What we announced at RDC 2023

[AmariGXL (Apollo_Jackson)]

Pretty cool updates.

however, PS5 has a PSVR and a PSVR2, could you please make it compatible for both or just the updated PSVR2?

[BloxSmithy (BloxSmith)]

@Roblox

Image of grass height being adjusted in Studio

I’m so grateful to see that dynamic foliage is getting some attention on this engine. Love seeing it! Is there any possibility that we’ll be seeing the ability to use custom grass blade models, which use GrassLength property as a scalar?

It would also be really interesting to see some sort of support for weight painting on terrain, which would directly affect GrassLength. Other engines support this already and I think this is the next logical step for the Roblox engine.

[oOAlmaxOo_Real (oOAlmaxOo)]

@Roblox

Support for file syncing

We are excited to announce that soon you will be able to edit and update your Roblox files in your favorite code editor or integrate with your source control system. This has been one of your most requested features, and we’re excited that it is coming soon.

We are extending our Open Cloud APIs to include APIs to access your Data Model. This will open up new use cases. For instance, imagine being able to update what items you are selling in your experience shop by changing a few cells in a Google sheet.

This is amazing!
No need for any Third-Party-Program’s for VSC and Roblox Studio, anytime soon!

[Clueless_Dev]

This is the precise reason why we ditched Roblox colaboration tools in favour of Rojo, you loose way too much time dealing with these issues instead of developing.

If possible you should really give it a try with your team.

[Salemwarde123OMG (SWarde11)]

I’m really excited for the assistant, since I do not have skills on Lua, I would use this, but when will the beta be released? I say it’s late 2023 or early 2024.

[MightyDantheman (Fate)]

You can already use it now, though you may have to enable the beta. It’s been a good while since I lasted tested it, but it only seemed to be able to write very basic scripts at the time. ChatGPT was able to write me a whole game, albeit a rather basic one.

However, I do believe that learning Lua is still essential. While I was technically able to have ChatGPT code an entire game for me, it did require me to fix things here and there. I did try to tell ChatGPT specifically what needed to be fixed, but it ended up being more work that way, so I started doing more small changes over time. I think it’s still a useful tool, especially if learning how to code and you just want to know how you might go about doing something.

TD;DR: I would still learn how to code. I’d argue it’s probably the easiest language to learn. With the right strategy, you could learn the basics in a single day, and be able to learn on your own. (Not that people should feel rushed to learn things quickly, everyone has their own learning style, but it’s possible.)

[Beloathed (Gamer)]

This is what I saw at first.

[spider123232 (Teenyeti)]

heads up as for the ugc thing alot of ugc creators are quitting becuse they can not afford to continue to upload and add stock to them

[ThatPinkWyvern (Rose)]

This is genuinely awful. Not only is this going to send the trading community into a riot but it’ll also make it harder to customize yourself as you want to. Plus, smaller UGC creators will straight up have to quit because of this as well.

This needs to get widespread. Fast.

[snuggle_plaga (Plagita)]

Will we be able to make use of the DualSense controller’s features like the adaptive triggers, haptic feedback and built-in speaker? And if so will there be some kind of official support for it on other platforms or at least for Studio?

[spider123232 (Teenyeti)]

some have already said they are done they will continue to do ugc untile the update rolls out then they are done becuse we as creators the smaller ones sadly dont make enough revenu fast enough to bring in the steady stock to upload which i feel like we all need to speak up but i get robloxes side too and thats becuse infinit stock isnt able to be got irl but yeah its what they are leaning to which is stock wise

[Pepsiwheels (PeterGriffin)]

When PS comes out will you update the console interface to look like the mobile app?

[s1mple66645 (null)]

roblox slowly stops being real roblox

[xalwaleedx (MinimumWageEmpIoyee)]

@Roblox

Today, we previewed innovations that will be available next year, such as hydrodynamics that allow more realistic interactions with water and prescribed wind capabilities

Why is hydrodynamics not being discussed?

I have been waiting years for this to happen, and I am so excited that they will finally add it. That is literally the best thing they could do right now.

[TheCelvestian]

AERODYNAMICS AND GRASS HEIGHT YES PLEASE! THANK YOU GUYS YOU ROCK!

