Timeline of Roblox history/2013

== January 2013 ==
* January 10 – A contest for a Roblox Studio splash screen begins.Fackler, Alan (January 10, 2013). "Fame and Glory! Help Us Design Our ROBLOX Studio Splash Screen".
* January 12 – Roblox releases additional images that prototype the future look of the game.Kozlov, Simon (January 12, 2013). "Prototyping the Future Look of ROBLOX Part 2".
* January 18 – Fast parts are released.Kapoulkine, Arseny (January 18, 2013). "Fast Parts: Rendering Moving Parts 4-5x Faster in ROBLOX".
* January 22 – Roblox announces support of vehicles and chat on all devices using Roblox Mobile.Fackler, Alan (January 23, 2013). "ROBLOX Mobile Now Supports Vehicles and Chat on All Devices".
* January 24 – Roblox encourages users to suggest locations for the 2013 ROBLOX Game Conference.Shedletsky, John (January 24, 2013). "Help Us Choose the Location of the 2013 ROBLOX Game Conference".
* January 31 – The contest for a Roblox Studio splash screen ends.Fackler, Alan (January 31, 2013). "ROBLOX Studio Splash Screen Contest: The Winners".
== February 2013 ==
* February 1 – The LEGO® Hero Factory: Brain Attack event begins.Shedletsky, Christina (February 1, 2013). "ROBLOX Presents LEGO® Hero Factory: Brain Attack".
* February 2 – Roblox Studio 2013 is released.Shedletsky, John (February 2, 2013). "Introducing ROBLOX Studio 2013".
* February 11 – Erik Cassel, co-founder of Roblox, passes away at the age of 45 after fighting cancer for three years.Baszucki, David (February 12, 2013). "In Memory of Erik Cassel".
* February 12 – The Well Worn Hat is renamed to Erik Cassel's Hat in honor of Erik.Baszucki, David (February 15, 2013). "Erik Cassel Apparel: Proceeds go to Cancer Research".
* February 15 – Roblox holds its first non-Black Friday sale, The 2013 President's Day Sale.Shedletsky, Christina (February 14, 2013). "The ROBLOX Presidents Day Sale Starts February 15th".
* February 22 – The 2013 President's Day Sale ends.
== March 2013 ==
* March 1 – Three contests begin: the Fan Art Contest, the ROBLOX Face Creation Contest, and the Egg Retexture Contest.Haak, Andrew (March 1, 2013). "Calling All Artists! Three Design Contests Are Up and Running".
* March 8 – RGC 2013 is renamed BLOXcon.Justus, Brad (March 8, 2013). "BLOXcon Is the New RGC 2013".
* March 10 – The Fan Art Contest and the ROBLOX Face Creation Contest end.
* March 20 – The Egg Retexture Contest ends.
* March 26 – The ROBLOX Easter Egg Hunt 2013 begins.Chandrasekan, Deepak (March 26, 2013). "Play the One and Only ROBLOX Egg Hunt 2013 Today".
== April 2013 ==
* April 1 – In an April Fools' Day prank, all forums are renamed to memes or pop culture references.ReeseMcBlox. "Happy April 1st from ROBLOX!".
* April 4
** New rendering code is shipped, improving performance, particularly in the context of rendering static environments on slow or dated hardware.
** Bevels are removed permanently.Kozlov, Simon (April 4, 2013). "Bye Bye Bevels: The First Step Toward Our New Look".
** Jumping no longer has a cooldown.
* April 12–15 – From April 12 to April 15, transaction fees were lowered from 30% to 15%.Justus, Brad (April 11, 2013). "Sellers Unite: A Weekend Tax Holiday For All!".
* April 16 – Roblox implements selling multiple copies of limited items.Venugopal, Sairam (April 16, 2013). "Purchase and Trade Multiple Copies of Limited Items Today".
== May 2013 ==
* May 2 – Roblox releases in-game item selling.Lal, Navin (May 2, 2013). "Sell Game Passes and Gear in Your Game Today!".
* May 7 – Roblox fixes a bug through which former Builders Club members could own multiple places.
* May 9 – Dynamic lighting is released.Kalpoukine, Arseny (May 9, 2013). "Lights On: Dynamic Lighting and Shadows are Here".
* May 24 – Memorial Day Sale 2013 begins.Shedletsky, Christina (May 22, 2013). "Sneak Peek: Memorial Day Sale".
* May 29 – Memorial Day Sale 2013 ends.
== June 2013 ==
* June 7 – Roblox announces Paid Access, a feature that allows game creators to require players to purchase access to their game.
* June 11 – The "Top Grossing" Sort is added to the main "Games" page.
* June 12 – The Roblox marketplace glitches, making most common hats of Roblox, 1 ticket. Intern confirmed that this was just a bug and was going to be fixed soon.
* June 17 – The starter place for new players is modified to a baseplate made of grass. It changes into smooth terrain two years later. The first user to start with this place is jf116. Before this change, players started with a place that had a Content Deleted logo as the thumbnail.
* June 18 – A cosmetic overhaul for individual pages of games is released, which adds a "Thumbs Up" rating system.Ehlers, Rosemary (June 18, 2013). "Thumbs Up to Game Ratings".
*June 20 – Roblox does a promotion for Universal Studio's 2013 film Despicable Me 2, by publishing the Minion and the Minion Goggles into the catalog.
