When it comes to developing ROBLOX, we take to heart specific and constructive feedback from our community. That’s why we started Behind the BLOX, a chance for builders to come and play test with us every Friday right here at ROBLOX HQ. In our last visit, we tested with a local group of middle schoolers from Benicia, all of whom are members of an after-school initiative called STEM. The acronym stands for science, technology, engineering and math–so it makes sense that each of them are not only familiar with ROBLOX, but builders themselves.
Andrew Altman is the program coordinator for STEM, and put together the field trip to our office. He tells me that STEM actually uses ROBLOX quite a bit in their curriculum–every Tuesday and Thursday he has professional programmer Carl Edwards work with students to build newer and more complex things in-game. On their last “ROBLOX day,” they learned to script working trampolines. Altman says that ROBLOX is unique in that it’s able to teach kids a wide range of skills, while keeping their interest levels high.
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Behind the Scenes of Behind the BLOX
Last Friday, we kicked off the first in a series of Behind the BLOX, opening the doors of ROBLOX HQ so users could take a tour of our office, test some exciting new features, and talk with our developers about all things ROBLOX. We invited six users from our submission pool—and will be inviting more so we can hold a Behind the BLOX event each week for the foreseeable future!
Go Behind the BLOX Starting Next Friday!
We’re always focusing on new ways to strengthen the connection between our ourselves and our users–ROBLOX wouldn’t be the same without the feedback we receive from our passionate builders and gamers. Behind the BLOX is your unique opportunity to visit the heart of Robloxia: the ROBLOX HQ in San Mateo, CA.
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