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Spotlight: Chadthedestroyer2 and After the Flash: Darkness
Inspired by other builds he had enjoyed playing on ROBLOX, chadthedestroyer2 decided to give “post-apocalyptic survival” games a shot. The result was a series of popular ROBLOX titles called After the Flash . Though each game looks radically ...
| July 8, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: July 7th, 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...
| July 7, 2013 -
Feedback Loop: Dynamic Lighting Advances, Studio Tips and More
99% of the content available on ROBLOX is created by our passionate community of builders. In Feedback Loop — the spiritual successor to the long-running Responding to User Feedback series – we respond to builders’ grand ideas for ROBLOX ...
| July 3, 2013 -
Six Amazing Sci-Fi Themed Environments
We’re consistently blown away by some of the creations our intrepid builders are able to create using ROBLOX. Their creativity inspires us, as well as those who get the chance to experience their vision in ROBLOX. This may come as a total surpri...
| July 2, 2013 -
Redeem ROBLOX Cards in July, Get Great Hats and Gear
Every month, we release a new set of exclusive virtual goods you can only obtain by redeeming ROBLOX cards from particular retailers around the world. That means when you’re turning your prized red slice of ROBLOXia into a Builders Club subscrip...
| July 1, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: June 30th, 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...
| June 30, 2013 -
Spotlight: ManyFireman’s Ro-Scania Trucking Simulator
Building vehicles, both in real life and virtual worlds, is a complex process that involves many moving parts and an appreciation for physics. It’s easy to take the process for granted–most games feature them prominently and put you in control...
| June 28, 2013 -
Test the Paid Access Beta, Share Your Thoughts
You’ve probably noticed over the last month that we’re making significant moves to give you new paths to success and encourage creation and discovery of quality games. While we’ve already launched thumbs up/thumbs down game ratings and the ...
| June 26, 2013 -
Developer’s Journal: Random Map Generation with TheGamer101
Hey guys, I’m TheGamer101 . You might recognize me as the creator of several popular ROBLOX games, including Sword Fighting Tournament , Ultimate Assassin’s Creed , and King of the Hill (the latter of which is the subject of this article)....
| June 25, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: June 23rd, 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...
| June 23, 2013 -
Dungeon Delver Creators Bring New Life to an Old Formula
Dungeon Delver is somewhat of an anomaly within the context of ROBLOX. While it’s a re-imagining of the brand of RPG made popular by Diablo, Everquest and the like, it features things we don’t often see: a fixed camera system, a click-to-walk...
| June 19, 2013 -
Thumbs Up to Game Ratings
Just last week, we described our vision for a Games page that’s loaded with fantastic games to play and worlds to explore. One piece of that puzzle is improving and adding alternative methods of sorting games, an effort we recently bolstered by ...
| June 18, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: June 16th, 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...
| June 16, 2013 -
Spotlight: FighterAce and the Kestrel Home Store
Every so often, we like to focus our attention on builders who are creating new and innovative things with our platform. This Spotlight is the first of its kind, as it focuses on a builder who has founded his own virtual clothing company, Kestrel ...
| June 14, 2013 -
Five Unique Answers to “How Do I Get a Job at ROBLOX?”
Our builders are passionate about creating top quality ROBLOX experiences, and many have asked us via Facebook, Twitter and ROBLOX games what it takes to secure a job here at ROBLOX HQ. The good news? This article will seek to answer that question...
| June 13, 2013 -
Feedback Loop: Game Discovery, Materials, Video Ads and More
99% of the content available on ROBLOX is created by our passionate community of builders. In Feedback Loop — the spiritual successor to the long-running Responding to User Feedback series – we respond to builders’ grand ideas for ROBLOX an...
| June 12, 2013 -
Surfacing Quality Games with the Top Earning Sort
We have a vision of a Games page that’s populated with incredible games to play and places to explore. With content like Apocalypse Rising and ROBLOXity and Battlefield and Sword Fighting Tournament re-appearing week after week, we’re part...
| June 11, 2013