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Game Templates: A Smart Way to Start Building and Scripting
You may remember us mentioning our new Capture the Flag template a few weeks ago. Since then, the Content Team has been hard at work creating new templates–particularly prime for competitive gameplay, with more styles of games to come in the f...
| October 23, 2012 -
Responding to User Feedback, V10
Every so often, we ask our users to let us know what they’d like to see in ROBLOX, then respond to some of the most insightful comments and pertinent questions. This time, John Shedletsky, ROBLOX’s Creative Director, elaborates on a variety...
| October 22, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: October 21, 2012
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 ...
| October 21, 2012 -
Adding Gear to Games: Some Tips & Success Stories
We released the
| October 20, 2012 -
Engineering ROBLOX for the iPad
ROBLOX isn’t your typical video game company. We’re unique in a lot of ways, one of which is our openness about what we’re working on and our plans for the future. Today, we’re happy to stop teasing and start going in-depth on our progress toward releasing ROBLOX for iPad. ROBLOX for iPad will launch in a couple phases. First, we’ll update the existing ROBLOX for iPad will launch in a couple phases. First, we’ll update the existing aa , which has been available in the App Store since 2011. The update will improve the visual style of the app and is optimized for use on iPad. It will allow us to test all non-game components of the ROBLOX app., which has been available in the App Store since 2011. The update will improve the visual style of the app and is optimized for use on iPad. It will allow us to test all non-game components of the ROBLOX app. The following release, in which a significant fraction of our company is currently involved, will add the anticipated Play Games feature. We’ll let you know when to expect these releases in the future. In the meantime, keep an eye on the ROBLOX blog to learn about challenges our developers have encountered and overcome in pursuit of our ultimate goal: a polished, optimized, intuitive ROBLOX experience on the iPad.The following release, in which a significant fraction of our company is currently involved, will add the anticipated Play Games feature. We’ll let you know when to expect these releases in the future. In the meantime, keep an eye on the ROBLOX blog to learn about challenges our developers have encountered and overcome in pursuit of our ultimate goal: a polished, optimized, intuitive ROBLOX experience on the iPad.
| October 19, 2012 -
What Happens When You Change Your Appearance on ROBLOX
Every part of your ROBLOX character is fully customizable–you can change your hat, shirt, appendages, and even the look on your face. Like with every facet of ROBLOX, we want to give you as much creative freedom as possible. But what happens beh...
| October 15, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: October 14, 2012
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 ...
| October 14, 2012 -
Developers’ Picks: The Content Team’s Favorite ROBLOX Games
Feeling nostalgic after posting an article about popular console and arcade titles re-imagined in ROBLOX , we got to wondering: What are some of our very own software engineers’ favorite games on ROBLOX? We asked four members of the Content team...
| October 13, 2012 -
Observations from GDC Online’s Game Dev Start-Up Summit
Max Photography for GDC Online Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online, the self-proclaimed premier professionals-only event for online, social and cloud gaming, wraps up today in Austin, Texas. ROBLOX CEO and Founder David Baszucki was there on T...
| October 11, 2012 -
Stay Connected with ROBLOX Using Social Media
ROBLOX uses a number of channels to give you a voice, listen to your feedback and help you network with other users. While the ROBLOX forums are (and will continue to be) a particularly popular and active place for ROBLOX users to chat, we also m...
| October 9, 2012 -
ROBLOX Presents “Add Gear to Game” Feature
We’re proud to announce the “Add Gear to Game” feature–all users can now allow specific gear items from the ROBLOX Catalog in their game and sell those gear items directly on their game page. If users choose to buy an item from your gam...
| October 8, 2012 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: October 7, 2012
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 ...
| October 7, 2012 -
The Making of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtle Trouble
The ROBLOX Content team recently put the finishing touches on its latest game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtle Trouble , as part of an advertising deal with Nickelodeon. At the time of this writing, users have played the game almost 300,000 t...
| October 5, 2012 -
Moderation on ROBLOX: How it Works
We’ve got a full staff of moderators who work every hour of every day to make sure that the content that hits ROBLOX is safe for all ages. Though we have users of varying age groups, we make an effort to keep our younger audiences from seeing of...
| October 2, 2012 -
Play Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtle Trouble Today
ROBLOX has been hard at work to bring you Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtle Trouble , in conjunction with the release of the new CGI television show airing Saturday mornings at 11a/10c, only on Nickelodeon. Take control of one of four genetical...
| October 1, 2012 -
Groups: The Armies, Organizations, Think-tanks and Clubs of ROBLOX
Look at ROBLOX from a distance and you’ll notice a couple things: a lot of games and a large, bustling community. Look a little closer, and you’ll find depth: a complex building/game-development kit, a rich virtual economy and a social network...
| September 29, 2012 -
ROBLOX’s Wealthiest Users: Part 2
If you’ve been keeping up with our blog, you know that last week we reached out to some of the wealthiest users on ROBLOX to see if they would share some of their secrets to earning boatloads of Robux. Though the users who shared their collecti...
| September 28, 2012