Blog
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Builders Club is Coming…
A watershed release is due out soon. I’m not one to hype an upcoming release with a vortex of hyperbole that becomes a maelstrom which threatens to consume this entire community in such frenzied excitement
| August 2, 2007 -
The Black Iron Crown of Pwnage
Congratulations go out to Poker_Man29, the first player to achieve 10,000 knockouts. This was accomplished while maintaining close to a 2:1 ratio of KOs/WOs.
| July 31, 2007 -
1.47 Million ROBUX
We introduced currency into our game about 80 days ago. Since then, more than 1.47M ROBUX have been earned by players. This figure does not include admins and most of this money was earned via place visits.There are currently 741,990 ROBUX in ...
| July 27, 2007 -
1.47 Million ROBUX
We introduced currency into our game about 80 days ago. Since then, more than 1.47M ROBUX have been earned by players. This figure does not include admins and most of this money was earned via place visits.
| July 27, 2007 -
Humorous Video Contest Results
The results are in from the Roblox 1st International Humorous Video Contest! The judges picked three very funny movies: 1st place: “Roblox Gone Crazy” by JJ5x5 Congratulations on winning R$1000 and a custom hat! We hope that singling you out ...
| July 25, 2007 -
Roblox Nation: 40,000 Strong
Great news! Yesterday a user named StickArena became our 40,000 th account. We’ve granted him a small bonus of 400 R$. Here’s an interesting fact: If Robloxia were a real country, we would rank 211th in population out of 238 countries that...
| July 23, 2007 -
Paintball Tournament Match Times and Rules
The diagram below will be the general guide for the layout and times for the first half of the tournament.
| July 23, 2007 -
Roblox Video Contest Judging Begins…
We should know the results of the video contest by Wednesday! Check out all the great contest submissions on YouTube. Stoecker has chosen 17 judges from everyone who applied to be a judge for this contest. The judges are: kjj86 ninetailfox jasmin...
| July 23, 2007 -
Roblox 1st International Humorous Video Contest
Many people have been making great videos. Search “Roblox” on Youtube and you’ll find music videos, blooper reels, and epic battles.
| July 13, 2007 -
Code Drop – Website performance
Fast websites (and products in general) are a joy to use.  Great web sites offer response times of less than three seconds to keep usability liquid smooth.
| July 12, 2007 -
Robloxian Lottery Results
The results are in! We picked three random numbers through a random number generator. Why three? Well, we’re going to have three winners!
| July 10, 2007 -
Quick Tips to Boost Your Visits
Here’s a good tip to boost your visits. I might add more when I think about them.
| July 5, 2007 -
Robloxian Lottery (Current Pot: R$2500)
The Roblox team will be hosting a lottery over the next week. At 4:00 PM (Pacific) on Tuesday, July 10th, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive a prize of at least R$2500.
| July 03, 2007 -
User Marketplace, Capture the Flag, and Heat Seeking Rockets
We put a new release of Roblox online around 2pm yesterday. After making sure everything was running fine, we went to our design meeting without telling anyone what we had done.
| June 29, 2007 -
RocketPropulsion
There’s a new “RocketPropulsion†object in town. It works similarly to the BodyGyro and BodyPosition objects, but this one moves a part around in a manner not unlike a rocket. For a sample of this new feature, visit my place...
| June 28, 2007 -
New Offices
Today we’ve made the switch to larger office accomodations. Once we’ve settled in, we’ll be pushing out a new release. We will also be upgrading a select few additional accounts to Builder’s Club status, as per miked’s formula
| June 27, 2007 -
Tips & Tricks: How to Get More Place Visits
As a builder, nothing is more satisfying to me than to see that a place of mine has been visited hundreds of times in the past day. Building a cool place takes a lot of time and effort, but the knowledge that hundreds of people are enjoying someth...
| June 20, 2007