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January 2013[]

  • January 10 – A contest for a Roblox Studio splash screen begins.[1]
  • January 12 – Roblox releases additional images that prototype the future look of the game.[2]
  • January 18 – Fast parts are released.[3]
  • January 22 – Roblox announces support of vehicles and chat on all devices using Roblox Mobile.[4]
  • January 24 – Roblox encourages users to suggest locations for the 2013 ROBLOX Game Conference.[5]
  • January 31 – The contest for a Roblox Studio splash screen ends.[6]

February 2013[]

  • February 1 – The LEGO® Hero Factory: Brain Attack event begins.[7]
  • February 2 – Roblox Studio 2013 is released.[8]
  • February 11 – Erik Cassel, co-founder of Roblox, passes away at the age of 45 after fighting cancer for three years.[9]
  • February 12 – The Well Worn Hat is renamed to Erik Cassel's Hat in honor of Erik.[10]
  • February 15 – Roblox holds its first non-Black Friday sale, The 2013 President's Day Sale.[11]
  • February 22 – The 2013 President's Day Sale ends.[11]

March 2013[]

  • March 1 – Three contests begin: the Fan Art Contest, the ROBLOX Face Creation Contest, and the Egg Retexture Contest.[12]
  • March 8 – RGC 2013 is renamed BLOXcon.[13]
  • March 10 – The Fan Art Contest and the ROBLOX Face Creation Contest end.[12]
  • March 20 – The Egg Retexture Contest ends.[12]
  • March 26 – The ROBLOX Easter Egg Hunt 2013 begins.[14]

April 2013[]

  • April 1 – In an April Fools' Day prank, all forums are renamed to memes or pop culture references.[15]
  • April 4
    • New rendering code is shipped, improving performance, particularly in the context of rendering static environments on slow or dated hardware.
    • Bevels are removed permanently.[16]
    • Jumping no longer has a cooldown.
  • April 12–15 – From April 12 to April 15, transaction fees were lowered from 30% to 15%.[17]
  • April 16 – Roblox implements selling multiple copies of limited items.[18]

May 2013[]

  • May 2 – Roblox releases in-game item selling.[19]
  • May 7 – Roblox fixes a bug through which former Builders Club members could own multiple places.⁠[citation needed]
  • May 9 – Dynamic lighting is released.[20]
  • May 24 – Memorial Day Sale 2013 begins.[21]
  • May 29 – Memorial Day Sale 2013 ends.[21]

June 2013[]

  • June 7 – Roblox announces Paid Access, a feature that allows game creators to require players to purchase access to their game.
  • June 11 – The "Top Grossing" Sort is added to the main "Games" page.⁠[citation needed]
  • June 12 – The Roblox marketplace glitches, making most common hats of Roblox, 1 ticket. Intern Merely Merely is a notable creator or influencer verified by Roblox Corporation. Learn more. confirmed that this was just a bug and was going to be fixed soon.⁠[citation needed]
  • June 17 – The starter place for new players is modified to a baseplate made of grass. It changes into smooth terrain two years later. The first user to start with this place is jf116. Before this change, players started with a place that had a Content Deleted logo as the thumbnail.⁠[citation needed]
  • June 18 – A cosmetic overhaul for individual pages of games is released, which adds a "Thumbs Up" rating system.[22]
  • June 20 – Roblox does a promotion for Universal Studio's 2013 film Despicable Me 2, by publishing the Minion and the Minion Goggles into the catalog.

July 2013[]

  • July 5 – Roblox adds a liquid layout for the games page.[23]
  • July 10 – The Despicable Me 2 promotion ends, and the Minion and Minion Goggles go offsale.
  • July 11 – Roblox adds outlines to parts.[24]
  • July 15 – Due to many complaints from the community, Roblox adds four more game slots for former Builders Club members who do not currently have a membership.⁠[citation needed]
  • July 16 – The beta test for paid access ends, allowing all game developers to sell access to their games.[25]

August 2013[]

  • July 30–August 6 – Roblox takes many hats offsale to make more room in the catalog for further hats. Among the hats going offsale were obscure Robux hats with under 1000 sales, old ROBLOX T-shirts from 2007, and many tickets hats, including popular, low-priced hats sold for tickets. This caused some fear from users on the forums.
  • August 11 - The font on the site changes to Source Sans Pro.
  • August 13 – Roblox adds the option to toggle Outlines.[26]
  • August 29 – Labor Day Sale 2013 begins.[27]

