ROBLOX Mobile has been available in the iTunes App Store for almost a week now, and we’ve been keeping a close eye on which games users gravitate towards. We’re interested for several reasons, the main one being that we want to know which games work best with our touch controls. As time goes by, users will begin developing games that will be optimized to work specifically for mobile devices. For now, we’re curious to see what existing games are most popular among our mobile audience.

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Giftsplosion 2012 is in full swing! We’ve released all the gifts for the year and they’re now sitting in the catalog, beckoning you to do whatever it takes to win them (or spend some hard-earned Robux on them). This article rounds up all the gifts and offers some hints on how to qualify for the last three.

If you’re not familiar with the Giftsplosion, here’s a brief overview: throughout the month of December, we’ve been placing mystery gift boxes in the ROBLOX catalog and awarding them to users who either meet certain criteria or have the wit to crack their riddle. Eventually, they’ll open and reveal a new addition to your inventory of goods. While those who meet the criteria get the gifts for free, they also go on sale in the catalog for a limited time before opening.

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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: the official ROBLOX Mobile launch, John Shedletsky addresses your mobile gaming questions, tips for building mobile-friendly ROBLOX games and places, the great-looking Timeless by Unclear and more.

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ROBLOX Mobile is available and ready for play

This week, we officially released ROBLOX Mobile, with gaming unlocked for iPad 2+, iPhone 4+ and iPod touch 5th Generation. If you download the app today, you can grab a free pair of White Earbuds for your ROBLOX character from the mobile catalog. We’ll also be releasing some additional iOS-exclusive items in the near future. For more information on them, visit our blog story about the launch of ROBLOX Mobile. If you want to skip straight to the goods, click here to download ROBLOX Mobile.

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With the release of ROBLOX Mobile, you have the power to distribute your creations – whether character clothing, models, virtual worlds or hardcore games – on a new platform and potentially to a new audience. We’re only a few days into the release and, at the moment, the mobile ROBLOX gaming and game development scene is a bit like the Wild West. Everyone is still observing and learning about what makes a game work on mobile, and there’s an opportunity for you to help define those qualities.

What we do know is that what works on a desktop computer doesn’t necessarily translate one-to-one to a touch screen device. That’s the nature of different screen sizes and input methods. Still, there are a few things you can do today, in addition to your own experimentation, to design your game to adapt to multiple devices.

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Updated 12/14 at 3:37 p.m. PT: We’ve released an update to ROBLOX Mobile that improves performance and in-game control, and makes the White Earbuds accessible via the mobile catalog on all iOS devices.

I’m excited to announce to everyone in the ROBLOX community — new members and old — that, as of today, ROBLOX Mobile is no longer in beta and all users can play ROBLOX on their iOS device of choice: iPad 2+, iPhone 4+ and iPod touch 5th Generation. First off, there are a few ways you can get the app:

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Every so often, we ask our users to let us know what they’d like to see in ROBLOX, then respond to some of the most insightful comments and pertinent questions. This time, John Shedletsky, ROBLOX’s Creative Director, focuses on our upcoming mobile release. He responds to questions about mobile optimization, a future where ROBLOX and Android can play together, and security concerns, to name a few. The topics for this User Feedback session were submitted to us from users at LuaLearners, a ROBLOX scripting group/website.

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Orca101: Will games need to be as optimized as possible to run well on mobile?

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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: our chat with the owner of the LuaLearners group and website, supplementing your trades with Robux, useful ROBLOX Studio plug-ins, our web developers’ gaming tastes, ROBLOX Tablets moving through the economy, your characters in one word, and top-down shooter Underscore.

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LuaLearners.org: a scripting haven

We’re often asked, “How can I learn how to script in ROBLOX?” We have a couple go-to resources — the ROBLOX Wiki and user cowbear16′s “Basic ROBLOX Lua Programming” book — but now we can add LuaLearners.org and the LuaLearners ROBLOX group to the list. The site/group exists for the sole purpose of helping ROBLOX users of all levels learn to write in Lua and enhance their creations with scripts. We talked with the group’s leader, Coolbob44, about the LuaLearners site and community and put together a blog feature to increase exposure of the great work happening in both.

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