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Virtual BLOXcon Is Live!
Virtual BLOXcon is now live! To join the fun, don’t delay; go to ROBLOX.com/bloxcon . The event consists of three “stages.” There’s the Livestream Stage (roughly 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), where we’re streaming gameplay, Q&A sessions, product d...
| September 21, 2013 -
Presenting the ROBLOX Shop
Yet another awesome facet of Virtual BLOXcon! We’re proud to present the first-ever official ROBLOX Shop. Now everyone at home has the same chance to purchase exclusive ROBLOX items and real-life gear that attendees to our city BLOXcons snapped up.
| September 20, 2013 -
Building Virtual BLOXcon, from Schedule to Stage
Fresh off our BLOXcon “world tour,” we’re taking our annual fan convention online for the first time with the Virtual BLOXcon! The event takes place this Saturday at ROBLOX.com/bloxcon , starting at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. We’re hard at work ...
| September 18, 2013 -
Behind the Scenes with the Games Team: The Making of Gear
The ROBLOX Games Team is in a constant race against time–it’s their job to ensure that our builders have more gear to browse through in the Catalog each and every week, among other things. This is an extremely organized, frantic, and often fun...
| September 17, 2013 -
Behind the Scenes with the Games Team: The Making of Gear
The ROBLOX Games Team is in a constant race against time–it’s their job to ensure that our builders have more gear to browse through in the Catalog each and every week, among other things.
| September 17, 2013 -
Comments on Comments: Fonts, Streaming, Physics and More
Many readers pour significant time into writing thoughtful replies to our blog articles, and we want to make sure we address them. Comments on Comments exists so you get answers, straight from a ROBLOX developer, to your questions.
| September 16, 2013 -
Comments on Comments: Fonts, Streaming, Physics & More!
Many readers pour significant time into writing thoughtful replies to our blog articles, and we want to make sure we address them. Comments on Comments exists so you get answers, straight from a ROBLOX developer, to your questions. For this post,...
| September 16, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: September 15th, 2013
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 t...
| September 15, 2013 -
Let the Countdown to the Virtual BLOXcon Begin!
Virtual BLOXcon is now just one week away! The online event will give everyone in the ROBLOX community a chance to experience our annual fan conventions via a livestream from ROBLOX HQ, recorded BLOXcon footage, and a lineup of great games.
| September 14, 2013 -
Group Dynamic: Competition Bubbling Beneath the Surface
As is the case with ROBLOX developers, we blog curators listen to our readers’ feedback and try to produce content that interests you.
| September 13, 2013 -
With Streaming Join, Levels Load as You Play
Our Client Network Team is focused on getting players into games as quickly and efficiently as possible. Their top three goals: decrease join times, allow builders to make more complex places and creations, and offer support for all types of legac...
| September 11, 2013 -
The Games That Raked in Robux This Summer
On ROBLOX, content creators stand at a path to success that forks in myriad directions – from traditional building, coding and game development to more niche routes like film-making, character asset creation and advertising.
| September 10, 2013 -
The ROBLOXian Film-making Community Is Alive and Well
You saw the wit and skill of ROBLOX’s film-making community this summer at the Film Fest, which gave us the chance to give BLOXY Awards to 15 brilliant films of five varieties.
| September 09, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: September 8th, 2013
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 t...
| September 8, 2013 -
Last Chance to Enter the Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest
This is it, folks: your last opportunity to enter your BLOXcon-themed place or game in the Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest. Whether you’ve got a work in progress or are going to challenge yourself to build something from scratch in roughly 32 hours...
| September 7, 2013 -
Spotlight: Oysi’s Wild ROBLOX Experiments
We knew when we first experienced Galaxy Wars that developer Oysi had something going, but that turned out to only be the tip of the iceberg that is his backlog of projects. Oysi is an interesting developer because he’s created several sort of ...
| September 6, 2013 -
ROBLOX Staff: Game Developers by Day, Gamers by Night
We all share a passion for gaming and game development here at ROBLOX. While we pour our energy into making our platform more robust and feature-rich every day, many of us also seek inspiration and entertainment from the wider games industry
| September 05, 2013