Tracking the latest Roblox news and community reactions.
This collection of social media posts highlights various aspects of the Roblox community, ranging from tutorials on joining groups to discussions about weird subcultures. It also covers community-driven Discord servers and news regarding Roblox's 20th anniversary and The Hunt event.
Roblox is introducing new AI-powered safety features and facial age estimation technology to enhance protection for younger players. These initiatives are supported by the Teen Council for Civility and leadership focused on digital well-being.
The Roblox community is navigating a transition as groups are officially renamed to communities, supported by various tutorials on how to join and create them. While some users express concern over eccentric subcultures and chaotic behavior, events like RDC highlight the strong and positive connections within the developer ecosystem.
Roblox has launched in-game sales licensing, enabling creators to monetize specific IP-based items with revenue sharing limited to those sales rather than the entire game. The update also introduces four new Kodansha franchises to the Creator Hub, including FAIRY TAIL and Rent-A-Girlfriend.
The Roblox community is currently facing a mix of creative content and serious controversies, including protests regarding child safety and warnings about a new wave of bans. Discussions range from helpful tutorials to reports on disturbing subcultures and security concerns at official events.
Roblox announced dozens of new creator tools at RDC26, focusing on streamlining publishing, payments, and engine updates. The platform also shared impressive growth statistics, including $1.7 billion in creator earnings and a reduction in moderation-related friction for developers.
Roblox is introducing a suite of new terrain tools including object scattering, path splines, and projected decals to enable more detailed and performant worlds. These features, along with virtual texturing and signed distance fields, will be available through an Early Access Program later this year.
Roblox has officially opened the ability for all eligible creators to create and sell custom Animation Packs on the Marketplace. These packs cover seven locomotion states, including walking and jumping, allowing creators to monetize unique movement styles for the first time.
Roblox is unifying the role and permission systems for Community and Creator Hub groups into a single, synced interface. While creators can opt-in now to manage these changes, all groups will be automatically migrated by October 5, 2023.
Roblox is merging the role and permission systems for Community and Creator Hub groups into a single unified interface. Although the rollout is temporarily paused due to scalability issues, the update will eventually sync changes across both platforms and introduce private roles.
Roblox has introduced a redesigned Device Simulator toolbar in Studio beta, allowing creators to switch devices during playtests and auto-match UI scaling. It also features a new Network Simulator to test game performance under various latency and packet loss conditions.
Roblox is expanding its test for platform-funded discounts to include in-game passes and developer products. Creators will continue to receive payouts based on the original, undiscounted price of the items.
Roblox Studio has introduced a new Auto-Reimport beta feature that automatically updates 3D models and textures whenever the source file is saved on disk. This workflow improvement eliminates the need for manual reimports, although it currently creates new asset IDs for each update and must be re-enabled per session.
Roblox has fully released the Asset Manager and opened Emissive Items to all eligible Marketplace creators. Key updates include cinematic Freecam capabilities, custom analytics dashboards, and upgraded UI gradients in Studio Beta.
This collection of social media posts highlights various engineering-related activities within Roblox, ranging from technical mechanical demonstrations to creative building challenges. It features tutorials for specific game classes, showcases of custom animations, and recruitment posts for 3D modelers and builders.
The community is reacting to various Roblox updates, including the removal of inappropriate avatars and the celebration of the platform's 20th birthday with new items. Other notable discussions involve unlocking a classic theme and technical details regarding VNG account transfers to international servers.
Roblox is moving collision group management from PhysicsService to WorldRoot, enabling independent physics simulation within WorldModel instances. This update allows each WorldModel to maintain its own collision group state and ensures consistent physics queries like raycasting across different worlds.
Roblox has officially released enhanced Freecam capabilities, introducing advanced features like camera roll, adjustable FOV, and player locking. These tools are designed to help creators capture cinematic footage and trailers more easily within both Studio and live experiences.
Roblox has officially launched the ability for all eligible creators to publish Emissive Items on the Marketplace, allowing parts of avatars and accessories to glow. While the feature is now open to everyone, uploads are currently limited to one item per day to ensure technical stability and safety.
Roblox has introduced upgraded UIGradient features in Studio Beta, adding radial and conical types along with tile modes and scale controls. These enhancements allow for more complex UI designs without custom image assets and fully support Path2D instances.