Roblox

Roblox is a free online MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) brick building game. It became multiplayer alpha in 2006. In Roblox the player can visit build and script in "Places" using virtual blocks and the scripting engine "Lua 5.1"

History and Devolpment
Roblox was founded by David Baszucki in Silicon Valley in June 2005.

In 2008, Roblox added a "Guest" feature, allowing people with no account to become a "Guest" to try out Roblox.

"Guests" always appear the same as the "Roblox" account and have limited powers. They cannot type in what they want to say, they have to choose from a set of listed phrases. They cannot build at their account "Place" and they cannot change their appearance. Some people in Roblox don't like "Guests" and harass them constantly. Some people simply don't log in and become a "Guest" and harass players.

Appearance
When players create an account they have a name and appearance. When a player chooses a name, it cannot be changed. However, appearance can be. Players always start off with a randomly generated head and body. The user can change the head, face, hat, shirt, t-shirt, pants of the account by buying them with Tix and Robux (See Money). Players can create some items. Only Builder's Club members can sell items they have created. Roblox has also installed a "Limited Edition" type of item. These items are created by Roblox and have a limited supply. Usually the limited items are either: Heads, hats, faces or gear.



Building, Playing and Tools
 Places 

Main Article: Places

Places are a virtual world that players can build and play in. When an account is created each player gets 1 free personal Place, of which they can build anything in it with a unlimited supply of bricks they can insert using the "Insert" button. The user can choose to have 3 starting templates: "A Happy Home in Robloxia" which consists of an already built house, brigdes, cars, bricks, flowing water and a "Municipal Death Jump". The starter pack when building this includes all the building tools made by Roblox and when playing it consists of the "Reset" tool. The current template is an update from an older version of "Happy Home in Robloxia"

The "Starting Brick Battle" consists of 2 opposing towers, walls for both, 2 different teams and an empty baseplate. The starter pack for building includes all of the Roblox fighting tools and building tools and when playing consists of only the fighting tools.

The "Empty Baseplate" consists of a large black brick. When building, the player gets all the building tools. When playing players only get the Reset Tool.

Tools and Gear
Main Article: Tools and Gear

Tools or gear are a virtual tools that players can use.There is a difference between tools and gear. Tools are usually non-violent items, that can manipulate things within the game and gear can be either violent or non-violent. The main difference is that gear usually has a Mesh.