Character Explorations v3

Character Exploration

Over the past few weeks, we have shown the ROBLOX community various character explorations that include new head, body, arm and hand shapes for both male and female characters. We have a few examples of what these renderings would look like in ROBLOX. Check out the video of some new characters, and let us know what you think.

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ROBLOX Takes on Phishing Sites

Phishing has been a problem since the inception of the internet, and in 1995 the term was first coined in a README doc for a popular hacking tool targeting AOL users. Recently, ROBLOX has seen an increase in phishing sites, and we wanted to communicate how we approach these sites. Phishing is a common method of online identity theft, and in our continued effort to make ROBLOX as safe as possible, we will be taking serious measures to ensure the security of our players. ROBLOX will press charges and utilize law enforcement to take down any phishing sites that threaten our site’s security.

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Character Explorations

We have been exploring new body, head and face components for ROBLOX characters.  All of the mockups in this post are conceptual.  We invite your feedback on everything here.  When giving feedback, please refer to the sketch and image ID, as in “I like Male Bodies-A, #2”.

We have been experiment with a range of looks – spanning from a blocky mini-fig to a more human shape.  We have been playing a bit to see if we can capture the look and feel of iconic characters that you may recognize from movies and TV.

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Simplifying ROBLOX

Two years ago, ROBLOX started the Ambassador Program, which was designed to encourage players to spread the word about ROBLOX.  In the program, users would take HTML code (specific to that player), and then post those links on other active websites.  Users were rewarded with 2 tix per day per active link.  We believed we could get users involved with promoting our game.

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Simplifying ROBLOX

Two years ago, ROBLOX started the Ambassador Program, which was designed to encourage players to spread the word about ROBLOX.  In the program, users would take HTML code (specific to that player), and then post those links on other active websites.  Users were rewarded with 2 tix per day per active link.  We believed we could get users involved with promoting our game.

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