anything else is a devoted following of players who can’t get enough of your game – we’ll call them “core players.”
| June 27, 2013 -
Test the Paid Access Beta, Share Your Thoughts
You’ve probably noticed over the last month that we’re making significant moves to give you new paths to success and encourage creation and discovery of quality games. While we’ve already launched thumbs up/thumbs down game ratings and the ...
| June 26, 2013 -
Developer’s Journal: Random Map Generation with TheGamer101
Hey guys, I’m TheGamer101 . You might recognize me as the creator of several popular ROBLOX games, including Sword Fighting Tournament , Ultimate Assassin’s Creed , and King of the Hill (the latter of which is the subject of this article)....
| June 25, 2013 -
Dynamically Lighting ROBLOX Mobile
You’ve probably noticed by now that the lights are on in ROBLOX Mobile. As with many significant rendering updates, getting dynamic lighting to illuminate iPhone and iPad screens was a tricky endeavor that brought our engineers face to face with some
| June 24, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: June 23rd, 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...
| June 23, 2013 -
Crossfire: A Tale of Two Cities
Creativity and sharing are two qualities that fuel ROBLOX. It’s in that spirit that we created Crossfire, a series where we chat with ROBLOX game developers about their game design choices.
| June 21, 2013 -
A Mid-Summer Night’s Sale Starts Friday
For those living in the northern hemisphere, June 21st is the summer solstice and longest day of the year. If you happen to be waaaay up in the northern hemisphere’s Arctic Circle, this day is so long that the sun lights the sky for a full 24 hours.
| June 20, 2013 -
Dungeon Delver Creators Bring New Life to an Old Formula
Dungeon Delver is somewhat of an anomaly within the context of ROBLOX. While it’s a re-imagining of the brand of RPG made popular by Diablo, Everquest and the like, it features things we don’t often see: a fixed camera system, a click-to-walk...
| June 19, 2013 -
Thumbs Up to Game Ratings
Just last week, we described our vision for a Games page that’s loaded with fantastic games to play and worlds to explore. One piece of that puzzle is improving and adding alternative methods of sorting games, an effort we recently bolstered by ...
| June 18, 2013 -
A Look at the BLOXcon Main Stage Presentation
It’s been a little while since we revealed any details about our fast-approaching BLOXcons – so today, we’re going to reveal the projected program for our Main Stage Presentation.
| June 17, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: June 16th, 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...
| June 16, 2013