SPEAKERS
KEYNOTES
David Baszuski
DEVELOPER TALKS
James Onnen (Quenty), Alex Balfanz (Badcc), Lucy Sweet (IntegerUnderflow), Trey Reynolds (AxisAngle)
Description: What do Adopt Me, Jailbreak, Phantom Forces, and Whatever Floats Your Boat have in common? They’re all top games on Roblox, and they all leverage five code patterns to build robust, powerful, scalable codebases. In this session, we’ll discuss why Maids, Signals, Promises, Springs, and Binders are vital to any Roblox developer’s toolkit and how they can help take your codebase to the next level.
Description: As games become larger and more complicated, how do you ensure you design a comparable experience for players on lower-end devices? In this session, we’ll discuss how to assemble and apply assets so that you can optimize your games for performance and keep your players happy. Topics include industry-staple methods such as trim sheets, instancing, and more. Come learn how to use these tools to your advantage!
Description: Looking to improve your managerial skills? This session will cover a broad range of best leadership practices, ways to keep your team happy, and how to work together to build a roadmap to success. Learn about the importance of planning, communication, and organization tools for managers striving to create collaborative work environments.
Description: Learn everything there is to know about animating with Blender. Whether you’re looking to create your own machinima or custom animations for a Roblox game, this session will teach you how to properly rig characters in Studio, how to bring them into Blender, how to animate them, and finally, how to export your animations back into Roblox. You’ll also get lots of useful tips and tricks on using the software efficiently and effectively.
ROBLOX STAFF TALKS
Robert Melly
Description: Roblox Studio is constantly evolving to meet the needs of developers as they continue to create larger, more complex worlds. This talk will provide an overview of the script editing and debugging tools being developed to more easily support these types of immersive experiences. We’ll also dive into some of the new workflows we’ve been investing in so you can optimize your development pipeline and improve the quality of your code.
Description: This session will take attendees on a technical deep dive into the Roblox engine. As a developer on Roblox, it’s easy to focus on creating a game without too much thought as to how it works underneath the surface. What’s going on behind the scenes when you assign a part’s CFrame? What is it exactly that Terrain:WriteVoxels does, and why does it have an argument that needs to be 4? We’ll explore the several different subsystems that comprise the Roblox engine and discuss how their internals work today and perhaps how they will work tomorrow.
Description: You can achieve the impossible when you’re working together. With the latest Studio updates, teamwork is more powerful than ever. This session will demonstrate how you and your studio can get the most out of our Collaborative Editing and Team Create tools, as well as give you a sneak peek at the exciting future of collaboration on Roblox.
Andrea Fletcher Description: Come get an exclusive sneak peek at the Creator dashboard, the new one-stop-shop for everything related to your creations, including custom analytics, server management, revenue, access permissions, advertising, and much more. Did I mention that it works on all devices and, finally, has a DARK THEME?!
ROBLOX PANEL
Description: Please join us for a thought provoking, live Q&A discussion with 7 Roblox staff as we will be taking live questions alongside presubmitted ones.
Speakers: Deepak Chandrasekaran, Matt Brown, Arseny Kapoulkine, Matthew Dean, Claus Moberg, Ravi Akella, Richard Sim
Q&A with builderman
Description: We're excited to announce that this year we are going to be holding a surprise Q&A with Builderman himself! Have a question you’ve been dying to ask him? Want to learn something about Roblox you don’t already know? Or, get advice from an expert? You can submit your questions on #builderman-qa. Then, come back Sunday morning to see if your question was answered.