Every week, we’re busy telling the stories behind our community, 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: new material textures (and your feedback on them), a beginner’s guide to limited item buying and selling, devs respond to your comments about new features, our ROBLOX HQ Halloween celebration, a Spotlight on an aviation innovator, Defend the Frontier, and other bits and pieces. Enjoy.
Seven-day blog recap
New materials: the story of the week
On Monday, we launched updates to all existing material textures, as well as six new materials. For the most part, your feedback has been positive, with a few exceptions (which we’ve heard, loud and clear): studs are too distinct, corroded metal shouldn’t always be diamond-plated, and plastic sometimes needs to be entirely smooth. As Arseny mentioned in Wednesday’s Feedback Loop post, we are looking into integrating your feedback and appreciate the many hundreds of you who let us know your opinions.
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Every month, we release a new set of exclusive virtual goods you can only obtain by redeeming ROBLOX cards from particular retailers around the world. That means when you’re turning your prized red slice of ROBLOXia into a Builders Club subscription or ROBUX, you’re snagging yourself a stylish virtual good at no extra cost. We wanted to be festive for the season, so this month we’re offering items that have a bit of holiday spirit (as you can no doubt tell from the screenshot accompanying this paragraph).
