We cover the new Emissive Maps in Studio Beta, which ensure consistent glow and material effects across all quality settings, plus the SLIM (Scalable, Lightweight, Interactive Models) system for auto-optimizing large worlds. On the platform side, we examine the new Safety Analytics dashboard for tracking player reports and the ongoing Testing Age Estimation feature requiring new users to submit verification. Finally, we look ahead to the community event EuroJam 2025.
Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(01:08) Emissive Maps - Studio Beta
(07:43) SLIM - Studio Beta
(13:48) Roblox Trivia
(16:31) Events - EuroJam 2025
(20:22) Developer Dashboard - Safety Analytics
(25:11) Safety & Civility - Age Estimation Checks
(33:23) Outro
Season 3 Episode 6
Sources:
- Emissive Maps Studio Beta
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-emissives/4034414
- SLIM Studio Beta
— https://x.com/MaximumADHD/status/1983794597118521748
- EuroJam 2025
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-eurojam-2025/4029615
— Roblox Creators Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nMNX5yHqFK
- Safety Analytics Dashboard
- Age Estimation Testing
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/test-encouraging-users-to-complete-an-age-check-to-chat/4035155
Hosts:
- Fedor (LoadingL0n3ly): https://x.com/LoadingL0n3ly
- Anthony (sublivion): https://www.roblox.com/users/44028290/profile
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This week we deep-dive into Roblox's Halloween Spotlight event running from 23 October to 3 November where 31 well-known experiences have quests to unlock Runes and Keys. These give access to trials where players can be rewarded with exclusive Avatar Items. But have smaller devs been excluded as Today's Picks curated sort is replaced with participating experiences only. We also touch on a few quality of life improvements rolling out for Roblox developers in the last week.
Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:24) Events - Halloween Spotlight
(15:53) Roblox Trivia
(19:11) Studio - Default Properties
(22:04) Studio - WebSockets Support
(29:38) Open Cloud - More Asset Types
(34:06) Outro
Season 3 Episode 5
Sources:
- Halloween Spotlight
— https://www.roblox.com/spotlight/halloween-spotlight
— https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/10/halloween-spotlight
- Studio Default Properties
— https://x.com/Bloxy_News/status/1981454786458505672?t=tHbdfkC4PTlAG7Mbbd3PwA&s=19
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-user-provided-default-instances/4022156
- WebSockets in Studio
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/websockets-support-in-studio-is-now-available/4021932
- More Asset Type Support in Open Cloud
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/open-cloud-upload-support-for-more-asset-types/4022082
Hosts:
- Adam (BanTech): https://lastlevel.co.uk/adam
- Fedor (LoadingL0n3ly): https://x.com/LoadingL0n3ly
- Anthony (sublivion): https://www.roblox.com/users/44028290/profile
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Roblox launches on ROG Xbox Ally and Samsung Galaxy Store as part of their ambitious goal to capture 10% of the gaming market, but simultaneously buries the “Continue” sort on the homepage. Developers also get access to new Lionsgate horror franchises with an improved pitch system, plus custom flipbook layouts that make particle animations more efficient and flexible.
Let us know in the comments if you'd like to see a particular guest or have an idea for a deep dive topic.
Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:45) Handhelds - ROG Xbox Ally X
(06:34) IP Licensing - New Lionsgate Franchises
(14:54) Roblox Trivia
(20:04) Ad break
(20:49) Homepage - "Continue" Sort Gone
(29:26) Events - Halloween Spotlight
(33:17) Particles - Custom Flipbook Layouts
(38:47) Outro
Season 3 Episode 4
Sources:
- Roblox coming to two new platforms
— https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/10/roblox-everywhere-bringing-roblox-two-new-platforms
— Device optimisation: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/handheld-ready-optimize-your-creations-for-any-device/3887726
- New Lionsgate IPs and pitch feature
— Licensing platform: https://create.roblox.com/explore/licenses
- “Continue” sort being buried on home page
— https://x.com/Abstract_Alex/status/1978134759349104724
- Halloween Spotlight
— https://x.com/Roblox/status/1978153942405005436
— https://x.com/Roblox/status/1979222934959935733
— (AFTER RECORDING) https://x.com/Roblox/status/1980698146499076206
- Custom flipbook layouts for particles
— Particle emitter docs: https://create.roblox.com/docs/en-us/reference/engine/classes/ParticleEmitter
— Original beta: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/animated-particles-with-the-particle-flipbooks-beta/1718023
Hosts:
- Adam (BanTech): https://lastlevel.co.uk/adam
- Fedor (LoadingL0n3ly): https://x.com/LoadingL0n3ly
- Anthony (sublivion): https://www.roblox.com/users/44028290/profile
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The Avatar Makeup Beta showed us tech that Roblox developers can use for many other purposes than just makeup, Text to Speech was fully released and we got early access to Server Authority.
