Timeline of Roblox history/2011

January 2011

 * January 6 – Exploits were fixed, ROBLOX ran faster on old graphics cards, and groups could now allow everyone (including players without Builders Club) into their group places.
 * January 12 – Physics-based collision sounds are added.
 * January 28 – Ambient occlusion is released.

February 2011

 * February 3 – Groups could now advertise themselves.
 * February 28 – The in-game screen recorder is released for all platforms.

March 2011

 * March 9 – The Builders Club loyalty program is released, giving players additional daily Robux based on how long they have had Builders Club.
 * March 17 – Seth Deesub receives a million Robux through the Make a Wish Foundation.
 * March 23 – New users can sign up with a gender option (Male or Female).
 * March 31 – The Prank a Pop Star! contest in announced in this blog post.

April 2011

 * April 5 – Facebook Connect is re-added.
 * Guests are given "official" outfits, (using the BillyBloxxer and BettyBloxxer account's shirt and black legs, very similar to the ROBLOX account's look at the time. Guests seen with the Red Roblox Cap were male Guests using BillyBloxxer's avatar, whilst the female Guest was using the ROBLOX Girl package, which is of course, also BettyBloxxer's avatar.) as outfits between late 2009-2010 would be randomized with numerous hats such as Erik Cassel's Hat, Turbo Builders Club Hard Hat, and etc. These outfits would last for 5 years, until being changed on July 12, 2016.
 * April 8 – Group owners can become "allies" and "enemies" with other groups. Also, the Prank a Pop Star! contest ends and the winners are announced in a blog post.
 * April 14 – Basic data-persistence is added.
 * April 28 – Users can declare a primary group.

May 2011

 * May 5 – Players could now see their favorited places on the Games page.
 * May 21 – A new game GUI is released with a new player list. Players can take in-game pictures and videos.
 * May 26 – A basic iOS app for ROBLOX is released on iPhone and iPod. Users cannot play any games on this version.

June 2011

 * June 16 – The ROBLOX Rally is announced.
 * June 22 – Players could now follow a friend into the game they're playing.

July 2011

 * July 18 – Roblox's first television commercial is made and launched.
 * July 22 – Teleportation between places (TeleportService) is added, which Telamon has been trying to do for a number of years.
 * Unknown date - Further revamps to the in-game GUI were made, including moving some of the in-game features (reporting, video capture, settings, leaving, etc.) into a new "Game Menu", and moving the Stop button when recording a video to the top-left corner of the screen. The inventory also now displays up to 10 items at a time, rather than all of the tools the player has. These items could be displayed by clicking the "Backpack" button below the inventory.

August 2011

 * August 1 – The ROBLOX Rally happens in San Francisco.
 * August 11 – Mega Places are added. Also, a time of day slider was added, as well as Plugins.

September 2011

 * Early September – Chrome users can directly launch Roblox in-browser.
 * September 9 – Roblox game cards are now available in Canada.
 * September 18 – The Roblox iPhone app can now allow the user buy various kinds of Builders Club at various durations using iTunes money.
 * September 22 – Roblox has their first Rich Tester Day, where a tester on the Roblox Test Server could win 10,000 Robux.
 * September 26 – Roblox releases their first toy, which are some building blocks that spell 'ROBLOX'.

October 2011

 * October 7 – Terrain Generation is finally released.
 * October 24 – Roblox game cards are now in Target and CVS.
 * October 27 – The Meet an Interesting ROBLOXian series starts.
 * Sometime in October – The banner on the site is replaced by the logo

November 2011

 * November 2 – Personal Servers are added.
 * November 11 - The Level Up Contest begins.
 * November 16 - The Level Up Contest ends.
 * Mid-November – Roblox releases game cards in the United Kingdom.
 * November 21 - ROBLOX holds its first sale, the 2011 Black Friday Sale, in which several catalog items' prices are reduced temporarily. Several items may also be timed, go on sale temporarily after being unavailable for a certain period of time, and also release new items.

December 2011

 * December 8 – The fog feature is added.
 * December 9 – Sword Fights on the Heights IV becomes Builders Club only. This caused protests from the Roblox Community, and the Suggestions and Ideas forum was filled with players telling Roblox to undo the update. Someone by the name of XiaoXiaoMan, a notable YouTuber known for his Raging ROBLOX Review and ROBLOX Fun Facts series released a video about the update.
 * December 23 – The Developer's Blog is renamed as the "Community Blog".