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ROBLOX Game Spotlight: Fisticuffs!
Pow! Smack! Wham! After this week’s review all I could hear in my mind were those comic book punch noises. In this post, we look at brawling and mayhem, fighting and powering up, taking the high ground and remembering to block. This week’s spotlight: Fisticuffs! by Ozzypig!
| November 21, 2015 -
BLOXgiving Has Arrived!
ROBLOX is pleased to announce this year’s The Good Dinosaur to bring some thunderous prehistoric fun to this year’s event! Why? Because, who doesn’t love dinosaurs, that’s why. Search throughout our Bloxgiving themed games, and try to find The Good Dinosaur inspired item hidden in each game. Find them and you’ll have awesome new clothes to rock during Bloxgiving! Head into the mines of The Good Dinosaur and you’ll have a stylish headpiece for all future Bloxgivings. Build your own banquet hall to house your Bloxgiving festivities in Celebrate Bloxgiving the way our Robloxian forefathers would have wanted –
| November 17, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Spotlight: Blocked Out
Sound the alarms, ready your towers, and prepare to get blocked out! This week I’m bringing you the ultimate in tower defense games. Created by ScriptOn, this is Blocked Out ! Keep reading this spotlight for all the highlights of the game and to hear my insights on what makes this game a must play on ROBLOX!
| November 14, 2015 -
The ROBLOX Shop & T-Shirt Design Contest!
The holiday season is fast approaching, and you’re likely already making your wish list, or thinking about what to get for a loved one or friend. ROBLOX has always offered a seasonal store around the holidays, but this year we’re going all out. We’re pleased to announce the brand new Check out
| November 11, 2015 -
Announcing New Physical Material Properties
Materials on parts have always been a part of ROBLOX, but short of changing appearance of the parts these materials provided little influence to actual gameplay. When the update rolls out, users using the new system will find that picking a PartMaterial now affects the elasticity, friction, and density of objects to better match the real-life material! Fear not, those of you that like to customize every facet of their game will still be able to customize Friction and Elasticity of their parts, with the added ability to customize Density as well!
| November 10, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Spotlight: Mashables
I am Frankenstein, this is my monster. An abomination made by my friends and I, a pickle-headed ROBLOX R with skeleton legs and giant hands…this is the monster we made. In Tinarg’s Mashables , you too can create such a horrid creature, then run in fear from it, or maybe even control it…
| November 8, 2015 -
How to Get an Advertiser to Sponsor Your Game and Earn ROBUX
Have you played some of ROBLOX’s events, such as Hallow’s Eve, Jurassic World, Summer Games or Hotel Transylvania 2? Ever wondered how the games included were chosen and if you can get a cut of the action too? Our advertisers are always looking for cool games that they can sponsor in an event, and your game could be one of them! Not only do the developers involved in these events make ROBUX for their time and work, it’s also a huge opportunity to promote their game to the ROBLOX community and get a ton of gameplays for free! So how can you get involved? Your game doesn’t have to be #1 on the Games Page to be considered. We’re always looking for new “rising star” games that we can include in events. There are just a few specific things that we look for:
| November 5, 2015 -
Search for Hidden Items in View-Master Games on ROBLOX
ROBLOX and View-Master are teaming up to bring a new perspective to some classic games. Keep an eye out for the hidden items in each game and collect them to earn some awesome badges that show just what a master of viewing things you are! And if you collect all three badges you’ll be rewarded a really cool (but really secret) grand prize!
| November 4, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Spotlight: The Stalker Reborn
There’s so much to love about The Stalker: Reborn that I hardly know where to begin: the gameplay, the user interface, or the brilliant level design. Seriously, this game is beautiful and it’s a lot of fun to play. So stay tuned as I present to you The Stalker: Reborn by Casual Hat Games.
| October 31, 2015 -
Hallow’s Eve 2015 – Last Chance to Win!
