Roblox Developers’ Journal

The masked malefactor has struck again! Yesterday we reported that there is a crazy gift-giving guy on the loose who is breaking into people’s homes and leaving presents.

Now we have a cryptic news wire from the Roblox Police commissioner Newton Raphson:

Police Report                                          ID: 5f3759df

We’re having trouble getting to the Root of this problem. The thing is, it doesn’t Square with everything we know about Robloxians. See, most of them don’t break into places and leave gifts. This guy is doing the Inverse. And he’s doing it fast.

The commissioner also pointed out that all the houses burglarized this time belonged to known expert-level bloxxers. Whoever broke into their houses must be either supremely confident or insane. In any case, he’s dangerous and citizens should not attempt to apprehend him themselves.

- Telamon

Alert! Burglar at large! Several thousand Robloxian homes were broken into last night. So far no one has reported that anything is missing. On the contrary, many citizens are finding a shiny blue present in their Stuff section of their My Roblox page.

There has been rampant speculation that this gift was bestowed on anyone who has been nice on ROBLOX, but no one really knows.

One thing is for sure, there’s a crazy man with a sack of gifts on the loose and no one knows when he will strike again!

- Telamon

Here are six more entries to the ROBLOX Better Tomorrow World’s Fair!

These players have not yet been judged by Telamon, but can feel proud to be on the News as examples of the entries so far.

	evildemon1123 Category: Bizarre Bestiary In the future of ROBLOX, these robots, known simply as, "the consumers" are in control of Robloxia. Their four arms can have a number of different weapons  at their disposal. This one has saws and a cannon. The only known weakness of these monsters are their glowing red eyes.
	illusions Category: Dogs of War This new weapon is for the most part like a normal sword except for two things - One it has a mesh that looks like a katana. Two, if you’re holding the katana and you press b it will turn the katana sideways (just like the guy is doing in the picture) and will block in coming sword attacks.
	legopepper Category: Dogs of War My idea was like an admin shield that reflects other people’s shots. It would be as big as the character, it would make like a BOING sound when a rocket hits it, and it would explode anyone that touches it but not the holder.
	pichi123 Category: Dogs of War Don’t let it go when the zombies attack without a weapon. This weapon is a laser gun that will kill all the zombies in one hit!!! Just press the rubber band turn the handle down spin it a little bit and ready to go.
	tombotheclown Category: Lands of Tomorrow I think that this futuristic snack bar would be great for fellow Robloxians. They would have to pay 5 tix for normal meal, 10 for a special meal, and 20 for a super special meal. Lastly, the meals could help give them energy to jump higher run faster and get all they need to stay healthy in ROBLOX, if they don’t eat enough they will get hungry and starve and not have enough energy to do the things they love until they eat more!
	spartan752 Category: Captains of Industry My vehicle is for underwater. It’s called the Lobster. It has two claws and a long tail.Its long tail has a teleporter that takes rocks from the ocean and brings it in the white box below the tail and turns the rocks into Robux.it will help us with doubling the process of making Robux. It is awesome!

Some rules clarifications…

You can enter as many times as you like but there is only one prize per player. So by sending in more entries you are more likely to win, but they need to be creative!

2D line drawings or 3D models are not accepted for this event. Sorry.

If more than one person worked on an entry the prize will be split between them.

Please keep in mind there are many more entries than these and the judging has not yet happened. Keep sending in your entries!

Read the instructions from the official announcement below.

-ReeseMcBlox

Wow! We have gotten a lot of entries for Better Tomorrow World’s Fair! We have so many that it’s going to be hard to show them all on the Roblog like we did for the last event. They will all be shown by the end of the event but it will take a while to get them uploaded.

