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Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: August 18th, 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...
| August 18, 2013 -
BLOXcon Hackathon Winners Share Tips and Experiences
Now that all three BLOXcons have wrapped (and we’re hard at work creating our Virtual BLOXcon for September, in case you were wondering), we thought we’d take some time to talk with two top Hackathon performers (NickPatella and Ethancomputerm...
| August 17, 2013 -
BLOXcon Hackathon Winners Share Tips and Experiences
Now that all three BLOXcons have wrapped (and we’re hard at work creating our Virtual BLOXcon for September, in case you were wondering), we thought we’d take some time to talk with two top Hackathon performers (NickPatella and Ethancomputermad)
| August 17, 2013 -
We Bid Our Summer Interns Farewell
It seems like just yesterday that we created a post talking with our eager Summer interns about their plans for their tenure here at ROBLOX. Alas, time flies, and Merely, Seranok, MrDoomBringer and Stravant have completed their internships
| August 16, 2013 -
Presenting the Third Set of BLOXY, Hall of Fame, Hackathon Winners
After a busy month and a half, the ROBLOX team has successfully taken BLOXcon around the world. Another completed BLOXcon also means another list of BLOXY, Hall of Fame , and Hackathon winners. Though this takes us closer to the end of our annual ...
| August 14, 2013 -
You Can Now Toggle Outlines
As announced at BLOXcon London and shortly thereafter in a Comments on Comments article , we’ve decided to make the recently launched outlines feature optional for all ROBLOX builders and game developers. While we do see outlines as part of ou...
| August 13, 2013 -
BLOXcon New York in Retrospect
We hosted three separate BLOXcons in three separate sprawling cities around the world – all in the space of five weeks. We interacted with thousands of our intrepid gamers, builders and fans, in-person. We laughed with you.
| August 12, 2013 -
BLOXcon New York City in Pictures
BLOXcon New York City is winding down as I write, but Alan and I spent a healthy portion of the day running around and documenting it via photographs and video as best as we could. After all, only 1,000 lucky ROBLOXians could actually attend the e...
| August 10, 2013 -
When It Comes to Paid Access, What Works and What Doesn’t?
We like releasing features that give builders and game developers the freedom and flexibility to experiment and find new paths to success. Alas, our Paid Access feature, which basically lets you charge Robux for players to access your game, is bei...
| August 6, 2013 -
Get Armored Hats for Redeeming ROBLOX Cards in August
Every month, we release a new set of exclusive virtual goods you can only obtain by redeeming ROBLOX cards from particular retailers around the world. That means when you’re turning your prized red slice of ROBLOXia into a Builders Club subscription
| August 05, 2013 -
Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: August 4th, 2013
Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our platform, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries.
| August 4, 2013 -
The BLOXcon Crew Heads to New York City in Just One Week!
New York City, it’s your turn. We’ve been practicing our BLOXcon game over the last month in Chicago and London, and it’s all been in anticipation of making this final in-person event of the summer as epic as it can possibly be.
| August 03, 2013 -
Building ROBLOX Battle, Part 2: Level Design
If you’ve been keeping up with the blog (or if you’ve played ROBLOX Battle lately), you’ll have undoubtedly noticed major changes being made to one of our flagship titles.
| August 02, 2013 -
Comments on Comments: Battle, Outlines, Paid Access and More
Many readers pour significant time into writing thoughtful replies to our blog articles, and we want to make sure we address them.
| August 1, 2013 -
Comments on Comments: Battle, Outlines, Paid Access 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. For this post,...
| August 1, 2013 -
Presenting the Second Round of BLOXcon 2013 Award Winners
Right on the heels of our second sold-out BLOXcon in London, we’ve got some more winners to announce in various forms–more BLOXY Awards, more ROBLOX Hall of Fame winners, and, of course, winners of our Hackathon in London! Let’s start with B...
| July 31, 2013 -
Presenting the Second Round of BLOXcon 2013 Award Winners
Right on the heels of our second sold-out BLOXcon in London, we’ve got some more winners to announce in various forms–more BLOXY Awards, more ROBLOX Hall of Fame winners, and, of course, winners of our Hackathon in London!
| July 31, 2013