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Sneak Peek: Trading System
The time is nigh! One of the most anticipated ROBLOX features is nearing completion. Beta testing of the trading system will begin within the next few weeks. As many of our more economically inclined users know, it can be difficult to exchange items
| May 18, 2012 -
ROBLOX Making an Appearance at Maker Faire Bay Area 2012
Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 is this weekend – May 19th and 20th at the San Mateo County Event Center – and promises attendees the chance to learn about Arduino and 3D printing, interact with robots, a life-size electric giraffe and other DIY...
| May 17, 2012 -
ROBLOX and Hasbro Present KRE-O BATTLESHIP Games
ROBLOX has teamed up with Hasbro to bring you two new games, KRE-O BATTLESHIP Showdown and KRE-O BATTLESHIP Scavenger Hunt, both based on the KRE-O BATTLESHIP playsets.
| May 16, 2012 -
ROBLOX and Hasbro Present KRE-O BATTLESHIP Games
ROBLOX has teamed up with Hasbro to bring you two new games, KRE-O BATTLESHIP Showdown and KRE-O BATTLESHIP Scavenger Hunt , both based on the KRE-O BATTLESHIP playsets. While the BATTLESHIP movie releases in theatres on May 18th, the KRE-O BAT...
| May 16, 2012 -
Character Explorations v3
Over the past few weeks, we have shown the ROBLOX community various character explorations that include new head, body, arm and hand shapes for both male and female characters. We have a few examples of what these renderings would look like in ROB...
| May 15, 2012 -
Using “Wait” Wisely
Many scripts want to run little bits of code at frequent intervals. For example, a script might update the behavior of a zombie. It needs to update conditions repeatedly, like checking the location of the nearest player.
| May 12, 2012 -
ROBLOX Game Conference Update
As the 2012 ROBLOX Game Conference comes closer, we have been nailing down the agenda and details for the event. This year, we are hosting the second annual RGC at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Be sure to purchas...
| May 9, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: May 6, 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 ...
| May 6, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: May 6, 2012
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our platform, our technology, and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| May 6, 2012 -
Preview Our In-Game Wardrobe Change Interface
ROBLOX is working on a new feature that lets players change their character’s clothes and preview their appearance in-game. User Experience Engineer Ben Tkacheff is here today to demonstrate the interface he developed
| May 04, 2012 -
Preview Our In-Game Wardrobe Change Interface
ROBLOX is working on a new feature that lets players change their character’s clothes and preview their appearance in-game . User Experience Engineer Ben Tkacheff is here today to demonstrate the interface he developed and offer some insider inf...
| May 4, 2012 -
Building a Cutting Edge ROBLOX Website
At ROBLOX, we believe user experience is of the utmost importance. Today, ROBLOX Software Engineer, Navin Lal, tells us about how ROBLOX is building a faster, more responsive website with the help of MVC and a new pagelet architecture.
| May 02, 2012 -
User Feedback v2
This week in our user feedback post, we have more great requests from ROBLOX players that we want to highlight and discuss. As a reminder, we asked users for their top three ROBLOX feature requests a few weeks ago.
| May 01, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: April 29, 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 ...
| April 29, 2012 -
Emergence in ROBLOX: Hard to Define, Easy to See
In gaming, emergence happens when players use a game’s basic systems in a way that is unexpected, unpredicted and unique. It’s built into the entire ROBLOX platform; users have the freedom to create almost any type of game, experience games,...
| April 28, 2012 -
ROBLOX Users Can Now “Age Up”
You asked and we delivered: ROBLOX users can now set their date of birth on the ROBLOX website. This is an important feature because it allows users to take advantage of social features when they turn 13, while still keeping us in compliance with ...
| April 27, 2012 -
Character Explorations v2
Last month, ROBLOX released a preview of potential body, head and face components for new ROBLOX characters . Today, we will show you the 3D renderings of heads, bodies, arms and hands that we have been exploring. Because we want to know what...
| April 26, 2012