You guys have been doing an excellent job finding all of the awesome Zombies we’ve hidden across all three of our Halloween games. If you haven’t already – check out your favorites rethemed for this spooktacular season. In addition to Halloween versions of your favorite game, we’ve also got a brand new Halloween Game. Play This is advertising.
| October 30, 2015 -
Join Us Tomorrow For an Extra Long Halloween Livestream on Twitch
This Friday is ROBLOX’s in-office Halloween event, where employees dress up in costume, and get in the spirit of the holiday. It’s also the day we air The Creator Show , our bi-weekly Twitch stream where we interview an amazing ROBLOX creator, and showcase their work. Since it’s a special day, we’re having an extra long, three hour stream, full of spooky games, hilarious costumes, and a fantastic Creator Show with our special guest, Maelstronomer ! The special streaming event starts at 1 p.m. Pacific time on twitch.tv/ROBLOX . Here’s the full schedule: 1 p.m. – 2p.m. Pacific – The festivities kick off with your emcees JackintheBlox and CellBloxTango. They’ll be showing off some of the awesome Halloween themed fanart and videos sent in by the community. Dress up in your best in-game costume because they’ll be throwing a costume contest live on air! 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Pacific – The Creator Show kicks off with its new host, JParty. He’s got Maelstronomer, the creator of awesome games like Super Blocky Ball , and amazing showcases like Pilgrim Islands Reborn . 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Pacific – It’s time for scary games! We’ll be bringing on some of your favorite ROBLOX admins (in their Halloween costumes) and putting them in the hot seat while we play the scariest games on ROBLOX. So join us tomorrow, Friday October 30, starting at 1 p.m Pacific for the festivities. We can’t wait to see you all there!
| October 29, 2015 -
The Peanuts Movie Scavenger Hunt
The Peanuts gang have come to ROBLOX! Charlie Brown, the world’s most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron.
| October 27, 2015 -
ROBLOX Introduces New Physics!
We are excited to introduce the new physics engine, also known as the PGS solver! The physics engine is responsible for determining how parts move in a ROBLOX game. It takes into account how parts are connected with joints and how they collide with each other so that everything moves in a physically realistic way (as seen in this physics demonstration). The original solver in ROBLOX computes how joints and collisions work using extremely stiff spring equations. These equations are solved one by one at a high frequency to determine the motion of parts. On the other hand, the PGS solver uses a system of equations representing all the parts, joints and collisions and solves the entire set of equations together. Computing motion with the PGS solver gives us huge improvements in both joint and collision fidelity. This means that hinges and motors no longer look like they are flexible, with noticeable bending and wobbling. Collisions will show more precision and stability as well. You have to see it to believe how awesome physics motion looks using the new PGS solver. iframe In addition to providing massive improvements in motion quality, the new solver will allow us to introduce additional joint types not previously possible with the old solver. Even more physics engine functionality will be coming soon to ROBLOX with mechanical constraints such as universal and prismatic sliding joints. Here are two great examples of developers using the new PGS solver to power their creations. Peathis’ car that has a working suspension, without any scripting at all , and VolcanoINCs’ working piston engine with a clutch, gearbox and differential . To use the new physics for your place, go into the workspace properties and enable ‘PGSPhysicsSolverEnabled’: img Try it out and see what you can make! – Tim Loduha Have you created something amazing using the new physics tool? Tweet it to us with #ROBLOXdev
| October 27, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Vampire Hunters 2
It wouldn’t be halloween if ROBLOX didn’t have vampire games. This week I bring you one of our favorites, Vampire Hunters 2 . Prepare for battle, ready your weapons, and bring your friends! The vampires are out there and they’re coming for you.
| October 24, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Stop it, Slender! 2
It’s October, so you know what that means: Trees change colors, everyone ever buys pumpkin spice coffee, and on ROBLOX we get 2spooky. This month’s reviews will be covering some of our favorite spooky scare games out there. This week we gear up with one that actually made me jump in my chair: “
| October 18, 2015 -
Hallows’ Eve 2015 Event
Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating this frightening holiday with three awesome Halloween themed games. Check out two of your old favorites rethemed for this spooktacular season. are all decorated for Halloween, and contain an undead surprise! Keep your eyes peeled as your exploring for mysterious Nerf zombies in each game. If you find the zombie you get to keep the zombie’s awesome Nerf gear! img br In addition to Halloween versions of your favorite game, we’ve also got a . Play Nerf Zombie Attack and explore spooky maps and trying to stay alive as Zombie hordes invade! Defeat the zombies with your Nerf Zombie Stike Doominator to win the Nerf Tactical Vest. Check out all the This is advertising.
| October 16, 2015 -
New Chats and Parties Make Playing With Friends Easier Than Ever
Today we’re testing out a brand new site feature on ROBLOX that will make it easier for you to chat and play games with your friends. The new chats and parties system is a complete overhaul, adding new functionality and a slick new design. We’ve turned on our new chat and party system, and will be testing it for the rest of the week. You can expect this feature to become permanent after we finish the testing. If you find any issues or bugs, let us know in the comments!
| October 15, 2015