Student Code Jockeys Sum Up Summer at ROBLOX

We’ve talked previously about how many users can use ROBLOX as a platform for starting lucrative careers. Speaking to that effect, we decided to check in with some of our summer interns, who are approaching the end of their times here at ROBLOX, and see what they’ve been up to over the last couple of months. Turns out they’ve been working on some big projects. Check it out. 

Garrett Fleenor – Senior, Oregon State University

I got the chance to work on the LEGO® Hero Factory: Breakout game, alongside fellow developer Zach Linblad (fusroblox), and it turned out to be a really fun game. Outside of our overall goal, which was to create a scavenger hunt-type-game, we were given quite a bit of creative freedom. Zach created the basic drop zone code, and John built the city. We continued iterating the game until we arrived at a rewarding, immersive 3D experience.

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ROBLOX Works with LEGO® for LEGO® Hero Factory: Breakout

LEGO(TM) Hero Factory Breakout

LEGO®Hero Factory Logo - LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2012 The LEGO Group

ROBLOX has worked with LEGO® to bring you LEGO® Hero Factory: Breakout, a new game that sends up to 10 ROBLOX players to the futuristic Makuhero City. Players take the role of Stringer or Voltix – hero or villain, respectively – and compete to win a five-on-five, team-based scavenger hunt. Not only are the heroes constantly battling it out with the villains, but each team can destroy the other’s scavenger items, adding an unpredictable challenge to winning the hunt.

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