I just have to say - ROBLOX has great players! Here is a small sampling of some entries. These players have not yet been judged by Telamon, but can feel proud to be on the News as examples of the entries so far.

	dragonyoshi66 Category: Bizarre Bestiary Name: Flaming Burritobot How To Defeat: Make it drop its hot sauce bottles and then fire a paintball at its head.
	heiscoolmg Category: Lands of Tomorrow In the future of ROBLOX, the Happy Robloxian house will be made of logs, since we ran out of plastic to make the bricks. The last three existing ROBLOX trees are preserved next to the house. The modern slide and teeter-totter still exist because you just can’t beat the feeling of a hot metal slide on a summer day…
	robotica Category: Bizarre Bestiary It is of a Robot I made using my Magnetics. I call him Zodak (similar to Zodiac). It is a heavy-armored war robot ready for battle! His hands have built-in swords and laser cannons and he’s immune to long distance rockets: He has a force-field that metal cannot pass through. The force-field is very strong but it cannot last forever. Once used up he must wait for it to recharge. Bye!
	ario56 Category: Captains of Industry A crane that I made of K’nex that was assembled, but I took a picture of it when I saw the building contest. This model has support, and a K’nex motor so it can move on it’s own. If this was a ROBLOX model, it would help builders of tall buildings to easily get things like long pieces to higher levels. The beam angle and height isn’t adjustable in reality, but in ROBLOX it should be.
	disneyland Category: Captains of Industry It is the S.S. Roblox! The ship belongs to the entire ROBLOX team. It is what they take to go fishing, hold VIP Parties, and hang out when they have so much work to do they need a break. They sleep in the bridge and dock it right next to the very own ROBLOX HQ. And yes, there is an elephant head as the prow.
	shadowmaster Category: Dogs of War This making is a four legged tank. This is a (cool) 4 legged machine used in war. It has a canon. And see that thing on top? I think you know what it is. It has to do with Destruction.

We also have a few video entries. BenderRobot has done one for the Dogs of War category. Click here to see it. He says, "Yo work the light gun press back on the trigger (Which is the yellow brick), then a stream of poison fire with lots of chemicals will come out of the front, and that stream of poison fire will transform or destroy anything it touches."

Some rules clarifications…

You can enter as many times as you like but there is only one prize per player. So by sending in more entries you are more likely to win, but they need to be creative!

2D line drawings or 3D models are not accepted for this event. Sorry.

Please keep in mind there are many more entries than these and the judging has not yet happened. Keep sending in your entries!

Read the instructions from the official announcement below.

PS: It’s true that we got this event idea from Ploober33 and Samsum. They sent in a lot of ideas in the form of pictures including the ones below. Thanks guys!

-ReeseMcBlox

It’s the dawning of a new age for ROBLOX! It’s a time to set forth the community’s dreams for the future. Builderman loved the last event so much that he’d like us to do that sort of thing again! This time we’d like you to send a photo of something you imagine in the future of ROBLOX. Dream up and create something you’d like to see, even if it’s wacky or zany. 

Pick a category…

Lands of Tomorrow - Places

Captains of Industry – Vehicles (including Watercraft, Aircraft and Spacecraft)

Bizarre Bestiary – Creatures, Robots and Monsters

Tests of Bravado - Obstacles, Rides and Traps

Dogs of War – Tools, Armor and Weapons (Destructo Rays, Block-Disasemblers)

Then create your entry using one of the following types of things…

K’nex, LEGOS, Mega Bloks, Hexabits, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Gears!, Aeroblocks, Magnetics, Mechano, Erector, Brio, wooden blocks… any item of that type. You can use paper, paint and glue but keep in mind the Fair is about the future of ROBLOX.
(All mentioned toys are trademarks of their respective corporations and are not affiliated with ROBLOX).

Take a picture…

Make sure there is plenty of lighting for your creation, and that the camera is in focus. Live YouTube movies of your creation in action would be awesome. Blurry pictures will not be accepted. Drawings, 3D computer art, screenshots of ROBLOX or other games will not be accepted.

The event starts now! The final time to submit is noon Pacific time on December 4, 2007.

Send the following to event@roblox.com

1. Photograph Files
2. Username - Very important!
3. Category of entry
4. Description of how your entry is about the future of Roblox. Tell us how it would work. Send at least 3 sentences. This is very important. Don’t leave it off.

Telamon will be collecting all the entries to the Fair. Remember, these need to be something you put some effort into. Any entries that are images from the Internet or just some toy you pulled off your shelf will not be accepted.

Once accepted each entry will be eligible to receive a ROBUX cash prize. The best three of each category will receive the Best In Show cash prize. The remaining accepted entries will receive the Honorable Mention cash prize. The cash prizes will be given after the event ends.

-ReeseMcBlox