Become a noob

The beta version of Roblox was created by co-founders David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004.^[20][21] Baszucki started testing the first demos that year.^[22] The website became available for PCs in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2007, Roblox became compliant with COPPA, with the addition of safe chat, a change that limited users under the age of thirteen to communicating by selecting predefined messages from a menu.^[23] In August 2007, Roblox added Builders Club, a premium membership, and applied server improvements.^[24]

In December 2011, Roblox held their first Hack Week, an annual event where Roblox developers work on innovative outside-the-box ideas for new developments to present to the company.^[25][26]

On December 11, 2012, Roblox released an iOS version of the game platform.^[27]

On October 1st, 2013, Roblox released the Developer Exchange system, allowing developers to exchange Robux earned from their games into real world currency.^[28][29]

On May 31, 2015, a feature called 'Smooth Terrain' was added, increasing the graphical fidelity of the terrain and changing the physics engine from a block-oriented style to a smoother and more realistic style.^[30] On November 20, 2015, Roblox was launched on Xbox One, with an initial selection of 15 games chosen by Roblox staff.^[31] New Roblox games for this console will have to go through an approval process, and are subject to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board standards.^[32]

In April 2016, Roblox launched Roblox VR for Oculus Rift. At the time of release, more than ten million games were available in 3-D.^[33] Also by this time, Roblox had 30 million monthly active users, and a peak of 900,000 concurrent users.^[34] Around the same time period, the safe chat feature was removed and replaced by a system based on a whitelist with a set of acceptable words for users under 13 years old and on a blacklist for other users.^[35]

In June 2016, the company launched a version compatible with Windows 10. While the game platform has had a PC presence since 2004 with its web version, this is the first time it was upgraded with a standalone launcher built for Windows.^[36]

In October 2018, a new avatar scaling called Rthro was added, making the platform more realistic and expanding developers limits to their games. Also at the end of this month Roblox released a new reporting system called "Fast Track Reporting" giving players that report in more depth type style priority.