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Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: August 18th, 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...
| August 18, 2013 -
BLOXcon Hackathon Winners Share Tips and Experiences
Now that all three BLOXcons have wrapped (and we’re hard at work creating our Virtual BLOXcon for September, in case you were wondering), we thought we’d take some time to talk with two top Hackathon performers (NickPatella and Ethancomputerm...
| August 17, 2013 -
Presenting the Third Set of BLOXY, Hall of Fame, Hackathon Winners
After a busy month and a half, the ROBLOX team has successfully taken BLOXcon around the world. Another completed BLOXcon also means another list of BLOXY, Hall of Fame , and Hackathon winners. Though this takes us closer to the end of our annual ...
| August 14, 2013 -
You Can Now Toggle Outlines
As announced at BLOXcon London and shortly thereafter in a Comments on Comments article , we’ve decided to make the recently launched outlines feature optional for all ROBLOX builders and game developers. While we do see outlines as part of ou...
| August 13, 2013 -
BLOXcon New York City in Pictures
BLOXcon New York City is winding down as I write, but Alan and I spent a healthy portion of the day running around and documenting it via photographs and video as best as we could. After all, only 1,000 lucky ROBLOXians could actually attend the e...
| August 10, 2013 -
When It Comes to Paid Access, What Works and What Doesn’t?
We like releasing features that give builders and game developers the freedom and flexibility to experiment and find new paths to success. Alas, our Paid Access feature, which basically lets you charge Robux for players to access your game, is bei...
| August 6, 2013 -
Comments on Comments: Battle, Outlines, Paid Access and More
Many readers pour significant time into writing thoughtful replies to our blog articles, and we want to make sure we address them. Comments on Comments exists so you get answers, straight from a ROBLOX developer, to your questions. For this post,...
| August 1, 2013 -
Presenting the Second Round of BLOXcon 2013 Award Winners
Right on the heels of our second sold-out BLOXcon in London, we’ve got some more winners to announce in various forms–more BLOXY Awards, more ROBLOX Hall of Fame winners, and, of course, winners of our Hackathon in London! Let’s start with B...
| July 31, 2013 -
Developer’s Journal: Raycasting to Make Reflectable Lasers
Hello everyone, this is Catblox –I’ve been a long-time member of ROBLOX (five years and still going) and a scripter for a little over half that time. Today, I’m going to talk about some more advanced ways to use ROBLOX’s raycasting API –...
| July 30, 2013 -
BLOXcon London: The Day in Pictures
BLOXcon London is wrapping up as we speak. It was, as expected, an exciting and amazing opportunity to meet with ROBLOX fans across the pond (and one family from Tennessee that made the trek with us). While we’ll have a more detailed recap in th...
| July 27, 2013 -
Six More Must-See Places to Check Out Today!
We’re always keeping a close eye on fantastic and innovative creations in ROBLOX–and are continually impressed by what we find. Andrew and I go in and out of virtual worlds every single day, so it probably comes as no surprise that we make not...
| July 26, 2013 -
Let the Countdown to BLOXcon London Commence!
If you’ve been paying attention, you know the countdown to BLOXcon London actually commenced when there were more than 100 days to go. But now it feels real. T-minus seven days and counting. We’ve updated the BLOXcon London website in antic...
| July 20, 2013 -
Play SFOTH: Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters Edition Today
ROBLOX has teamed with Fox Pictures to present Sword Fight on the Heights: Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters Edition . The ever-famous Sword Fight on the Heights level has gotten a watery facelift, as well as some brand new water and ice-themed weapon...
| July 19, 2013 -
Presenting the First BLOXY, Hall of Fame 2013 and Hackathon Winners
Last weekend at BLOXcon Chicago, we announced the winners of a bunch of prestigious awards. BLOXY Awards go to ROBLOX filmmakers, who crafted films for five unique categories in the ROBLOX Film Festival. The Hall of Fame Awards were designed to hi...
| July 17, 2013 -
BLOXcon Chicago: The Day in Pictures
Greetings from BLOXcon Chicago! It’s been a huge day for the ROBLOX staff — whether we were manning booths, running contests, giving keynote presentations on stage or running the Hackathon. Now, as the event slowly draws to an end, we wanted t...
| July 13, 2013 -
Become a More Efficient Builder with These Studio Tricks
After mentioning the ability to select individual parts from a model in last week’s Feedback Loop , we were surprised to find how many of our builders were enthralled with, and grateful for, what we thought was a relatively minor suggestion. Ala...
| July 10, 2013 -
How the Top-Rated Games Earn Your “Thumbs Up”
Various changes have hit the ROBLOX Games page in the past couple of weeks. The “Top Earning” sort allows users to see which games are able to rake in the most amount of Robux. The thumbs up/thumbs down rating system gives you the power to v...
| July 9, 2013