A new beginning

In the not too distant future, a war is looming over ROBLOXia. The arrival of the Ne’Kotikoz has brought trouble to the land. Both sides are racing to create the best weapons for their soldiers. Lets see what they have achieved so far!

Scifi!

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The Evolution of Voxels in Video Games

How do you represent objects and terrain in a 3D video game?  A partial list includes triangle-meshes (very common), geometric primitives (ROBLOX), and height maps (terrain).  Today I’m going to talk about another way of modeling objects and terrain – the voxel.

Voxels store information in a 3D grid.  In the simplest case, all of the 3D space in your video game is divided into a grid, and each cell in the grid is either empty (air) or full (ground).  To make the world look more realistic, each cell can be a different color or material.  Just like with your mega-pixel camera or HDTV – the more voxels, the more realistic the game world.

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Meet an Interesting ROBLOXian: Sheeppie

Meet Sheeppie! This player is one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever on ROBLOX. He has become rich and famous by creating high quality uniforms selling them at reasonable prices. Many groups come to him for custom uniforms of all ranks and styles.

Why do you play ROBLOX?
I play ROBLOX because of the level of customizability you can have with places and avatars.
What is your favorite thing to do on ROBLOX?
My favorite thing to do on ROBLOX is to create outfits and clothing for the player community.
Where do you get your ideas?
I browse the Internet looking at outfits from games. When I see something cool I make it on ROBLOX.
What do you want your fellow ROBLOXians to know about you?
I want all my fellow ROBLOXians to know that I enjoy helping others. I enjoy reading, going to the movies, and playing many video games.
Tell us something funny or cool that happened to you recently on ROBLOX.
Recently my brother has started playing ROBLOX with me, and thanks to the new private servers we have been building a sort of collage of many things such as a castle with a UFO bunker under it.
 What do you think your career will be?
I want to be a professional graphic designer.

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