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Logo used since 2022 Developer(s) Roblox Corporation Publisher(s) Roblox Corporation Director(s) David Baszucki and Erik Cassel † Engine Roblox Studio Platform(s) Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, Meta Quest 2, Fire OS, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Meta Quest Pro, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 Launch PRAÇA September 1, 2006[1][2] iOS December 11, 2012[3] Android July 16, 2014[4] Xbox One November 20, 2015[5] Oculus Rift, HTC Vive April 22, 2016[6] PS4, PS5 October 10, 2023 Genre(s) MMO, MMORPG, Simulation, Metaverse, Virtual World, Sandbox Game modes Multiplayer and Singleplayer roblox .com Roblox is free to play, with in-game purchases available through a virtual currency called Robux. Roblox has over 500,000 experience creators and 700 million monthly active users, who have logged over 300 million hours of playtime. The experience's development group, Roblox Corporation, employs over 1,000 people worldwide.[10][11][12][13] In 2019, Roblox became the most popular gaming platform in the world.[14] History and development

2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2015 2015–2017 2017–2018 2018–2022 2022–present Roblox logo evolution[15][16] Roblox was created by founders and co-founders David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004. "Roblox" (a portmanteau of the words robots and blocks) was launched in beta form in 2004 under the name "Dynablocks.beta". The site officially launched to the public on October 1, 2006. [ 12 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Early history (2006-2009) In early 2006, the game's in-game currency was called Roblox Points, which would later be replaced by the current Robux. During 2006 and 2007, Roblox received features that included a messaging system, a search system, and a character customization system.[20] Badges were first introduced in December 2006. In March 2007, Roblox became compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), an American law aimed at protecting children in the online environment, with the addition of a safe chat, which limits users under the age of thirteen to communicating by selecting predefined messages from a menu.[21][22] In August 2007, the Builders Club (now Roblox Premium) premium service was added, in addition to server improvements.[23] Unique Features and Game Features (2010-2012) By 2011, over 5.4 million games had been created by users.[24] The first Roblox conference, called "Roblox Rally", was held on August 1, 2011, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California. The conference was later renamed the "Roblox Game Conference", and was later renamed "Bloxcon" in 2013, which was held in several cities.[25] In December 2011, Roblox also held its first "Hack Week", an annual event where developers

Hacker Attack and Official Release for iOS Operating System On April 1, 2012, Roblox suffered a hack, with attackers gaining access to moderators' accounts to make them say graphic and inappropriate things. In addition, the hackers drastically reduced the prices of some products and changed their names, while also removing or adding Robux to users. Roblox staff took the site offline after the attacks, and administrators were able to undo all the changes, reverting the entire system back to a previous backup. This was the most painful attack for Roblox Corporation.[28] On December 11, 2012, Roblox was officially released for iOS.[3][29][30][31][32] Main facts in chronological order (2013-present) 2013 Roblox co-founder Erik Cassel passed away on the morning of February 11, 2013 at the age of 45, at his home in Silicon Valley, California, after a three-year battle with cancer.[33][34] The previously added safe chat feature was removed and replaced with a system based on a list of acceptable words for users under the age of 13 and another for other users. This new system allows users under the age of 13 to create content on the site, which they were previously unable to do.[35] On October 1, 2013, Roblox launched the Developer's Exchange, allowing users to exchange their Robux for dollars.[36] Requirements to use the program are a minimum of 100,000 Robux, membership in the Outrageous Builders Club, and a valid PayPal account. In December 2013, an animation plugin was released. Users also became able to insert basic characters through the interface.[37] 2015 On May 31, 2015, a feature called "Smooth Terrain" was added, increasing graphical fidelity and changing the physics engine from a block-oriented style to a smoother, more realistic style.[38]

