2023 Roblox Recap

January

• Improvements to Asset Details page on Creator Marketplace ↗️

• Download Sales data ↗️

• IKControl instance full release in Studio ↗️

• Improved Water Shorelines ↗️

• Custom Notification Strings ↗️

• Fonts on Creator Marketplace ↗️

• Minimum requirement for DevEx lowered ↗️

February

• Faster Studio Explorer ↗️

• 2022 Hack Week highlights ↗️

• Log in with Security Keys ↗️

• Accessory Fitting Tool in Studio ↗️

• Studio Explorer Search improvements ↗️

• Add friends via QR code ↗️

• AvatarEditorService Catalog methods ↗️

March

• Roblox Headquarters expansion ↗️

• Analytics: Similar experience benchmarks ↗️

• Improvements to Constraints in Studio ↗️

• Multi-Cursor Script Editing in Studio ↗️

• Support for right-to-left text ↗️

• Roblox acquires Jido ↗️

• AI Material Generator in Studio ↗️

• AI Code Completion in Studio ↗️

• Custom Events ↗️

• IKControl Joint Constraints ↗️

• Public release of Open Cloud Assets API ↗️

• Initial release of Immersive Ads ↗️

April

• Account sessions ↗️

• Introduction of Webhooks ↗️

• New Terrain tool improvements: add/subtract, smoothing ↗️

• Experience join improvements ↗️

• Gift Card denomination changes based on country ↗️

• Price Chart on UGC Limiteds ↗️

• Release of Razer x Roblox gaming peripherals ↗️

• Creator Hub landing page ↗️

May

• Shapecasts in Studio ↗️

• Creator Roadmap launched ↗️

• Use attributes on the root Instance of a Package in Studio ↗️

• Team Create Presence in Studio ↗️

• Terrain Editor updates ↗️

• DragDetectors in Studio ↗️

• Auto-reconnect to Team Create ↗️

• Kick players from a Private Server ↗️

• Release of Ads Manager ↗️

June

• Login with a one-time code ↗️

• Sort friends by “fewest interactions” ↗️

• Updated Roblox branding guidelines ↗️

• Adaptive Timestepping as default in Studio ↗️

• Roblox Connect 2023 ↗️

• Exact match search ↗️

• IsVerified API ↗️

• New fitting algorithm for layered clothing ↗️

• Height scaling and floor tracking updates for VR ↗️

• Removal of 6-second limit interval to write to the same Data Store key ↗️

• Memory Stores observability dashboard ↗️

July

• Add a Saved Payment Method(s) ↗️

• New holding periods for Limited items on Avatar Marketplace ↗️

• Roblox reveals detailed vision for creator economy ↗️

• Apple Silicon support for client/Studio ↗️

• Updated Audio Marketplace landing page ↗️

• Classic Heads updated to be Dynamic ↗️

• Attach a screenshot to an in-experience report ↗️

• New TextChatService customization options ↗️

August

• Save Packages in-experience to Inventory ↗️

• Add/remove tags from the Properties Panel in Studio ↗️

• Rig Visualization for the Rig Importer in Studio ↗️

• Upload custom Heads and Bodies to Avatar Marketplace ↗️

• Changes to camera and navigation in Studio ↗️

• Text chat emoji and command auto-complete ↗️

• Open-source reference integration for Blender ↗️

• R6 to R15 Adapter ↗️

• New in-experience controls menu ↗️

• Aerodynamics in Studio ↗️

• Open-sourced Creator Documentation ↗️

• Expanding Verified badge eligibility ↗️

September

• MaxDistance property for SurfaceGUIs in Studio ↗️

• Real time Data Store error messages in Creator Dashboard ↗️

• 5 billion accounts created ↗️

• Creator Documentation translated into 7 additional languages ↗️

• Talent Hub updates ↗️

• 2023 Roblox Developer’s Conference ↗️

• Reviews on Creator Marketplace ↗️

• Camera comfort options for VR ↗️

• Anti-cheat for Windows (UWP) app ↗️

• Roblox acquires Speechly ↗️

• Ability for players to join any place, not just the root ↗️

• Create Subscriptions ↗️

• New Audio discovery features ↗️

• Easily navigate to collaborators in Team Create in Studio ↗️

• User Inventory API and Group Read APIs ↗️

• Roblox launches on Meta Quest 2/3/Pro ↗️

• Real-time email notifications and dashboard enhancements for Memory Stores ↗️

October

• Updates to Private Server links ↗️

• Ability to upload videos ↗️

• Adjust grass height ↗️

• Live Scripting in Studio ↗️

• Roblox launches on PlayStation 4/5 ↗️

• Roblox Assistant on Creator Documentation ↗️

• Improved Automatic Text Capture ↗️

• Dave Baszucki announces most staff must work in-office by mid 2024 ↗️

• New CSG engine enhancements ↗️

• Feature Guilded communities on experience details page ↗️

• Advertisement workflow updates and upcoming removal of website ads ↗️

• Changes to creating and uploading Bodies and Heads to Avatar Marketplace ↗️

• Improvements to Draggers in Studio ↗️

• Roblox partners with and shuts down Synapse exploiting tool to prevent exploiting ↗️

November

• Immersive Video Ads ↗️

• Analytics Home page on Creator Dashboard ↗️

• View if an item is only obtainable in-experience ↗️

• Package Diffs in Studio ↗️

• Improved moderation appeal process ↗️

• Buoyancy with Aerodynamics in Studio ↗️

• Internal Luau libraries open-sourced ↗️

• Flex features for UIListLayout in Studio ↗️

• 2023 Innovation Awards ↗️

• Login with Passkeys ↗️

• Shopping Cart on Avatar Marketplace ↗️

• Updates to Names ↗️

• Launch of Roblox Connect (calling) ↗️

• Put Subscriptions for sale ↗️

• 2023 Investor Day ↗️

• Switch between multiple accounts ↗️

• Purchase Limited Marketplace items from resellers in-experience ↗️

• Activity Feed on Creator Dashboard ↗️

• New experience accessibility settings ↗️

• Asset privacy and permission features for audio and video assets ↗️

December

• Roblox Assistant in Studio ↗️

• Studio notification tray overhaul ↗️

• Window Docking updates in Studio ↗️

• Updates to friend invites ↗️

• Annual Premium subscription option ↗️

• Profanity allowed in 17+ experiences ↗️

• Spell Correction and Facet Suggestions for searching Creator Marketplace ↗️

• Light mode available across the Creator Hub ↗️

• Join new servers faster with Server Prewarming ↗️

• More analytics on Creator Dashboard ↗️

Check out more on Roblox’s Blog featuring a letter from CEO Dave Baszucki.