2023 Roblox Recap

As 2023 comes to an end, let’s take a look back at all of the major features, updates, and announcements Roblox made this year…

January

• Improvements to Asset Details page on Creator Marketplace ↗️
• Download Sales data ↗️
• IKControl instance full release in Studio ↗️
• Improved Water Shorelines ↗️
• Custom Notification Strings ↗️
• Fonts on Creator Marketplace ↗️
• Minimum requirement for DevEx lowered ↗️

February

• Faster Studio Explorer ↗️
• 2022 Hack Week highlights ↗️
• Log in with Security Keys ↗️
• Accessory Fitting Tool in Studio ↗️
• Studio Explorer Search improvements ↗️
• Add friends via QR code ↗️
• AvatarEditorService Catalog methods ↗️

March

• Roblox Headquarters expansion ↗️
• Analytics: Similar experience benchmarks ↗️
• Improvements to Constraints in Studio ↗️
• Multi-Cursor Script Editing in Studio ↗️
• Support for right-to-left text ↗️
• Roblox acquires Jido ↗️
• AI Material Generator in Studio ↗️
• AI Code Completion in Studio ↗️
• Custom Events ↗️
• IKControl Joint Constraints ↗️
• Public release of Open Cloud Assets API ↗️
• Initial release of Immersive Ads ↗️

April

• Account sessions ↗️
• Introduction of Webhooks ↗️
• New Terrain tool improvements: add/subtract, smoothing ↗️
• Experience join improvements ↗️
• Gift Card denomination changes based on country ↗️
• Price Chart on UGC Limiteds ↗️
• Release of Razer x Roblox gaming peripherals ↗️
• Creator Hub landing page ↗️

May

• Shapecasts in Studio ↗️
• Creator Roadmap launched ↗️
• Use attributes on the root Instance of a Package in Studio ↗️
• Team Create Presence in Studio ↗️
• Terrain Editor updates ↗️
• DragDetectors in Studio ↗️
• Auto-reconnect to Team Create ↗️
• Kick players from a Private Server ↗️
• Release of Ads Manager ↗️

June

• Login with a one-time code ↗️
• Sort friends by “fewest interactions” ↗️
• Updated Roblox branding guidelines ↗️
• Adaptive Timestepping as default in Studio ↗️
• Roblox Connect 2023 ↗️
• Exact match search ↗️
• IsVerified API ↗️
• New fitting algorithm for layered clothing ↗️
• Height scaling and floor tracking updates for VR ↗️
• Removal of 6-second limit interval to write to the same Data Store key ↗️
• Memory Stores observability dashboard ↗️

July

• Add a Saved Payment Method(s) ↗️
• New holding periods for Limited items on Avatar Marketplace ↗️
• Roblox reveals detailed vision for creator economy ↗️
• Apple Silicon support for client/Studio ↗️
• Updated Audio Marketplace landing page ↗️
• Classic Heads updated to be Dynamic ↗️
• Attach a screenshot to an in-experience report ↗️
• New TextChatService customization options ↗️

August

• Save Packages in-experience to Inventory ↗️
• Add/remove tags from the Properties Panel in Studio ↗️
• Rig Visualization for the Rig Importer in Studio ↗️
• Upload custom Heads and Bodies to Avatar Marketplace ↗️
• Changes to camera and navigation in Studio ↗️
• Text chat emoji and command auto-complete ↗️
• Open-source reference integration for Blender ↗️
• R6 to R15 Adapter ↗️
• New in-experience controls menu ↗️
• Aerodynamics in Studio ↗️
• Open-sourced Creator Documentation ↗️
• Expanding Verified badge eligibility ↗️

September

• MaxDistance property for SurfaceGUIs in Studio ↗️
• Real time Data Store error messages in Creator Dashboard ↗️
• 5 billion accounts created ↗️
• Creator Documentation translated into 7 additional languages ↗️
• Talent Hub updates ↗️
• 2023 Roblox Developer’s Conference ↗️
• Reviews on Creator Marketplace ↗️
• Camera comfort options for VR ↗️
• Anti-cheat for Windows (UWP) app ↗️
• Roblox acquires Speechly ↗️
• Ability for players to join any place, not just the root ↗️
• Create Subscriptions ↗️
• New Audio discovery features ↗️
• Easily navigate to collaborators in Team Create in Studio ↗️
• User Inventory API and Group Read APIs ↗️
• Roblox launches on Meta Quest 2/3/Pro ↗️
• Real-time email notifications and dashboard enhancements for Memory Stores ↗️

October

• Updates to Private Server links ↗️
• Ability to upload videos ↗️
• Adjust grass height ↗️
• Live Scripting in Studio ↗️
• Roblox launches on PlayStation 4/5 ↗️
• Roblox Assistant on Creator Documentation ↗️
• Improved Automatic Text Capture ↗️
• Dave Baszucki announces most staff must work in-office by mid 2024 ↗️
• New CSG engine enhancements ↗️
• Feature Guilded communities on experience details page ↗️
• Advertisement workflow updates and upcoming removal of website ads ↗️
• Changes to creating and uploading Bodies and Heads to Avatar Marketplace ↗️
• Improvements to Draggers in Studio ↗️
• Roblox partners with and shuts down Synapse exploiting tool to prevent exploiting ↗️

November

• Immersive Video Ads ↗️
• Analytics Home page on Creator Dashboard ↗️
• View if an item is only obtainable in-experience ↗️
• Package Diffs in Studio ↗️
• Improved moderation appeal process ↗️
• Buoyancy with Aerodynamics in Studio ↗️
• Internal Luau libraries open-sourced ↗️
• Flex features for UIListLayout in Studio ↗️
• 2023 Innovation Awards ↗️
• Login with Passkeys ↗️
• Shopping Cart on Avatar Marketplace ↗️
• Updates to Names ↗️
• Launch of Roblox Connect (calling) ↗️
• Put Subscriptions for sale ↗️
• 2023 Investor Day ↗️
• Switch between multiple accounts ↗️
• Purchase Limited Marketplace items from resellers in-experience ↗️
• Activity Feed on Creator Dashboard ↗️
• New experience accessibility settings ↗️
• Asset privacy and permission features for audio and video assets ↗️

December

• Roblox Assistant in Studio ↗️
• Studio notification tray overhaul ↗️
• Window Docking updates in Studio ↗️
• Updates to friend invites ↗️
• Annual Premium subscription option ↗️
• Profanity allowed in 17+ experiences ↗️
• Spell Correction and Facet Suggestions for searching Creator Marketplace ↗️
• Light mode available across the Creator Hub ↗️
• Join new servers faster with Server Prewarming ↗️
• More analytics on Creator Dashboard ↗️

Check out more on Roblox’s Blog featuring a letter from CEO Dave Baszucki.