A Look Behind What Happens When You Press “Play”
You know the routine: you find the game you want to play, you click play, and within seconds, you’re transported to a virtual realm of soldiers, mages, farmers and race car drivers. Simple, right? On...
View ArticleA Look Behind What Happens When You Publish a Game
When creating a game in ROBLOX Studio, the scope, playability, and overall enjoyment of it is entirely in your hands. We’re here to give you the tools you need to build, and ensure that you can share...
View ArticleWhat Happens When You Change Your Appearance on ROBLOX
Every part of your ROBLOX character is fully customizable–you can change your hat, shirt, appendages, and even the look on your face. Like with every facet of ROBLOX, we want to give you as much...
View ArticleA Look Behind What Happens When You Purchase Builders Club
Let’s look at the facts: if you want to play or build games using our platform, it’s free. While it takes a lot of computing power to keep hundreds of thousands of gamers playing ROBLOX games, we want...
View ArticleA Behind-the-Scenes Look at ROBLOX Customer Service
ROBLOX continues to grow larger each day – which also means that more users have questions or need help with all things ROBLOX. Luckily, our Customer Service team is highly trained in assisting our...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of the ROBLOX Web Team
ROBLOX is about 70 people strong, with teams specializing in everything from web and client development to customer service and marketing. While each team executes starkly contrasting projects, we’re...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of the ROBLOX Content Team
ROBLOX is about 70 people strong, with teams specializing in everything from web and client development to customer service and marketing. While each team executes starkly contrasting projects, we’re...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of the ROBLOX Client Team
ROBLOX is about 70 people strong, with teams specializing in everything from web and client development to customer service and marketing. While each team executes starkly contrasting projects, we’re...
View ArticleBehind 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...
View ArticleBuilding 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...
View ArticleGetting You Into Games More Efficiently Than Ever
Game instances started per second over a 24 hour period. A little over a year ago, we took an in-depth look at what happens every time you hit the “Play” button. Fact is, a lot goes on behind the...
View ArticleKeyrut Brings ROBLOX HQ to the Virtual World
During our BLOXcon livestream event, Alan and I took viewers on a virtual tour of the office, walking through and interviewing various members of the staff. One intrepid ROBLOX builder by the name of...
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