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Join Us Tomorrow For an Extra Long Halloween Livestream on Twitch
This Friday is ROBLOX’s in-office Halloween event, where employees dress up in costume, and get in the spirit of the holiday. It’s also the day we air The Creator Show , our bi-weekly Twitch stream where we interview an amazing ROBLOX creator, and showcase their work. Since it’s a special day, we’re having an extra long, three hour stream, full of spooky games, hilarious costumes, and a fantastic Creator Show with our special guest, Maelstronomer ! The special streaming event starts at 1 p.m. Pacific time on twitch.tv/ROBLOX . Here’s the full schedule: 1 p.m. – 2p.m. Pacific – The festivities kick off with your emcees JackintheBlox and CellBloxTango. They’ll be showing off some of the awesome Halloween themed fanart and videos sent in by the community. Dress up in your best in-game costume because they’ll be throwing a costume contest live on air! 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Pacific – The Creator Show kicks off with its new host, JParty. He’s got Maelstronomer, the creator of awesome games like Super Blocky Ball , and amazing showcases like Pilgrim Islands Reborn . 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Pacific – It’s time for scary games! We’ll be bringing on some of your favorite ROBLOX admins (in their Halloween costumes) and putting them in the hot seat while we play the scariest games on ROBLOX. So join us tomorrow, Friday October 30, starting at 1 p.m Pacific for the festivities. We can’t wait to see you all there!
| October 29, 2015 -
The Peanuts Movie Scavenger Hunt
The Peanuts gang have come to ROBLOX! Charlie Brown, the world’s most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron.
| October 27, 2015 -
ROBLOX Introduces New Physics!
We are excited to introduce the new physics engine, also known as the PGS solver! The physics engine is responsible for determining how parts move in a ROBLOX game. It takes into account how parts are connected with joints and how they collide with each other so that everything moves in a physically realistic way (as seen in this physics demonstration). The original solver in ROBLOX computes how joints and collisions work using extremely stiff spring equations. These equations are solved one by one at a high frequency to determine the motion of parts. On the other hand, the PGS solver uses a system of equations representing all the parts, joints and collisions and solves the entire set of equations together. Computing motion with the PGS solver gives us huge improvements in both joint and collision fidelity. This means that hinges and motors no longer look like they are flexible, with noticeable bending and wobbling. Collisions will show more precision and stability as well. You have to see it to believe how awesome physics motion looks using the new PGS solver. iframe In addition to providing massive improvements in motion quality, the new solver will allow us to introduce additional joint types not previously possible with the old solver. Even more physics engine functionality will be coming soon to ROBLOX with mechanical constraints such as universal and prismatic sliding joints. Here are two great examples of developers using the new PGS solver to power their creations. Peathis’ car that has a working suspension, without any scripting at all , and VolcanoINCs’ working piston engine with a clutch, gearbox and differential . To use the new physics for your place, go into the workspace properties and enable ‘PGSPhysicsSolverEnabled’: img Try it out and see what you can make! – Tim Loduha Have you created something amazing using the new physics tool? Tweet it to us with #ROBLOXdev
| October 27, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Vampire Hunters 2
It wouldn’t be halloween if ROBLOX didn’t have vampire games. This week I bring you one of our favorites, Vampire Hunters 2 . Prepare for battle, ready your weapons, and bring your friends! The vampires are out there and they’re coming for you.
| October 24, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Stop it, Slender! 2
It’s October, so you know what that means: Trees change colors, everyone ever buys pumpkin spice coffee, and on ROBLOX we get 2spooky. This month’s reviews will be covering some of our favorite spooky scare games out there. This week we gear up with one that actually made me jump in my chair: “
| October 18, 2015 -
Hallows’ Eve 2015 Event
Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating this frightening holiday with three awesome Halloween themed games. Check out two of your old favorites rethemed for this spooktacular season. are all decorated for Halloween, and contain an undead surprise! Keep your eyes peeled as your exploring for mysterious Nerf zombies in each game. If you find the zombie you get to keep the zombie’s awesome Nerf gear! img br In addition to Halloween versions of your favorite game, we’ve also got a . Play Nerf Zombie Attack and explore spooky maps and trying to stay alive as Zombie hordes invade! Defeat the zombies with your Nerf Zombie Stike Doominator to win the Nerf Tactical Vest. Check out all the This is advertising.
