Tracking the latest Roblox news and community reactions.
Roblox has introduced the Collision Summaries API, providing developers with precise physics data such as contact points, normals, and relative velocities. This new feature offers a more detailed alternative to the traditional Touched event for complex physics interactions.
Luau has introduced new 'if local' and 'if const' syntax that allows developers to declare variables directly within conditional statements. This feature aims to streamline code by reducing nesting and improving type narrowing, though it currently only supports single-value bindings.
Roblox introduced Early Harm Detection for experiments and expanded camera-based Frustum Streaming to improve performance. The update also covers changes to API rate limits, permanent retirement of usernames from deleted accounts, and the launch of new creator-focused social media channels.
The community is showcasing diverse engineering feats within Roblox, including mechanical simulations of nuclear fission and shotgun physics. Discussions also cover software engineering career paths and critiques of the platform's moderation systems from a technical perspective.
Roblox announced significant updates to its Ads Manager, expanding the 'Earnings' objective to nearly 30,000 games to help creators optimize for Return on Ad Spend (ROAS). The update also includes quality-of-life improvements like video ads in sponsored tiles and faster review times, though some developers remain skeptical about the system's impact on organic growth.
Roblox has launched Early Harm Detection for experiments, providing near-real-time updates on key metrics like playtime and revenue during the first 24 hours. This feature allows creators to identify and stop harmful experiments quickly before they significantly impact the player base.
Roblox is lowering rate limits for cookie and unauthenticated IP-based requests across six web API services to better align with real-world usage patterns. While Open Cloud limits remain unchanged, developers using third-party tools or extensions are encouraged to migrate to Open Cloud or implement caching to avoid potential disruptions.
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.