On November 20, 2015, Roblox launched on the Xbox One, with an initial selection of 15 games chosen by the Roblox team.[39][40] New games created for the console will have to go through an approval process and will be subject to the standards of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, an organization that reviews, decides and inserts age ratings for video games sold in North America.[41][42] 2016 On April 14, 2016, the secondary internal currency, called Tickets or TIX, was removed.[43] During the thirty days prior to its removal, temporary items were released at the Tixapalooza event that could only be purchased with Tickets, such as exclusive and commemorative items. The internal system that converted Tickets to Robux was removed to coincide with the removal.[43] In April 2016, Roblox launched its virtual reality version on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, which may have attracted more Portuguese and Brazilian players interested in technology. At the time of launch, over ten million games were available in 3D.[6][44] In April 2016, Roblox launched its virtual reality version on the Oculus Rift. In June 2016, the company released a version compatible with Windows 10. While the game has had a PC presence since 2004 with its web version, this is the first time it has been updated with a standalone launcher developed for Windows.[45] The following month, during an episode of The Next Level, Jack Hendrik announced that Roblox would be ported to the PlayStation 4.[46]

By the game's tenth anniversary, it had reached a milestone of 30 million monthly active users, nearly 900,000 concurrent users, and over 300 million hours of gameplay. Its top game creators were earning up to $50,000 per month.[13] As of November 29, 2016, the trading ratio was 500 Robux to 1 USD (dollar).[47][48] In September 2016, Roblox announced that it had paid out approximately $7 million to community contributors.[49] 2017 On October 2, 2017, Guest Login (playing as a guest, without an account) was removed from the game on the PC version, but it was still possible to play on Android and iOS operating systems. 2018 On July 18, 2018, the company identified a problem in the system that allowed the use of inappropriate behavior by a hacker who added code to one of the games. The company took immediate action against the actions.[50] On November 24, 2018, Guest Login or Play as a Guest was completely removed from all remaining platforms. The reason was that hackers were using Guest Login to hack without getting banned. 2019 In August 2019, Roblox reached a milestone of 100 million monthly active players.[51][52] On September 23, 2019, Roblox replaced Builders Club with Roblox Premium.[53] In November 2019, Roblox replaced the old, famous Robux logo with a more modern and current one. 2020 Roblox partners with Microsoft Bing and Microsoft Corporation which distributes Redeem Codes for Robux for free if players perform simple tasks on the Bing search engine and manage to accumulate enough points to redeem the digital product.[54] Roblox Corporation suffers retaliation from players and developers due to the company's lack of equality and hypocrisy in not taking action on games within the platform that had a high level of adult content, such as gore, violence and some other explicit content that is considered "common" in society.

In November 2019, Roblox replaced the old, famous Robux logo with a more modern and current one. 2020 Roblox partners with Microsoft Bing and Microsoft Corporation which distributes Redeem Codes for Robux for free if players perform simple tasks on the Bing search engine and manage to accumulate enough points to redeem the digital product.[54] Roblox Corporation suffers retaliation from players and developers due to the company's lack of equality and hypocrisy in not taking action on games within the platform that had a high level of adult content, such as gore, violence and some other explicit content that is considered "common" in more mature society and that should not be shared with minors (audiences under 13 years old). 2021 On September 2, 2021, Roblox announced "Spatial Voice", a Voice Chat (VoIP) feature within places so that players can communicate quickly and directly without having to use chat in FPS games, for example, which require agility from players for good gameplay. The feature was only actually released to the general public on September 21, 2021, where it is only possible to use Spatial Voice if you are over 13 years of age and present a valid, original, personal identification card from your country of origin with a photo to a third-party identification service. Once again, Roblox suffers reprisals from players for being an unexpected addition and even considered "impossible" according to players for a platform as restrictive and censored as Roblox. Players were afraid of what could happen after the definitive addition of Spatial Voice, according to them, this new feature would open doors for people with bad intentions to commit serious crimes against other players such as scamming, bullying, racism, xenophobia and especially pedophilia involving children.[55][56][57]

At 08:00 (GMT-3) on October 28, 2021, Roblox suffered a massive server failure, leaving the platform completely inoperable worldwide for more than 3 consecutive days, lasting until 08:45 (GMT-3) on October 31, 2021, when the platform finally resumed full operations worldwide. According to the company, the cause of the general outage was due to an overcrowding of packages on Roblox's servers. Players speculate that this overcrowding was due to an event promoted between the Mexican food company Chipotle and Roblox Corporation within the platform, which was a success among players, with many accesses.[58] During the outage; Players trying to access the site saw a dark background screen with a rectangular image inside which had text written: "We're making things more awesome. Be back soon." The partnership between Roblox Corporation, Microsoft Bing and Microsoft Reward that offers Robux balance in exchange for small missions in the search engine returns and now also offers support for Brazil. Gameplay In Roblox games, players explore 3D worlds. Activities in the game world include exploring, crafting items, gathering resources, and combat. Some of the most popular games are: Work At a Pizza Place, MeepCity, Mad City, Adopt Me!, Tower Heroes, Jailbreak, Piggy, Prison Life, etc. Players can customize their virtual characters with various hats, custom faces, head shapes, body shapes, clothes, and gear. Players can create their own outfits. However, selling player-created clothing items and collectibles requires a premium subscription to the Builders Club (currently the subscription name is Roblox Premium), but non-premium players can still create t-shirts, which are decals for their clothing.

