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'''''Roblox''''' is an online [[Video game|game]] [[Computing platform|platform]] and [[game creation system]] that allows users to [[Computer programming|program]] games and play games created by other users. Founded by [[David Baszucki]] and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in the [[programming language]] [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]]. For most of ''Roblox''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s history, it was relatively small, both as a platform and a company, due to both co-founder Baszucki's lack of interest in press coverage and it being "lost among the crowd" in a large number of platforms released around the same time. ''Roblox'' began to grow rapidly in the second half of the [[2010s]], and this growth has been accentuated by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=Levy/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/11/how-roblox-avoided-the-gaming-graveyard-and-grew-into-a-2-5b-company/|title=How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company|website=TechCrunch|last1=Morrison|first1=Sherwood|date=July 12, 2019|accessdate=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
''Roblox'' is free-to-play, with in-game purchases available through a virtual currency called "Robux". As of August 2020, ''Roblox'' has over 164 million monthly active users, with it being played by over half of all children aged under 16 in the [[United States]].<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/technology/roblox-tweens-videogame-coronavirus.html|title=You May Not Know This Pandemic Winner, but Your Tween Probably Does|website=The New York Times|last1=Browning|first1=Kellen|date=August 16, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Verge>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/21/21333431/roblox-over-half-of-us-kids-playing-virtual-parties-fortnite|title=Over half of US kids are playing Roblox, and it’s about to host Fortnite-esque virtual parties too|website=[[The Verge]]|last1=Lyles|first1=Taylor|date=July 21, 2020|accessdate=July 23, 2020}}</ref> ''Roblox'' has received generally positive reviews from critics.
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