[spider123232 (Teenyeti)]

already has became that heads up this was posted on twitter 20 hours ago According to Roblox, they plan to release Public UGC by next month. After the release of the update, all UGC Creators will be required to purchase either Premium Tier 2 or 3 and be ID verified, if they do not meet these requirements in 30 days, all of their items will go off-sale and Some UGC Creators have published hundreds of items and to consistently restock all of their currently onsale items may be an almost impossible task for them, especially having to wait a month for funds to be able to restock.

There are concerns that UGC items price will be doubled for UGC Creators to continue making a living/profit.

[StoryBased]

What do you mean that’s what makes them money? The company isn’t profitable. Cash is dwindling, equity is shrinking, etc.

[LordMerc (Merc)]

Developer’s make this company money through numerous means, sometimes through getting premium in-games for extra bonus, or just general advertisement of the game off roblox.

[foodeggs7 (HappyGamesStudioS_yt)]

@Roblox

We are also working to roll out the ability to transfer experiences from accounts to groups and, later,

Ye I can use this since I made an group and have a game made before, be the darastore transfer too?

@Roblox

Soon, Roblox will be accessible to even more people to enjoy - including Playstation and Meta Quest.

Ye can you make it that if the player collide or something the controller vibrate

@Roblox

around 30 hours last year to 80 hours

Hmm wait way you develop 80 hours between each other

@Roblox

Assistant: Accelerate creation with conversational AI

We’re excited to announce Assistant, a conversational AI that empowers you to find answers, explain, debug, and iterate on code, and build immersive experiences faster. You can interact with Assistant across Creator Hub and Studio. You’ll soon be able to interact with Assistant within our docs, helping you learn faster. Working with Assistant will be collaborative and iterative, so you can provide feedback and Assistant will work to provide the best solution.

Mock of Assistant re-texturing a bear based on creator prompts

Ummm this is what the feature is but I’m scared that there be only games made by ai on the discover page and handmade games be fewer popular becouse fully ai made games sall be updated fast but for started it is great

@Roblox

In-experience creation

In August, we launched publishing packages directly from experiences and the ability to save them to your inventory. Today, we showcased how publishing packages to inventories and creating avatars in experience is just the beginning. Ultimately, the goal is to empower creation everywhere so that you can take what you created with you from experience to experience. Imagine one experience where you design a fabric. Then, you visit another experience where you design a coat with your fabric. Finally, imagine an experience that lets you build a whole shop for your designs as a standalone experience. We see this unlocking new creation possibilities and economic opportunities for you.

That’s cool

@Roblox

Roblox Connect: Call friends as your avatar

Launching later this year, Roblox Connect will be a new way for friends to call each other as their avatars in a shared experience. With Connect, people can call a friend using their real name and be transported to a shared immersive space for their conversation. The device’s camera is all you need to capture and translate your motion in real time, so your facial expressions and body language can convey nuance.

Hmm a little bit wierd to call in Roblox

@Roblox

New ways t

@Roblox

around 30 hours last year to 80 hours

o earn: subscriptions within experiences

Later this year, you will be able to offer subscriptions within your experiences. You could sell subscriptions ranging from granting access to certain exclusive features, enabling special abilities or powers, or creating an experience only available to subscribers.

This treu a feature I will use

@Roblox

Creator Marketplace keeps 100% of sales after fees and taxes

And we have heard loud and clear the feedback from our community about Creator Marketplace fees. Next year, we plan to update our Creator Marketplace fees to enable you to keep 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of your assets sold in Studio or Creator Hub—excluding tax and payment processing fees. We will also allow you to sell models in addition to plugins and change to buying and selling assets in US$ instead of Robux. We’re starting small, but our hope is to build a vibrant economy of creator-to-creator exchanges. We want to help provide you with ways to diversify the ways you can earn, and we plan to pass on cost efficiencies through savings or higher payouts where we can

We don’t lose 30% and I thought we can sell us assets for Robux

@Roblox

continuing to improve our moderation

I hope the moderation system will be beter

Only why they skipped the q and a

[C_Corpze (Cartoon_Corpze)]

I’m not sure if I’m happy with a subscription service tbh.
Why on earth would a game need a subscription service?

My guess would be for season passes or events maybe but other than that I don’t see why you’d ever need a subscription in a game.

That just sounds like a gateway to even more predatory and greedy monetization models that some companies will probably abuse the hell out of.
Especially with how easy it is that you forgot you subscribed to something and then forget to unsubscribe.

But alright, prejudice aside, maybe it does have a good use, I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see.
I hope Roblox thought that one out.