At its core, Roblox is a values-driven firm. Our values decide how we work collectively, discover and develop the proper expertise, and outline our personal imaginative and prescient of success. A type of values is to Respect the Neighborhood: we think about our impression on the world, try to respect everybody’s greatest pursuits, and talk authentically. Our group consists of Roblox creators, builders, customers, and workers.
Zooming In: Roblox’s Developer and Creator Neighborhood
Builders and creators are integral elements of the Roblox group. We wouldn’t have a product with out them, so understanding their wants, minimizing their overhead, and making their expertise each seamless and productive are all key priorities.
A technique we do that is by way of our communications touchpoints: preserving an open dialogue with our creators and builders by way of focus teams and our DevForum. However we additionally consider in understanding the product by utilizing it ourselves. Our inside Recreation Jams provide one instance of how we get in contact with our developer group’s workflow by way of direct, hands-on expertise.
Supporting Builders and Creators with Recreation Jams
“Recreation Jams” are a long-standing business custom that’s been part of Roblox’s tradition for the reason that starting. Considered one of our most well-known Recreation Jams is held yearly, normally at the side of the Roblox Builders Convention, and challenges groups of builders to indicate off their expertise and win awards by creating superb Roblox experiences in a brief window of time.
Internally, we use Recreation Jams as a possibility to work inside the product beneath strain. This helps us respect the strengths of Roblox Studio and different instruments we offer, but it surely additionally serves to spotlight areas the place we are able to make enhancements and try for an much more seamless expertise.
Many teams inside Roblox maintain Recreation Jams all year long. A current Jam held by our Creator Group helped us determine lots of of small points, lots of which have now been addressed to considerably enhance the expertise of each creators and devs.
Final December, we held a Recreation Jam the place our CTO and the VPs of our main Product and Engineering teams squared off with creations of their very own. By together with even our most senior leaders within the Recreation Jams, we make sure that all people at Roblox is ready to empathize with our builders and creators and to grasp their every day workflow.
As a result of the extra we perceive our group, the extra we are able to help them—and the extra we help their imaginative and prescient, innovation, and bold objectives, the additional we’ll go collectively.
Take a Peek Behind-the-Scenes of Our Engineering and Product VP Recreation Jam
“[Game Jams] enable our Engineering and Product results in actually perceive what our product is like immediately, in order that they will information our Teams to enhance instruments and expertise and make sure that sooner or later our builders have a fair higher expertise on the platform.”
– Brad Johanson, Chief of Employees to the CTO
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