DaveFromRoblox

Ha! I happen to play Roblox in both my free time and my work time :-).

Hi great question. From the beginning we recognized that with a young player community we would have to do several things at the same time. First, from the start we realized we needed to prioritize safety and civility. Erik and I built the first Roblox moderation system right around when we launched Roblox, and 15+ years ago at the start, Erik, John, Matt and I all were the people working the moderation queues. We also from the start knew that we needed to balance openness and freemium, with the ability in some way to support the growth of the company and ultimately the growth of our developer base as more and more of them wanted to make a living and build studios on Roblox. This is why we arrived at our current virtual economy and civility systems. The vast majority of players can enjoy Roblox without spending any money on the platform.

Hey this is a great idea. I’m interested in it for a couple of reasons. First as you mention I love the idea of sharing this code to help future creators. I will follow up on this. In addition, one of the things we work very hard on at Roblox is maintaining API consistency even as we innovate quickly and move forward. So it would be fun to check out these places and see how well we have done. I’ll reach out to Sorcus on this. Thanks!

Great question, and for some of you out there, you might remember our first few years of conferences were user conferences, the first of which was at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. We have imagined a conference where the Developer Segment is embedded within a larger community conference, and we think that the Game Jam would be an exceptional experience for everyone to be able to watch. We will continue to think about this and keep you posted.

Hi - this is great to hear. In my case, Roblox ended up being something I both loved and also something that aligned with my strengths. My general advice for people would be - if you can find something that you love and that is strength-aligned then you should go for it.