Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: August 12, 2012

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Weekly ROBLOX Roundup logoEvery 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 to hit our various avenues of publication in the last week. This time: ROBLOX users as indie game developers, the new Build page, an inside look at popular Catalog items and our thoughts on your feedback.

ROBLOX users as indie game developers

Independent game development hit its stride in the mid 2000s, when technology and distribution got good enough that small teams — even individuals — could develop full-featured games and get them in front of consumers without the help of publishers. In many ways, ROROBLOX Studio UserBLOX users function like indie game developers: creating unique, outside-the-box gameplay and distributing content via the web, all with the minimal resources of a small team (or less).

As an interesting aside, the Independent Games Festival is now accepting submissions for this year’s fest. What ROBLOX games from this year do you think are deserving of a submission? (That’s not to say we would submit them; we’re just curious what you think.)

Want more indie games content? Well, read our article first. Then check out some of these links:

Build.

BuildROBLOX’s web team recently launched a new element to our site’s main navigation: the Build page. The page’s high-level goal is to help all ROBLOX users get started with creating games, clothes and models, but it also is a great way to organize the stuff you’ve already created, separate from your inventory, and track metrics. Chances are, you’ve already explored it. If not, check out the Build page today.

Look inside 10 of the most popular Catalog items

10 of the Most Popular ROBLOX ItemsThe ROBLOX Catalog is chock full of gear — it’s something like the virtual equivalent of those 400-page catalogs that arrive every holiday season. Our new Catalog will certainly help you navigate the content and find what you’re looking for when it releases soon, but we also pulled together a list of 10 of the most popular Catalog items and offered an inside look at the scripting that powers them. Not only can you see what gear ROBLOX users love to tote, but also how it works.

Your ideas, our feedback

If there’s one thing we can count on from ROBLOX users, it’s ideas. We gathered up some feedback and ideas late last week, and responded to them with our latest entry in the “Responding to User Feedback” feature. This time around, we talk dynamic lighting and high-volume part rendering, new character joints and animations, CFraming tools, in-game admin powers, group challenges and more. Check it out and be sure to join the discussion with other users.

Bits

  • Double Trouble Studio, an app developer headed up by ROBLOX user CowBear16, has released an iPad app that lets you create ROBLOX GUIs, then export the Lua code for use in ROBLOX. Several ROBLOX developers have been chatting about it over the last week; you can check it out on the Apple’s App Store here.
  • Here‘s another video demonstration of the stability of ROBLOX’s robust hinges and joints — the “current” hinges start to explode at about 1:05; “new” hinge demonstration starts at about 3:04. You can see how much better the parts hold together, even after bouncing around.
  • We’ve started sending weekly email updates from the ROBLOX blog. To receive an email each Sunday, click here and sign up.

ROBLOX, elsewhere on the web

Our CEO and ROBLOX Founder David Baszucki will be speaking at GDC Online in August, Texas this October. You can see the initial announcement of the “Game Dev Start-up Summit” on Gamasutra. The one-day summit will include a “host of sessions that provide a step-by-step look at the issues, challenges, and realities of getting a new game company off the ground.”

Until next time.

89 thoughts on “Weekly ROBLOX Roundup: August 12, 2012”

  1. i bought bc and cant see bc games i do not really like it please change that. and you guys should team up with microsoft that way u can do roblox on xbox 360 too

    • Well guys if they team up ith microsoft they can make amazing graphic and no lag but roblox has t put thems to the top for microsoft to atleast think about them which means it may take a while

  2. i see a lot of hackers exploiters and stuff like that i report them then they false report me so please fix it where it would send a message to ROBLOX staff

  3. I think ROBLOX should make it to where you can sell the stuff you buy back and get your money back.

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  9. Why don’t you focus on a kind of reinstall roblox button? My dad deleted it and now I don’t know how to get the roblox studio back

  10. i would like this new hat, its called ‘curlz’ its basicly curly hair for girls,

    and the one for boys would be ‘messy curlz’.

    who agrees?! :)

  14. If you want to remove lag open roblox studio go to tools > settings then find bevels and UN check all the texture settings change it to low quality and less lag!

  15. i think you should focus on removing lag from roblox because some games are based on how fast you are and you slow down when you lag in roblox.

  18. I think there should be gaming contest for robux or tix tix for non-bc robux for bc.
    And not like where you have to go somewhere either like on your computer

  19. roblox should have have a feature that allows players to invest in games and allows the creator to price the games stock. (if a player buys some of that stock then they can sell the stock to another player when it rises or lowers.)
    kind of like the limited item system. And the creator of the game gets money from the people who buy the stock directly from him.

  20. yes what the ki said team up with microsoft and make rolox an Xbox360 a downloadabe on Xbox360 thats super smart!!!! do it and make a demo trial for free :) and a thing where we log in ok do do do it plzz you get like 1000000000 more veiwers cause citys all around the world play it hear that admins do it say 555 in a message if you agree! 555

  21. you guys should make a sell thing where if you buy something you get money back but creator still gets the cash

  24. I could be wrong. Tell me what you think in this situation, if I’m not, or if I’m right.

  25. I Have an Idea for studio2.0beta!

    For the paint, you can make 2 tabs: one for original colors (from roblox studio 1.0) and one for custom colors (we can make our own colors) ^_^ :D :3

  26. Possibly a mute player optition in game. Not just cause the person hates that player maybe they just don’t want to talk at that moment.

    • I wish u could trade anything like i have lots of hats and stuff cause it is hard to get limited stuff if u know what i mean please reply and say i agree if u do not agree u can reply and say i do not agree

  28. I see roblox put roblox studio back in build mode. Finally, a good update for once.

  31. ROBLOX admins i have a suggestion,I think that roblox should partner with microsoft or sony to get an xbox live or playstation network version of roblox. Not oly would more people play but the control system would be familiar to new players and old alike. Minecraft did it why not roblox.

  32. I like the original building technique were you could place models in your place.Maybe the original building technique could come back but with new things with it.

  33. You should be able to block users so that user wont talk to you anymore.

    Good idea?

    • I agree but there are certain ways around this like I am making a chat gui that allows this so you would say ‘block/Person299′ and then when he chatted you wouldn’t see it, but of course it wouldn’t be in every game.

  35. why doesnt roblox put on places who have admin can use experimentall stuff liek c4 and tesla coil cause there r too many noobs who can get to be member and destroy places!

  37. I have this problem when i see players move but stay in one spot also cars too is this a bug

    • I am glad I am not the only one having this problem which makes it impossible to play a fighting game because you never know where the other people are >.<

  39. The independent games festival sounds interesting. Roblox’s engine is good and all, but for some parts of it like the Humanoids I want a bit more freedom. I don’t like how you are required to have a connected head and torso to keep it alive. What is with the statuses of the Humanoid anyways? Whenever I try the AddStatus method with a valid input, nothing happens. Is that not complete yet? Just sharing some of my thoughts.

  42. I would like to see a ROBLOX System… I mean, a system you could buy that only plays ROBLOX, maybe even portable! It’s like a budget system!

  46. Should be able to block players, even if you turn off chat settings, they can still comment on your places.