In Roblox games, players explore 3D worlds. Activities in the game world include exploration, crafting items, gathering resources, and combat. Some of the more popular games are Work At a Pizza Place, MeepCity, Mad City, Adopt Me!, Tower Heroes, Jailbreak, Piggy, Prison Life, etc. Players can customize their virtual characters with various hats, custom faces, head shapes, body shapes, clothing, and gear. Players can design their own outfits. However, selling player-created clothing items and collectibles requires a premium subscription to the Builders Club (currently the subscription name is Roblox Premium), but non-premium players can still create t-shirts, which are decals attached to the front of a player's torso. Players can collect and trade items, especially limited edition collector's items. Social interaction Players can add other people they meet in games to their friends list. Since 2011, this action has only been possible while playing the game. [59] On February 4, 2015, a new update was introduced to replace the friends and best friends system, now being called "friends and followers". [60] This update allows a maximum of 200 friends, with unlimited followers. Players also have the option to join community groups. [61] After joining, players can then announce their group, participate in group relationships, and set their main group. [62] [63] [64] Currently, one can add friends through the "add" button, which takes you to a section that allows you to search for the player's name and send friend requests. Roblox Studio Roblox Studio Logo since 2022

Roblox Studio is a program that comes installed alongside the client (Roblox Player), but the two are internally separate from each other. Roblox Studio is used to create experiences, and Roblox Player is used to play experiences.[65] Users use the built-in Roblox system to build places with bricks of varying colors and shapes. Users are also able to use plugins and tools made by other users to build. Users also have the ability to browse the Roblox Library and find free models and scripts. Roblox has also created an "Official Model Creator" system, where talented model creators are able to create and have their creations visible on the front page of the model section of the Roblox Library.[66] To create scripts in places (for example, an object changing color if the player collides with something) the Brazilian programming language Lua is used.[67] Robux Robux symbol currently. Robux is the official currency within the game with its own exchange rate.[68] It is possible to buy Robux via PayPal, credit or debit card, Roblox Gift Cards and bank slip,[69] for Mobile players on some devices it is also possible to buy with the balance from the Google Play Store or Apple Store. The possible change of the classic Robux logo was not only about modernizing the platform, it also solved a problem that had existed for years on Roblox that directly affected ordinary players who confused the monetary quotations "R$" of the Robloxian Currency, Robux, with the abbreviation "R$" of the Brazilian Currency, the Real.[citation needed] Awards and recognition One of the fastest growing private companies in the United States (2016 and 2017).[70] San Mateo County Economic Development Association Award of Excellence (2017).[71] San Francisco Business Times Technology and Innovation Award in the Gaming/e-Sports category. (2017)[72] One of the best workplaces in the bay area

To create scripts in places (for example, an object changing color if the player collides with something) the Brazilian programming language Lua is used.[67] Robux Robux symbol currently. Robux is the official currency within the game with its own exchange rate.[68] It is possible to buy Robux via PayPal, credit or debit card, Roblox Gift Cards and bank slip,[69] for Mobile players on some devices it is also possible to buy with the balance from the Google Play Store or Apple Store. The possible change of the classic Robux logo was not only about modernizing the platform, it also solved a problem that had existed for years on Roblox that directly affected ordinary players who confused the monetary quotations "R$" of the Robloxian Currency, Robux, with the abbreviation "R$" of the Brazilian Currency, the Real.[citation needed] Awards and recognition One of the fastest growing private companies in the United States (2016 and 2017).[70] San Mateo County Economic Development Association Award of Excellence (2017).[71] San Francisco Business Times Technology and Innovation Award in the Gaming/e-Sports category. (2017)[72] One of the best workplaces in the Bay Area, according to Fortune magazine (2019).[73] References

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