Play The Lanes on Roblox: https://thelanes.vip
Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(01:04) Text to Speech - Full Release
(08:23) Server Authority - Early Access
(22:06) Roblox Trivia
(27:14) Ad break
(27:58) Avatar Marketplace - Makeup Beta
(38:31) Immersive Video - Advanced API Beta
(43:57) Outro
Season 3 Episode 3
Sources:
- Text to Speech API Release
— Available voices: https://create.roblox.com/docs/audio/objects#text-to-speech
— Use limits: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/AudioTextToSpeech
- Server Authority Early Access
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/early-access-server-authority/3983188
- Avatar Makeup Beta
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-introducing-avatar-makeup/3973764
— Creator Hub docs: https://create.roblox.com/docs/makeup
— WrapTextureTransfer instance: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/WrapTextureTransfer
— ComposeDecalAsync API: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/AssetService#ComposeDecalAsync
— Beta files: https://github.com/Roblox/avatar/tree/main/Makeup
— MaximumADHD, investigating underlying tech: https://x.com/MaximumADHD/status/1974005886294061452
- Advanced Video Beta
— Advanced audio: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/new-audio-api-beta-elevate-sound-and-voice-in-your-experiences/2848873
— Wires docs: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/Wire
Hosts:
- Adam (BanTech): https://lastlevel.co.uk/adam
- Fedor (LoadingL0n3ly): https://x.com/LoadingL0n3ly
- Anthony (sublivion): https://www.roblox.com/users/44028290/profile
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Last week millions of unrated experiences became unplayable and several hundred-thousand avatar items were removed in Roblox's latest safety push, plus "free models" are becoming less free, and Guilded finally gets the axe; Will Roblox's on-platform features make up for their $90M purchase shutting down?
Ad: Play The Lanes on Roblox: https://thelanes.vip
Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(00:56) Safety & Civility - October Safety Snapshot
(07:34) Developer Products - Regional Pricing
(14:42) Ad break 1
(15:20) Deep Linking - Share Link API
(34:11) Roblox Trivia
(23:00) Toolbox - 3D Model Monetisation
(37:03) Ad break 2
(37:47) Community - Guilded Shutting Down
(45:48) Outro
Season 3 Episode 2
Sources:
- Roblox Safety Snapshot
— https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/10/roblox-safety-snapshot
- Regional Pricing for Developer Products
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-regional-pricing-for-developer-products/3971235
— Game passes: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-regional-pricing-for-passes/3621382
— Avatar items: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/regional-pricing-for-avatar-items/3676358
- Share Link API
- 3D Model Monetisation
— https://x.com/Bloxy_News/status/1972206688368578841
— Supported countries: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/cross-border-payouts
— Early access signup: https://survey.roblox.com/jfe/form/SV_eIEIWe21nDwtKui
- Guilded Shutting Down
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/update-on-guilded-and-communities/3966775
Hosts:
- Adam (BanTech): https://lastlevel.co.uk/adam
- Fedor (LoadingL0n3ly): https://x.com/LoadingL0n3ly
- Anthony (sublivion): https://www.roblox.com/users/44028290/profile
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This week we're diving into Roblox's new AI text generation for NPCs, voice chat finally hitting PlayStation, improved lighting ranges, and a bunch of quality-of-life updates for developers.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:57 AI on Roblox - Text Generation Beta
15:22 Lighting - Extended Range
19:52 Ad break 1
20:56 User Interface - UI Stroke Improvements
28:54 Voice Chat - Arriving on Consoles
33:53 Roblox Trivia
35:47 Ad break 2
36:32 Creator Hub - Improved Server Management
47:24 Outro
Season 3 Episode 1
Sources:
- AI Text Generation Beta Expansion
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/text-generation-api-beta-expanding-access/3952348
— https://www.youtube.com/live/PVlCHE9pc50?t=1811s
- Extended Light Ranges
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/extended-light-ranges-doubling-the-limit-to-120/3954367
— https://x.com/Fluorlite/status/1971008046139871564
- UIStroke Improvements
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/studio-beta-uistroke-improvements-scaling-offsets-and-more/3958036
- Voice Chat is Coming to Consoles
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/voice-chat-voicechatservice-is-coming-to-consoles/3940471
- Improved Server Management
— https://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-server-management/3941907
Hosts:
- Adam (BanTech): https://lastlevel.co.uk/adam
- Fedor (LoadingL0n3ly): https://x.com/LoadingL0n3ly
- Anthony (sublivion): https://www.roblox.com/users/44028290/profile
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Beyond The Blox is produced by Seb Jensen for Last Level Studios.
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Licence code: TGSNZG5Z1OXPPELJ