Hi Reddit - David Baszucki, AKA Builderman, here to talk to you about this year’s Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) and the exciting new updates we had to share.
We have been building Roblox for over 15 years as a platform where people can be and do anything they imagine - a place for people to have shared experiences, be it entertainment and play or fashion, music, work, learning. We are ushering in the Metaverse and this new category of human co-experience - our recent advancements shared at RDC are a testament to our progress.
See here for a full summary of what we announced: https://blog.roblox.com/2021/10/rdc-2021-updates-robloxs-vision-path-forward/
The day included: Cloud (the future for developers on Roblox is the freedom to do everything on the cloud via APIs that you can currently do in the Roblox Studio), Dynamic Heads (which allow players to express the breadth and depth of their emotions and identities), and limited-edition UGC items (which allow creators to earn Robux off of the initial sale and subsequent resale of these time-bound or limited-in- number items).
I’m here to answer any questions you may have about our announcement and what it’s like to be a developer on the Roblox platform.
Proof: Here's my proof!
EDIT:Hey - to the Roblox and Reddit Community - thank you for having me today! Gotta run.
Here's a list of all questions and answers from David's AMA thread today. A link to the thread can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qhrp7u/i_am_david_baszucki_cofounder_and_ceo_of_roblox_i/
/u/MundanePixeIs: Do you ever play ROBLOX in your free time?
>David: Ha! I happen to play Roblox in both my free time and my work time :-).
/u/Mob55: What is the future of Roblox in 5 years?
>David: Hi - great question, and so glad to be here for my first AMA. We talk a lot about our vision for the metaverse and how ultimately this technology will bring people together through play, learning, work, experiencing entertainment and beyond. As we shared at RDC, you will see our whole avatar system moving to UGC, which is exciting to us as we believe there will be a combinatorial explosion in the ability for people to be who they want to be. We have innovations similar to this up and down our stack, including the scale and immersiveness of the Roblox engine, how we manage search and discovery to help people find friends, the integration of voice and avatar facial animation to convey more emotion and connection, and beyond.One way to get a glimpse into this future is to watch some of our recent videos from RDC. And of course, we continue to make massive strides in all of our efforts to support a safe and civil community on the platform.
/u/pastabaker1*:* Have you ever contemplated releasing the source code for a really old version of Roblox? Like a version from 2006 or 2007. Maybe even something as old as Interactive Physics, but I doubt that one would be legally possible.
>David: Hey thank you for noting Interactive Physics, which was a labor of love for Erik and myself. I think copies of this are still floating around. I love that the community recognizes the innovation and fun of the early 2006 Roblox. Technically, we feel it’s easier to make Roblox so powerful and extensive, that the way to share the 2006 experience of Roblox is to make it possible to “simulate” this exactly in the current version of Roblox. My kudos and appreciation to the several developers who are now making “Roblox Classic” simulations of experiences like Crossroads and Chaos Canyon available for new people on the platform.
/u/Starcraft88: When you and Erik left MSC Software, what did you do in the few years before founding Roblox? How was the
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Just a story that happened to me today :)
*me building apartments*
Some girl outside: Plss can i live here i have no hose
Me: sorry its not done :)
Girl: Yes it is i can see the furnture
Me: Thats because i have only done half of the top level which is what you are seeing
Girl: lair my dad owns bloxburg
Me: Your dads pretty young though? you must be like 4
Girl: No i am grown up
Me: Mk..
Girl: Well then give me money
Me *with 50k which to me is low on money*: sorry i don't have enough money right now to give the strangers
Girl: Even a dolleer would help
*i give her a dollar cause it was funny*
Girl: More. my dad owns roblox
Me: I thought your dad owned bloxburg?
*Girl goes off to bother my other neighbour*
https://preview.redd.it/sr15te6ujc171.png?width=347&format=png&auto=webp&s=d912c5be7abf5e4516b6fc207e85dc7a928ee100
attatch ere is proof
https://preview.redd.it/9xcb9ry02gs41.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=2a8932ef393e15eab172ec9eb9fbd37484946791
