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The ROBLOX Client Team Picks Its Games of the Holidays
We’ve asked our Content Team and Web Team what video games they’ve been playing when they’re not immersed in the world of ROBLOX, so we decided to ask our Client Team (and one member of our QA Team) what they’ll be playing over the upcom...
| December 26, 2012 -
The Holiday Spirit Spreads Through ROBLOX
As the seasons change, ROBLOX users have found many ways to slightly alter their places and games to reflect the spirit of the season. With Christmas just around the corner, some users have updated their places to spread holiday cheer, while other...
| December 24, 2012 -
The Holiday Spirit Spreads Through ROBLOX
As the seasons change, ROBLOX users have found many ways to slightly alter their places and games to reflect the spirit of the season. With Christmas just around the corner, some users have updated their places to spread holiday cheer
| December 24, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: December 23, 2012
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 to hit our various avenues of publication in the last week. This time: ROBLOX Mobile games now available to all users, featherweight parts open up a world of building possibilities, we look at the games proving popular on mobile, GUI design and best practices, gifts, Medieval Warfare, and other bits and pieces.em
| December 23, 2012 -
ROBLOX GUI Design: Z-index and Best Practices
Part of our performance and memory optimization for ROBLOX Mobile was a transition from drawing graphic user interface (GUI) elements individually to in batches (read the details in this previous article ). This change dramatically reduced the nu...
| December 22, 2012 -
Featherweight Parts: One Million Parts, One ROBLOX World
Featherweight parts, despite their name, have nothing to do with feathers, flying or anything bird-related. They do, however, have a lot to do with weight: while old ROBLOX parts are “heavy” memory users, featherweight parts are “super light...
| December 21, 2012 -
Now Everyone Can Play Every Game on ROBLOX Mobile
ROBLOX Mobile has officially been available for a week. In the time since its launch, we’ve been closely monitoring the app to ensure a good user experience and listening to your feedback. Today, we’re pleased to announce all ROBLOX games are ...
| December 20, 2012 -
Give the Gift of Building with ROBLOX Game Cards
Seeing a couple ROBLOX game cards peeking out the top of your holiday stocking is a great sight. It’s even better when you know the cards will get you a free virtual hat. This month, we’re running a promotion on ROBLOX game cards from Walmart:...
| December 19, 2012 -
What Games Are Users Playing on ROBLOX Mobile?
ROBLOX Mobile has been available in the iTunes App Store for almost a week now, and we’ve been keeping a close eye on which games users gravitate towards. We’re interested for several reasons, the main one being that we want to know which games work
| December 18, 2012 -
Giftsplosion 2012: Last Chance to Qualify for Final Three Gifts
Giftsplosion 2012 is in full swing! We’ve released all the gifts for the year and they’re now sitting in the catalog, beckoning you to do whatever it takes to win them (or spend some hard-earned Robux on them). This article rounds up all the g...
| December 17, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: December 16, 2012
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our platform, our technology, and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| December 16, 2012 -
Tips for a Mobile-Optimized ROBLOX Game
With the release of ROBLOX Mobile, you have the power to distribute your creations – whether character clothing, models, virtual worlds or hardcore games – on a new platform and potentially to a new audience.
| December 15, 2012 -
ROBLOX Mobile Is Out of Beta: Download and Play Today!
We’ve released an update to ROBLOX Mobile that improves performance and in-game control, and makes the White Earbuds accessible via the mobile catalog on all iOS devices.
| December 11, 2012 -
Responding to User Feedback, Mobile Edition
Every so often, we ask our users to let us know what they’d like to see in ROBLOX, then respond to some of the most insightful comments and pertinent questions. This time, John Shedletsky, ROBLOX’s Creative Director, focuses on our upcoming ...
| December 10, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: December 9, 2012
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 ...
| December 9, 2012 -
ROBLOX Tablets: To Trade or Not to Trade
A few weeks ago, ROBLOX launched a promotion to raise awareness of its impending mobile app release: at random times throughout each day, we put an extremely limited virtual ROBLOX Tablet on sale in the Catalog.
| December 08, 2012 -
ROBLOX Tablets: To Trade or Not to Trade
A few weeks ago, ROBLOX launched a promotion to raise awareness of its impending mobile app release: at random times throughout each day, we put an extremely limited virtual ROBLOX Tablet on sale in the Catalog. Users who own one of these rare ta...
| December 8, 2012