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Crossfire: CloneTrooper1019 and Ozzypig Talk Game Design
Creativity and sharing are two qualities that fuel ROBLOX, and it’s in that spirit that we created Crossfire, a series where we chat with ROBLOX game developers about their game design choices. For our second outing, we interviewed Clonetrooper1...
| April 20, 2013 -
Lights On! Win a Contest While You Test Dynamic Lighting
For the last five or so days, we’ve had dynamic lighting enabled on a small test environment. Today, we moved the feature over to the more robust GameTest1 environment so more builders can experiment with it simultaneously. While it’s news en...
| April 19, 2013 -
Get Your Article Published on the ROBLOX Blog
We’ve been upping the interaction between ourselves and our readers by cultivating articles that encourage collaboration and discussion. We’re pushing that envelope even further with a new, soon-to-be-launched series, where ROBLOX users have t...
| April 17, 2013 -
Purchase and Trade Multiple Copies of Limited Items Today
Starting today, you can purchase and trade multiple copies of the same limited item. We’ve made this change to simplify our economy while simultaneously expanding it–in particular, it offers you much more flexibility when trading within the RO...
| April 16, 2013 -
Six Awesome ROBLOX Places You’ve Never Seen Before, Part 2
Writing for the ROBLOX blog means Andrew and I are constantly keeping an eye on the community in search of under-the-radar showcases of excellent ROBLOX building. Andrew recently wrote about some of the most amazing places he’s seen on our pl...
| April 15, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: April 14th, 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...
| April 14, 2013 -
What Games and Places Are Earning Robux in April?
In January, we took an extensive look at the games and places that were the most financially successful on ROBLOX. Whether it’s through adding gear to a game, taking advantage of Game Passes or just racking up series visits, there are a lot of...
| April 12, 2013 -
Sellers Unite: A Weekend Tax Holiday For All!
April 15th can be a rough day–that’s the last day for millions of Americans to scrounge up a heap of documents from the past year and file their (ugh) taxes. With that dreadful day looming on the horizon, we’re declaring a tax holiday this w...
| April 11, 2013 -
Spotlight: Incredible Level Detail With Asimo3089
When we announced last week that we’re turning off bevels, Andrew and I were curious to see how this change could affect the appearance of places on ROBLOX. We found it humorous that we both ended up in the same virtual place, right after the be...
| April 10, 2013 -
Comments on Comments: Dynamic Lighting, 2013 Egg Hunt 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, ...
| April 9, 2013 -
Get Exclusive Gear for Redeeming ROBLOX Cards in April
Every month, we release a new set of gear and hats 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 Builders Club subscriptions or Rob...
| April 8, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: April 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...
| April 7, 2013 -
Be Part of the ROBLOX Maker Faire Experience!
One of the best things about being headquartered in San Mateo, California, is we’re a hop, skip and a jump from the grounds of an incredible, annual West Coast event: Maker Faire Bay Area . For the second year in a row, ROBLOX will be showcasing...
| April 5, 2013 -
ROBLOX’s Browser-Based and Native-Client Gaming Hybrid
The advent of broadband internet has revolutionized the way video games are distributed. 10 years ago, the idea of downloading, streaming or playing in a web browser what was traditionally boxed and sold on store shelves was almost unbelievable. T...
| April 3, 2013 -
The Success and Making of the 2013 ROBLOX Egg Hunt
The ROBLOX 2013 Egg Hunt has become the most popular event we’ve ever thrown on our platform. We thought we’d take some time to share some of the staggering numbers the game has accumulated in the last week (nearly 2.5 million players and 20,0...
| April 2, 2013 -
ROBLOX Blog Team Makes Game So Good, It’s Unreal
Coming from backgrounds in journalism, we blog writers know a thing or two about media and editorial. What we don’t know is how to design the ultimate ROBLOX game. Or so we thought. Gaming innovators. “It just sort of happened,” recalled Ala...
| April 1, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: March 31st, 2013 (GDC 2013 Edition)
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...
| March 31, 2013