== July 2013 ==
* July 5 – Roblox adds a liquid layout for the games page.Fackler, Alan (July 5, 2013). "New “Liquid” Games Page Makes Blank Margins a Thing of the Past".
*July 10 – The Despicable Me 2 promotion ends, and the Minion and Minion Goggles go offsale.
* July 11 – Roblox adds outlines to parts.Kozlov, Simon (July 11, 2013). "Outlines: The Latest Step Toward a Unified Aesthetic".
* July 15 – Due to many complaints from the community, Roblox adds four more game slots for former Builders Club members who do not currently have a membership.
* July 16 – The beta test for paid access ends, allowing all game developers to sell access to their games.Haak, Andrew (July 16, 2013). "Everyone Can Experiment with Paid Game Access".
== August 2013 ==
* July 30–August 6 – Roblox takes many hats offsale to make more room in the catalog for further hats. Among the hats going offsale were obscure Robux hats with under 1000 sales, old ROBLOX T-shirts from 2007, and many tickets hats, including popular, low-priced hats sold for tickets. This caused some fear from users on the forums.
* August 11 - The font on the site changes to Source Sans Pro.
* August 13 – Roblox adds the option to toggle Outlines.
* August 29 – Labor Day Sale 2013 begins.Shedletsky, Christina (August 29, 2013). "Labor Day Weekend Sale Runs This Friday Through Monday".
== September 2013 ==
* September 2 – Labor Day Sale 2013 ends.
* September 4 – Roblox updates their font engine.Kalpoukine, Arseny (September 4, 2013). "New Font Engine Makes GUI Text Clearer Than Ever".
* September 17 - Roblox tests new character animations, but are removed hours later, possibly due to heavy criticism.
* September 19 – International Talk like a Pirate Day sale begins.
* September 21 – Virtual BLOXcon goes live from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Haak, Andrew (September 21, 2013). "Virtual BLOXcon Is Live!".
* September 24 – A price floor is added. The minimum price for Classic T-shirts is 10 ROBUX or 100 tickets. The maximum price for classic shirts and classic pants is 25 ROBUX or 300 tickets. This caused widespread criticism."Price Floor: T-Shirts, Shirts, and Pants".
* September 25 – User-made audio is introduced, receiving positive reviews.Choudhuri, Antoni (September 25, 2013). "Explore the Creative Freedom of User-Uploaded Sounds".
* September 30 – Dynamic lighting shadow support is released.Kalpoukine, Arseny (September 30, 2013). "Dynamic Lights Now Support Shadows". Also, Roblox releases the new character animations.CodeWriter (October 2, 2013). "New Movements Set the Stage for Keyframe Animation System". This would spawn even more heavy criticism.
== October 2013 ==
* October 1 – BLOXtober 2013 begins.Shedletsky, Christina (October 1, 2013). "Gifts, Games, Costumes! Welcome to BLOXtober". , also character animations receive a major update, that comes with the first emotes being: /e dance, /e wave, /e cheer and /e laugh.
* October 2 – Roblox shows a sneak peek of its official animation tool.
* October 3 – The price floor is reduced to 100 tickets and 10 Robux for shirts and pants, and 20 tickets and 2 Robux for T-shirts,Justus, Brad (October 3, 2013). "Lower Floor Prices for Clothing". and some of the criticism dies down.
* October 11 – All packages are now available to non-Builders Club users.Justus, Brad (October 11, 2013). "Body Packages Now Available to All ROBLOXians".
* October 13 – The BLOXtober Costume Contest begins.
* October 22 – Roblox gives users the ability to change their usernames for 1000 Robux.
* October 23 – The BLOXtober Costume Contest ends.
* October 24 – The ability for developers to "stream parts" is implemented into Roblox Studio, which allows faster game loadtimes for older and newer hardware.
* October 25 – As a joke, changes the forum's names to names that involve the Doge meme. Various front-page games also had Doge in their thumbnails, and/or titles.https://youtu.be/vYGMMLPdUYo
* October 28 – The studs are changed into a Roblox "R", and six new materials are released. Existing materials are revamped as well.
* Unknown date
** The forum layout gets a revamp, receiving mixed reviews.
== November 2013 ==
* November 9 – Fan Art Contest #2 begins.
* November 17 – Fan Art Contest #2 ends.
* November 29 – ROBLOX Black Friday Sale begins.
* November 22 – ROBLOX Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt 2013 begins.
== December 2013 ==
* December 1 – The ROBLOX Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt 2013 ends.
* December 2 – Giftsplosion 2013 event begins.
* December 5 - Roblox was under maintenance.
* December 7 – The first ever BLOXcast is streamed live on ROBLOX's YouTube channel at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Also, bigger terrain building is enabled.
* December 12 – Roblox allows developers to make HTTP requests from their games.
* December 13 – s are added. Also, the last Gift for Giftsplosion 2013 is released.
* December 16 – Hack Week begins.
* December 17 – Siege of Quebec game begins with free virtual hats.
* December 18 – The last prize for Giftsplosion 2013 is released.
== Gallery ==
File:-edance2013.jpg|An example of the New Roblox Animations (October 2013)
ARCHIVED-May2013-RobloxLogin.png|2013 Roblox login page (captured from an archive website).
ARCHIVED-Sep2013-RobloxGames.png|2013 Roblox game page (also captured from an archive website).
File:2013 studs.png|The New Studs
== References ==
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