Roblox Hack Week/2011

Roblox Hack Week 2011 took place in late December 2011. It was the first Hack Week in Roblox history, and featured four different tech demos that would later all be fully implemented into Roblox.
== Game Universes ==
This demo, presented by , features the ability to link multiple places under a singular "universe". In addition, progress in one place in a universe would effect NPC or world interactivity in other places within the same universe. All data persists across places in the same universe. The tech shown in this demo was later implemented in full on January 31, 2014, as game universes (now known as experiences).The Big Bang at ROBLOX: Universe Creation. Published on the Roblox Blog by on January 13, 2012. Archived on the Wayback Machine on January 17, 2012. Accessed May 13, 2020.
The Hub Part 1 - Feature in Development
Warp Zone 9 - Feature in Development
The Hub Clip 2 - Feature in Development
== Water, Buoyancy, and Ropes ==
This demo, presented by Dan Ignatoff, Erik Cassel, and Tim Loduha, features buoyancy for objects in terrain water depending on their mass properties and material. The demo also included ropes, which could loosely keep objects connected. The tech shown in this demo was later implemented in full after the addition of s on April 27, 2016.Tech Demo: Water, Buoyancy and Ropes. Published on the Roblox Blog by David Baszucki on January 18, 2012. Accessed May 13, 2020.
Water, Buoyancy and Ropes - Tech Demo
== Shaders and Dynamic Lighting ==
This demo, presented by Simon Kozlov, features more realistic shading and dynamic lighting. It also included the ability to export Roblox Studio models to 3D model formats and vice versa, but this was not the main focus of the demonstration. The tech shown in this demo was later implemented in full.Tech Demo: Dynamic Lighting Exploration. Published on the Roblox Blog by on January 20, 2012. Accessed May 13, 2020.
Tech Demo Dynamic Lighting Exploration
Tech Demo Exploring Dynamic Lighting on iPad
Simon Kozlov Render lighting.jpg
== Video thumbnails==
This demo, presented by Tim Brown, features the ability to add and view YouTube videos on a place's page alongside other image thumbnails. The tech shown in this demo would later be implemented in full.Tech Demo: Video Thumbnails. Published on the Roblox Blog by Tim Brown on January 26, 2012. Accessed May 13, 2020.
2011TechDemo-VideoThumbnails.png
==References==
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