Changes: Timeline of Roblox history/2020

Revision as of 01:14, 13 March 2020

January 2020

January 6 – Galactic Speedway Creator Challenge event ends.
January 7 – UIGradient is released from testing.^[1]
January 10 – Web endpoints relating to groups are replaced.^[2]
January 11
- Roblox begins searching for games to take part in the Egg Hunt 2020 event.^[3]
- Future is Bright: Phase 2.5 is released.^[4]
- Roblox releases an official statement regarding the recent controversy surrounding Roblox Death Sound.^[5]
January 13 – The avatar editor on mobile devices is overhauled.^[6]
January 15 – Roblox officially confirms on a Twitter post that the rumors of Roblox shutting down is a hoax and how they are not shutting down.^[7]
January 17 – "Luau" Type Checking is released into beta.^[8]
January 21 – Web endpoints relating to private messages are replaced.^[9]
January 22 – Quick Open modal is implemented into Roblox Studio to help users and developers search through all instances in their place.^[10]
January 23
- RDC 2020 is announced to take place in July 2020 and will take place in a larger venue than previous years.^[11]
- The player list receives an overhaul; it is now an improved design based on the version that was used temporarily on December 11, 2019. It was originally announced on the Developer Forum on January 17, 2020.^[12] It is set in the same font as used in the website, and can be hidden by simply clicking the player's name in the top right corner; however, it cannot be expanded. The menu that is displayed when clicking on a player's name is also overhauled as the buttons have been enlarged to show icons as well as a picture of the player's avatar.
January 27 – The Configure Group page is released for all users.^[13] Also, groups can now contain up to 40 roles.^[14]
January 28 – Web endpoints relating to friends are replaced.^[15]
January 29
- Fast & Furious: Spy Racers event starts
- The search bar becomes rounder and gets recolored to white and the outline is removed from it.
January 30 –The sidebar icons on the website are changed.

February 2020

February 3
- LoadLibrary is finally removed after its removal was postponed.^[16]
- A minor issue regarding image moderation is announced and resolved within the same day.^[17]
February 13 – Changes are made to "sleeping" parts.^[18]
February 14 – Roblox opens intern applications for the summer of 2020.^[19]
February 19
- Premium Payouts are implemented as another way for developers to earn revenue.^[20]
- The 7th Annual Bloxys are announced, with six initial categories to vote for.^[21]
February 20 – Roblox begins a new "Global Compliance System" to follow the laws and regulations of certain countries, starting with China.^[22]
February 26 – Roblox raises $150 million after a recent funding initiative by Andreessen Horowitz^[23], allowing the company to become valued at $4 billion.^[24]^[25]
February 28 – The Developer Forum "Member" and "New Member" trust levels are changed to "Regular" and "Member".^[26]
February 29
- Roblox begins testing a new feature live. The feature is called Roblox Video Streaming and there is a game dedicated to testing it.^[27]
- MeepCity is hijacked by Harkinian and tubers93^{⁠[citation needed]}. The game teleported players to a darker version of the game, where users could hit Alexnewtron with a bat. Millions of MeepCity's in-game currency were also distributed to users. The game also reaches 5 billion visits, becoming the first Roblox game to do so. ^{⁠[citation needed]}

March 2020

March 1 - Jailbreak and Roblox's Got Talent suffer from a service issue, causing the games to default back into the default Baseplate. The games were quickly restored with no issues.
March 7 - Players experienced issues joining games. This caused the front page to become featured with random games and inaccurate player counts. The issue was resolved an hour later.^[28]
March 8 - Roblox experiences major server issues, which included users unable to join games, connect to the website, and developers being unable to save or publish games online. The issue was resolved a few hours later.^[29]
March 10 - A bug causes players to view through different parts of the game when moving around their camera. The issue was resolved 2 hours later. ^[30].
March 12 - Roblox experiences again major server issues exactly like on March 8, which includes users unable to join games, connect to the website, and developers being unable to save or publish games online. Additionally, players experience problems logging in.

References

[1] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/uigradient-live/404831/187

[2] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/official-list-of-deprecated-web-endpoints/62889/29?u=bundleofyoy

[3] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/games-needed-for-egg-hunt-2020/429471

[4] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/future-is-bright-phase-2-5-released/429543

[5] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/in-response-to-the-oof-sound-discussion/430686

[6] ttps://blog.roblox.com/2020/01/mobile-avatar-editor-gets-makeover/

[7] ttps://mobile.twitter.com/Roblox/status/1217180210744852480

[8] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/luau-type-checking-beta/435382

[9] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/official-list-of-deprecated-web-endpoints/62889/31?u=bundleofyoy

[10] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/quickest-open-in-the-west/440101

[11] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/save-the-date-rdc-2020/440953M

[12] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/playerlist-updates/434738

[13] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-configure-group/406789/312

[14] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-configure-group/406789/330

[15] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/official-list-of-deprecated-web-endpoints/62889/32?u=bundleofyoy

[16] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/loadlibrary-is-going-to-be-removed-on-february-3rd/382516

[17] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/current-issue-with-uploading-images/450322

[18] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/beta-test-me-sleeping-part-behavior-improvements/456931

[19] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-summer-2020-internship-opportunities/457636

[20] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-premium-payouts/455347

[21] ttps://blog.roblox.com/2020/02/cast-votes-7th-annual-bloxy-awards/

[22] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/about-our-upcoming-global-compliance-system/461447

[23] ttps://corp.roblox.com/2020/02/roblox-raises-150m-series-g-financing-led-andreessen-horowitz/

[24] ttps://www.wsj.com/articles/roblox-raises-150-million-in-funding-in-bet-on-metaverse-11582754400

[25] ttps://techcrunch.com/2020/02/26/roblox-raises-150m-series-g-led-by-andreessen-horowitz-now-valued-at-4b/

[26] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/changes-to-developer-forum-trust-level-names/470035

[27] ttps://www.roblox.com/games/4739075775/Roblox-Video-Streaming-Technical-Test#!/about

[28] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-site-down/476436

[29] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-site-everything-is-down/477678

[30] ttps://twitter.com/Bloxy_News/status/1237491876464177152

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 *March 8 - Roblox experiences major server issues, which included users unable to join games, connect to the website, and developers being unable to save or publish games online. The issue was resolved a few hours later.<ref>https://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-site-everything-is-down/477678</ref>
 *March 10 - A bug causes players to view through different parts of the game when moving around their camera. The issue was resolved 2 hours later.  <ref>https://twitter.com/Bloxy_News/status/1237491876464177152</ref>.
-*March 12 - Roblox experiences again major server issues exactly like on March 8, which includes users unable to join games, connect to the website, and developers being unable to save or publish games online.
+*March 12 - Roblox experiences again major server issues exactly like on March 8, which includes users unable to join games, connect to the website, and developers being unable to save or publish games online. Additionally, players experience problems logging in.
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