September 2013[]

  • September 2 – Labor Day Sale 2013 ends.[27]
  • September 4 – Roblox updates their font engine.[28]
  • September 17 - Roblox tests new character animations, but are removed hours later, possibly due to heavy criticism.
  • September 19 – International Talk like a Pirate Day sale begins.⁠[citation needed]
  • September 21 – Virtual BLOXcon goes live from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.[29]
  • September 24 – A price floor is added. The minimum price for Classic T-shirts is 10 ROBUX or 100 tickets. The maximum price for classic shirts and classic pants is 25 ROBUX or 300 tickets. This caused widespread criticism.[30]
  • September 25 – User-made audio is introduced, receiving positive reviews.[31]
  • September 30 – Dynamic lighting shadow support is released.[32] Also, Roblox releases the new character animations.[33] This would spawn even more heavy criticism.

October 2013[]

  • October 1 – BLOXtober 2013 begins.[34] , also character animations receive a major update, that comes with the first emotes being: /e dance, /e wave, /e cheer and /e laugh.
  • October 2 – Roblox shows a sneak peek of its official animation tool.[33]
  • October 3 – The price floor is reduced to 100 tickets and 10 Robux for shirts and pants, and 20 tickets and 2 Robux for T-shirts,[35] and some of the criticism dies down.
  • October 11 – All packages are now available to non-Builders Club users.[36]
  • October 13 – The BLOXtober Costume Contest begins.[37]
  • October 22 – Roblox gives users the ability to change their usernames for 1000 Robux.[38]
  • October 23 – The BLOXtober Costume Contest ends.[39]
  • October 24 – The ability for developers to "stream parts" is implemented into Roblox Studio, which allows faster game loadtimes for older and newer hardware.[40]
  • October 25 – As a joke, Shedletsky changes the forum's names to names that involve the Doge[1] meme. Various front-page games also had Doge in their thumbnails, and/or titles.[41]
  • October 28 – The studs are changed into a Roblox "R", and six new materials are released. Existing materials are revamped as well.[42]
  • Unknown date
    • The forum layout gets a revamp, receiving mixed reviews.

November 2013[]

December 2013[]

  • December 1 – The ROBLOX Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt 2013 ends.
  • December 2 – Giftsplosion 2013 event begins.
  • December 5 - Roblox was under maintenance.
  • December 7 – The first ever BLOXcast is streamed live on ROBLOX's YouTube channel at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Also, bigger terrain building is enabled.
  • December 12 – Roblox allows developers to make HTTP requests from their games.
  • December 13 – SurfaceGuis are added. Also, the last Gift for Giftsplosion 2013 is released.
  • December 16 – Hack Week begins.
  • December 17 – Siege of Quebec game begins with free virtual hats.
  • December 18 – The last prize for Giftsplosion 2013 is released.

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References[]

