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A Brief History of Physics in Video Games
Objects in the real world operate under the laws of physics – so it seems quite intuitive that everything in video games (console, PC, online, mobile, arcade) should as well. The graphics world has evolved towards hardware acceleration on dedica...
| December 14, 2011 -
Winners of the Epic Builder Present
Congratulations are in order for the winners of this year’s rarest gift! The Epic Builder Present has been awarded to the users with the 100 most visited places in the past week.
| December 14, 2011 -
Winners of the Epic Builder Present
a Congratulations are in order for the winners of this year’s rarest gift! The Epic Builder Present has been awarded to the users with the 100 most visited places in the past week. The winners: - Brighteyes a
| December 14, 2011 -
Party in preparation
With our epic march towards the end of 2011 and the holidays, its time to unleash the Santa powered gear along with the rest! Look out for Santa’s items and of course, the holiday favorite, the Annoying Elf series.
| December 12, 2011 -
Party in preparation
With our epic march towards the end of 2011 and the holidays, its time to unleash the Santa powered gear along with the rest! Look out for Santa’s items and of course, the holiday favorite, the Annoying Elf series. a a strong a strong a strong a strong Please discuss the new gear items in the - Sorcus a
| December 12, 2011 -
Meet an Interesting ROBLOXian: Arbirator
Meet Arbirator, creator and Editor-in-Chief of one of ROBLOX’s most popular player news sites. We caught up with him for an interview about his ROBLOX game playing experiences.
| December 11, 2011 -
Real ROBLOX Items!
These and many more gift items are available in our online store.
| December 9, 2011 -
ROBLOX Secrets Revealed: Fog Blog
a A new ROBLOX release went out late last night. It contained a lot of important performance improvements, but it also included a secret feature that some ROBLOXians have already discovered… atmospheric fog! strong Currently our default is that fog is turned off in your place until you turn it on. Luckily, enabling fog in your place is super easy. a What the properties do: strong strong strong strong A lot of ROBLOXians out there are programmers, so for those of you who are curious, let’s get technical for a second. To remain compatible with older graphics cards that use a fixed-function rendering pipeline, ROBLOX’s fog uses linear interpolation between a strong Builderman, the ROBLOX client team, and I decided to expose the lowest level fog properties to users, allowing them maximum customizability in their places. We hope place builders will get really creative. Here’s one effect you can achieve if you make it night time in your place and set the fog color to black.. a Dark levels can be really fun. I whipped up a - Telamon a
| December 9, 2011 -
ROBLOX Giftsplosion 2011
The merry prankster admins of ROBLOX are back up to their old tricks! Gifts are showing up all over the catalog and even in your hat inventory! ROBLOX is rewarding players who have met certain conditions throughout the year. We’ve already rel...
| December 8, 2011 -
Holiday time!
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| December 5, 2011 -
A Brief History of Physics in Video Games
Objects in the real world operate under the laws of physics – so it seems quite intuitive that everything in video games (console, PC, online, mobile, arcade) should as well.
| December 02, 2011 -
Happy Anniversary WTRB!
With over 5.8 Million visits, our flagship group-building environment just keeps getting more awesome. One year ago we launched Welcome to ROBLOX Building, a place where 6 players can each build on their own plot while socializing together.
| December 01, 2011 -
Meet an Interesting ROBLOXian: TheGamer101
Meet TheGamer101 Membership Type: BC Member Visits: 7,333,273 Knockouts: 27,366 Member Since: Feb 2009 Best Place: Sword Fighting Tournament Location: Ireland Why do you play ROBLOX? I play Roblox for fun! I just love to build and script places....
| November 27, 2011 -
Black Friday 2011
a Here’s a sneak peak of some of the items that we will be selling tomorrow. The fun starts tomorrow at 6am EST with the Crimsonwrath and the sales continue all weekend long! a Sorcus has created some of our best gear ever and it’s going on sale this weekend! We’ll be selling the Gamaboi RPG Game – Quest for Glory and the Kami potion on Friday. The limited edition Zeus’s Lightning Bolt Staff will be on sale Saturday along with a new version of a classic gear! What could the mystery item be? You’ll have to check back on Saturday to find out! -Brighteyes a
| November 24, 2011 -
Black Friday 2011
Here’s a sneak peak of some of the items that we will be selling tomorrow. The fun starts tomorrow at 6am EST with the Crimsonwrath and the sales continue all weekend long!
| November 24, 2011 -
Thanksgiving at ROBLOX
We have a lot to be thankful for at ROBLOX this year. We are thankful for the great people working at ROBLOX. They make it fun to come to work each day. We are thankful for our user community. We met many of you at the ROBLOX Rally and we are prou...
| November 23, 2011 -
Thanksgiving at ROBLOX
a We have a lot to be thankful for at ROBLOX this year. -David Baszucki (“Builderman”) – Founder and CEO of ROBLOX a
| November 23, 2011