ROBLOX puts great effort into developing unified code that runs across multiple platforms – PC, Mac and soon iPad – on a wide variety of hardware and software configurations. This summer, as we ratcheted up development efforts for ROBLOX on mobile devices and tablets, we found the software we use to compile our code was only compatible with either Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or mobile devices. We were faced with a tough decision: maintain a separate code base for OS X 10.5 or discontinue support for it.

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At ROBLOX, we continue to take notice of those who are tackling new and different challenges within our platform. On this edition of “Spotlight”, we’re checking out a new project from users BlabVoid and SharpTH, who are using ROBLOX as a platform to develop a full-blown sci-fi mini-series.

In 2008, ROBLOX user Are92 did something with ROBLOX that nobody had ever seen before: he used it to create a full-length mini-series called RoWars that would transcend the machinimas previously seen on the platform.

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