| October 16, 2015 -
New Chats and Parties Make Playing With Friends Easier Than Ever
Today we’re testing out a brand new site feature on ROBLOX that will make it easier for you to chat and play games with your friends. The new chats and parties system is a complete overhaul, adding new functionality and a slick new design. We’ve turned on our new chat and party system, and will be testing it for the rest of the week. You can expect this feature to become permanent after we finish the testing. If you find any issues or bugs, let us know in the comments!
| October 15, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Cube Eat Cube
It’s a dog eat dog world out there, which means that here on ROBLOX it must be a Cube Eat Cube world. In StickMasterLuke’s “ Cube Eat Cube ” you get to experience exactly what the old adage means by eating small cubes to get bigger to eat bigger cubes. but watch out, because those bigger cubes might just eat you instead!
| October 11, 2015 -
Get a Sneak Peek at our BLOXtober Event!
BLOXtober, ROBLOX’s spooky October event, kicks off next week, but to whet your appetite we’ve got a little sneak peek at the brand new game created exclusively for the holiday. ROBLOX developer Davidii (creator of Heroes ) has teamed up with skilled builder Quenty (creator of Whatever Floats Your Boat ) to create a type of game we’ve never seen on ROBLOX before: an on-rails shooter through a haunted mansion and graveyard. It’s scary, it’s exciting, and it’s mobile friendly! Check out some of these screens to see the gorgeous work Quenty has done on the project:
| October 9, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Hexaria
I love Hexaria. It’s awesome, you should play it. I could probably just end my review there if not for all of the awesome features and content in the game to talk about. Strategic cards, unique game design, beautiful maps and fun with your friends
| October 2, 2015 -
Creator Showcase: Mountebank Draws Inspiration from Japanese Architecture and Disney Films
Creator Showcases are a series of blog posts highlighting the works of some of ROBLOX’s best showcase artists. If you know of builders out there who deserve recognition, link us to one of their places in the comments below! Often times on ROBLOX we tend to focus on the awesome games that players participate in daily (I mean who doesn’t love a good round of Twisted Murder, am I right?). However, there are amazing developers who create worlds of their own which aren’t related to games at all. Mountebank’s showcase
| September 29, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Lumber Tycoon 2
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck? I don’t know, I’m not a woodchuck. However, I am a RO-Lumberjack, and you can be one too! At Defaultio’s “
| September 25, 2015 -
ROBLOX Coming to Xbox One
From our beginnings on PC, ROBLOX and our creators have pushed the boundaries of Community Created Gaming. We’ve expanded to Mac, iOS, Android and other mobile platforms. Each time we added a platform, more players from all over the world were able to join the ROBLOX community and play together. And for years, we’ve been looking forward to making the leap to a major console… Well, that day is now just around the corner.
| September 24, 2015 -
ROBLOX Coming to Xbox One
From our beginnings on PC, ROBLOX and our creators have pushed the boundaries of Community Created Gaming. We’ve expanded to Mac, iOS, Android and other mobile platforms. Each time we added a platform, more players from all over the world
| September 24, 2015 -
ROBLOX Game Review: Panic Attack
Action games are all the rage on the Games page these days. If I told you I was going to review a fast paced game–one which requires you to make decisions quickly and accurately–you would probably guess that I was going to review Phantom Forces
| September 19, 2015 -
15 Things You Didn’t Know About These Popular ROBLOX Games
Over summer we had the developers of some of the best and most popular ROBLOX games working in the office as interns. Before they went back to school we asked them about the secrets to their games.
| September 11, 2015 -
Get Free Hats & Win Prizes in the Endless Summer Camp Out!
Today is the day, ROBLOXians! The Endless Summer Camp Out, our all night interactive livestreaming event, kicks off this afternoon and we couldn’t be more hyped!
| September 4, 2015