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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
ROBLOX has experienced literally 1,000,000% growth since those early days and it has been a wild ride. That ride has now come to a partial end.
| May 14, 2014 -
A New Look for Wiki.ROBLOX.com
Wiki.ROBLOX.com , the prime resource for ROBLOX building and game development, has gotten a facelift, thanks to the efforts of UristMcSparks and the ROBLOX Studio Team. Along with a new look, the ROBLOX Wiki has better curated front-page content...
| May 12, 2014 -
On the Air from Maker Faire: ROBLOX Streaming Next Weekend
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, we’re taking our livestreams to the next level. Oh, wait. We’ve already done that. So, now we’re going to the next next level.
| May 10, 2014 -
On the Air from Maker Faire: ROBLOX Streaming Next Weekend
Just when you thought you’d seen it all, we’re taking our livestreams to the next level. Oh, wait. We’ve already done that. So, now we’re going to the next next level. We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be streaming live from the RO...
| May 10, 2014 -
Player Points in Beta: How They’re Being Used Thus Far
You’ve undoubtedly noticed the inclusion of points (both player points and clan points) on ROBLOX in the last couple of weeks — we’ve released them in beta form to do some intensive testing before releasing them as a full-blown feature
| May 08, 2014 -
Twitch April Leaderboards Are Here, and the Numbers Keep Rising
Another month has passed, which means we have new numbers to report from the wacky world of Twitch.tv. All of you are doing a fantastic job capturing your ROBLOX moments on Twitch, and we’re thrilled to see increased activity and involvement
| May 6, 2014 -
Twitch April Leaderboards Are Here, and the Numbers Keep Rising
Another month has passed, which means we have new numbers to report from the wacky world of Twitch.tv. All of you are doing a fantastic job capturing your ROBLOX moments on Twitch, and we’re thrilled to see increased activity and involvement —...
| May 6, 2014 -
The Apocalypse Games: Gusmanak’s Beta Experiment
Apocalypse Games has just been released and is already taking the Games page by storm. The highly anticipated unofficial sequel to Gusmanak’s smash hit Apocalypse Rising isn’t quite what you’d expect — this is a much more goal oriented, f...
| May 5, 2014 -
The Apocalypse Games: Gusmanak’s Beta Experiment
Apocalypse Games has just been released and is already taking the Games page by storm. The highly anticipated unofficial sequel to Gusmanak’s smash hit Apocalypse Rising isn’t quite what you’d expect — this is a much more goal oriented
| May 05, 2014 -
DevEx Milestone: $175K Paid & TheGamer101 Makes $10K/Month
We’re proud to make two exciting announcements today regarding our Developer Exchange program that launched in October. First, we’ve paid out a grand total to date of $175,000 to our builders.
| May 01, 2014 -
These High-Res Skyboxes Make Games Beautiful — Fast
The skybox is an important part of every game — it helps sets the mood and atmosphere of the world you’ve built. Builder Testin423 recently published several high-fidelity and eye-catching skyboxes that you can download as models
| April 29, 2014 -
Fame at 15: CloneTrooper1019’s Rise to Game-Dev Success
CloneTrooper1019 is an eloquent speaker, an ambitious thinker, and a prolific game developer (with a catalog including such successful games as Murder, Spleef, Prop Hunt, and The Stalker).
| April 26, 2014 -
One Weekend, Three ROBLOX Events
This weekend, there are three official ROBLOX events happening: two on the U.S. East Coast and one in the United Kingdom (in Newcastle Upon Tyne, to be exact). It’s incredibly cool that these three events are happening simultaneously, and even cooler
| April 25, 2014 -
ROBLOX Just Got Prettier: New Textures Unify Terrain and Parts
See terrain with a new set of eyes. Pictured here? The KlamKnights HQ , a part of their universe of games. In an effort to unify the visual aesthetic of ROBLOX, we’ve revamped all of our terrain textures. That means grass, sand, bricks, stone a...
| April 24, 2014 -
Points and Leaderboards Beta Update
We hope you’ve had a chance to try out our currently-in-development Player Points and Leaderboards features. These new offerings have been running in beta mode in order for us to collect data and feedback before they become official ROBLOX features.
| April 24, 2014 -
The Point of Points: Here Come the Clans… and More
Last week, we unveiled Player Points, a platform-wide score that every gamer on ROBLOX can improve by achieving certain objectives in games. This is an exciting addition to ROBLOX, in that it creates a competitive, platform-wide meta game
| April 22, 2014 -
ROBLOX Accounts Are Safe from the Heartbleed Bug
You’ve undoubtedly heard of Heartbleed at this point. The exploit of openSSL protocols affected 66% of all internet sites when it was discovered, and many massive online communities had to deal with account security issues as a result.
| April 21, 2014