As you may recall, we recently published an in-depth article about how we’ve sped up ROBLOX’s physics by 2-4x as a result of modeling collisions using impulses rather than springs. The “impulse solver,” together with three recent bug fixes, has drastically improved the performance and realism of one of our favorite physics-engine stress tests: Ultimate Dominoes! by armitroner. In this test, a single force cascades through thousands of standing parts, causing them to topple in quick succession.

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Every now and again, we like to show you some awesome places in ROBLOX you’ve probably never seen before. It’s a joy jumping into these virtual worlds, and bearing witness to stunning vistas and huge castles and…a busted up office building? Wait, what?

I blame sentiment for Derelict Office catching my eye—I couldn’t shake the fact that it looked like Half-Life 2, a game I fondly remember playing on my dad’s self-modded desktop PC. Though it’s kind of small, the Derelict Office has features and objects that you just don’t normally see on ROBLOX.

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Every year we work to make our annual Egg Hunt bigger and more creative than the year before. This year, we’re pulling out all the stops, debuting a massive custom-created level with 20+ different eggs, each of which has different attributes, and in some cases, prize-associations. (Get your first look at three of the eggs to the right!)

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Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our platform, our technology and our place in the gaming and technology industries. For those of you who catch up with ROBLOX over the weekend, the Weekly ROBLOX Roundup collects the best stuff to hit our various avenues of publication in the last week. This time: cultivating the next generation of engineers and entrepreneurs on ROBLOX, our Spotlight on the latest and greatest ROBLOX fan site, a series of visually stunning ROBLOX places you’ve probably never seen before, how we’re speeding up the “join time” for games and places, our new Nerf game, Roadrunner Canyon by asimo3089 and more. Enjoy.

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Seven-day Blog Recap

Learning life skills through ROBLOX

In late February, Code.org published a video, in which several tech-industry luminaries extol the values of being able to write code. While the video has an underlying goal of increasing the prevalence of programming classes in schools, it conveys a bigger message: anyone can learn to code and anyone can position themselves to be a successful engineer. In this article, we look at a few key points made in the video and how they relate to ROBLOX (including the variety of valuable life skills users can gain from our platform).

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day weekend! In the spirit of the holiday, we’ve created some exclusive St. Patrick’s Day gear for you, and put several of our, how should we say this, greener items on sale. You don’t have to be a leprechaun to score this pot of gold. Check it out!

St. Patrick’s Themed Gear

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Did you spend a long, grueling week watching our countdown clock? The hour of BLOXcon ticket sales has finally arrived! You can now purchase passes to all three events: BLOXcon Chicago (7/13), BLOXcon London (7/27) and BLOXcon New York City (8/10) on the BLOXcon website. Space is limited in each city, so guarantee your spot by snagging a pass today.

Passes are just $15 for Chicago and New York City, and £12 for London. Each BLOXcon pass guarantees you all-day access to the event, but you’ll have to choose a time slot when you’d like to attend the Main Stage Presentation. We’ll do the Main Stage Presentation multiple times per day — each session featuring the same content — to make sure everyone gets a chance to see it. You won’t want to miss your slot — this is where we’ll be showing things no other ROBLOXian outside your city has ever seen before.

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ROBLOX and Nerf have teamed up to make Nerf Battle: Double Your Blasting Target Challenge! The game launched earlier this week, and has picked up some serious traffic. At the time of this writing, over 250,000 people have played it! In case you haven’t gotten a chance to check it out, jump in and start blasting.

Choose one of two available Nerf double blasters—the Diatron blaster launches discs that can bounce off walls and floors, while the Rough Cut blaster fires darts that can travel up to 75 feet.

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