  1. ↑ Fackler, Alan (January 10, 2013). "Fame and Glory! Help Us Design Our ROBLOX Studio Splash Screen".
  2. ↑ Kozlov, Simon (January 12, 2013). "Prototyping the Future Look of ROBLOX Part 2".
  3. ↑ Kapoulkine, Arseny (January 18, 2013). "Fast Parts: Rendering Moving Parts 4-5x Faster in ROBLOX".
  4. ↑ Fackler, Alan (January 23, 2013). "ROBLOX Mobile Now Supports Vehicles and Chat on All Devices".
  5. ↑ Shedletsky, John (January 24, 2013). "Help Us Choose the Location of the 2013 ROBLOX Game Conference".
  6. ↑ Fackler, Alan (January 31, 2013). "ROBLOX Studio Splash Screen Contest: The Winners".
  7. ↑ Shedletsky, Christina (February 1, 2013). "ROBLOX Presents LEGO® Hero Factory: Brain Attack".
  8. ↑ Shedletsky, John (February 2, 2013). "Introducing ROBLOX Studio 2013".
  9. ↑ Baszucki, David (February 12, 2013). "In Memory of Erik Cassel".
  10. ↑ Baszucki, David (February 15, 2013). "Erik Cassel Apparel: Proceeds go to Cancer Research".
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Shedletsky, Christina (February 14, 2013). "The ROBLOX Presidents Day Sale Starts February 15th".
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Haak, Andrew (March 1, 2013). "Calling All Artists! Three Design Contests Are Up and Running".
  13. ↑ Justus, Brad (March 8, 2013). "BLOXcon Is the New RGC 2013".
  14. ↑ Chandrasekan, Deepak (March 26, 2013). "Play the One and Only ROBLOX Egg Hunt 2013 Today".
  15. ↑ ReeseMcBlox. "Happy April 1st from ROBLOX!".
  16. ↑ Kozlov, Simon (April 4, 2013). "Bye Bye Bevels: The First Step Toward Our New Look".
  17. ↑ Justus, Brad (April 11, 2013). "Sellers Unite: A Weekend Tax Holiday For All!".
  18. ↑ Venugopal, Sairam (April 16, 2013). "Purchase and Trade Multiple Copies of Limited Items Today".
  19. ↑ Lal, Navin (May 2, 2013). "Sell Game Passes and Gear in Your Game Today!".
  20. ↑ Kalpoukine, Arseny (May 9, 2013). "Lights On: Dynamic Lighting and Shadows are Here".
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Shedletsky, Christina (May 22, 2013). "Sneak Peek: Memorial Day Sale".
  22. ↑ Ehlers, Rosemary (June 18, 2013). "Thumbs Up to Game Ratings".
  23. ↑ Fackler, Alan (July 5, 2013). "New “Liquid” Games Page Makes Blank Margins a Thing of the Past".
  24. ↑ Kozlov, Simon (July 11, 2013). "Outlines: The Latest Step Toward a Unified Aesthetic".
  25. ↑ Haak, Andrew (July 16, 2013). "Everyone Can Experiment with Paid Game Access".
  26. ↑ Koslov, Simon (2013, August 13). "You Can Now Toggle Outlines". From Roblox Blog. Accessed June 30, 2023. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Shedletsky, Christina (August 29, 2013). "Labor Day Weekend Sale Runs This Friday Through Monday".
  28. ↑ Kalpoukine, Arseny (September 4, 2013). "New Font Engine Makes GUI Text Clearer Than Ever".
  29. ↑ Haak, Andrew (September 21, 2013). "Virtual BLOXcon Is Live!".
  30. ↑ "Price Floor: T-Shirts, Shirts, and Pants".
  31. ↑ Choudhuri, Antoni (September 25, 2013). "Explore the Creative Freedom of User-Uploaded Sounds".
  32. ↑ Kalpoukine, Arseny (September 30, 2013). "Dynamic Lights Now Support Shadows".
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 CodeWriter (October 2, 2013). "New Movements Set the Stage for Keyframe Animation System".
  34. ↑ Shedletsky, Christina (October 1, 2013). "Gifts, Games, Costumes! Welcome to BLOXtober".
  35. ↑ Justus, Brad (October 3, 2013). "Lower Floor Prices for Clothing".
  36. ↑ Justus, Brad (October 11, 2013). "Body Packages Now Available to All ROBLOXians".
  37. ↑ Haak, Andrew (2013, October 14). "Get Creative in the BLOXtober Costume Contest!". From Roblox Blog. Accessed October 22, 2022. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021.
  38. ↑ Medhora, Chirag (2013, October 22). "Tired of Your Username? Change It!". From Roblox Blog. Accessed October 22, 2022. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021.
  39. ↑ Haak, Andrew (2013, October 23). "The Winners of the BLOXtober Costume Contest". From Roblox Blog. Accessed October 22, 2022. Archived from the original on November 23, 2021.
  40. ↑ JacksSmirkingRevenge (2013, October 24). "Lightning Fast Loads: Streaming Is Enabled!". From Roblox Blog. Accessed October 22, 2022. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021.
  41. ↑ https://youtu.be/vYGMMLPdUYo
  42. ↑ zeuxcg (2013, October 28). "New Material Textures Are Now Live". From Roblox Blog. Accessed October 22, 2022. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021.
  43. ↑ Haak, Andrew (2013, November 9). "Calling All Artists! Fan Art Contest #2 Starts Today". From Roblox Blog. Accessed May 11, 2023. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013.
  44. ↑ Haak, Andrew (2013, November 9). "Calling All Artists! Fan Art Contest #2 Starts Today". From Roblox Blog. Accessed May 11, 2023. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013.
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