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Developers Have Earned $68,000+ After Month Four of DevEx
Another month has passed, and our top developers continue to earn cash via our Developer Exchange program. At this point, we’ve paid developers over $68,000 since we introduced the program in early October.
| February 11, 2014 -
We’re Hiring Engineers — See Our Open Positions!
The ROBLOX recruiting squad has been traveling to engineering career fairs across the states over the last few weeks, getting our many fantastic job opportunities in front of smart candidates.
| February 10, 2014 -
The Top-Earning Games of the Last 30 Days
In recent months, game developers have had more incentive than ever to create the next smash-hit title. That’s largely due to the launch of DevEx, which allows developers to not only earn social capital among our massive community of gamers
| February 08, 2014 -
Our Twitch Channel Launches Saturday — with a Bang!
This Saturday, we’re launching the ROBLOX Twitch channel — and we’re doing it with a roughly three-hour livestream! Our inaugural Twitch broadcast will feature a couple members of the ROBLOX staff exploring the excitement of the Winter Games
| February 05, 2014 -
The Making of the Winter Games, Part Two [Updated!]
As you no doubt know (and have hopefully experienced) already, the ROBLOX Winter Games are under way! Since launch, the site event has logged more than 600,000 play sessions, with even more prizes and medals being awarded to the contestants.
| February 04, 2014 -
The Making of the Winter Games
As you’ve no doubt heard, the official ROBLOX Winter Games have begun. This is a first for ROBLOX in many regards — this marks the first official demo of our new Game Universe technology
| February 02, 2014 -
Animation Editor Now Available for Studio
After months of anticipation, you can now create and publish character animations using the brand new Animation Editor plugin for ROBLOX Studio. This article explains how the plugin works, and what this feature means for ROBLOX.
| January 30, 2014 -
Starting February, We’ll Pay You $2,000/Month to Make Great Games
If you’ve been following any of the stories about ROBLOX in the press this week, you’ve no doubt heard rumblings and rumors of a potential increase in the maximum monthly payout from our Developer Exchange program. Let it be known that the...
| January 29, 2014 -
Game Developers Get Game Stats
In game development, feedback is of paramount importance. It can take myriad forms: observing players as they interact with games, listening to written opinions and ideas, and crunching numbers to find out what features make players spend
| January 28, 2014 -
We Ponder a Murder Mystery With Nikilis
If you’ve logged into ROBLOX anytime in the past couple days, you’ve noticed Murder Mystery. It’s been sitting at the top of the Popular games list, at times hitting roughly 5,000 concurrent players. Based on a popular Garry’s Mod game
| January 25, 2014 -
Even in 2014, Creativity and Gameplay Trump Graphics
In the last few months, Sony and Microsoft launched the latest versions of their consoles. As expected, the games look fantastic and will only continue to get prettier. But, while next-gen consoles amp up the horsepower and triple
| January 24, 2014 -
Inside Team Rudimentality, an Indie Game Studio
We recently published an article describing a few of the many reasons ROBLOX is the best place to dive into indie game development and cited a couple of examples of developers who’ve come to be very successful here.
| January 23, 2014 -
Sneak Preview of the Winter Games Gameplay
We’re inching closer and closer to the start of the ROBLOX Winter Games 2014. As we’ve explained in the past, this competitive event, powered by the new game universes technology, will feature games created by some of our top developers
| January 20, 2014 -
Weekly Roundup: January 19, 2014
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our community, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| January 19, 2014 -
Crossfire: Raising Epic Reptiles With Hyperblue and misgav11
Creativity and sharing are two qualities that fuel ROBLOX, and it’s in that spirit we created Crossfire, a series where we chat with ROBLOX game developers about their game design choices.
| January 18, 2014 -
Using Plugins Just Got 10x Easier
If you’ve spent a considerable amount of time using ROBLOX Studio, there’s a good chance you’ve used plugins to expedite certain processes. Many plugins are made right here at HQ and are bundled into Studio (e.g., the terrain stamper), while...
| January 16, 2014 -
Use Module Scripts for Cleaner, More Efficient Scripting
We’re constantly working to make ROBLOX Studio the most feature-rich yet user-friendly game-development environment possible. This week, we’ve launched Module Scripts, which essentially allow you to create and save libraries of code, and shar...
| January 15, 2014