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=== Roblox Studio and game design ===
▲| caption1 = The Roblox Studio interface as of August 2024 (left)
Roblox Studio is the platform's game engine<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gould |first=Elie |date=2022-11-14 |title=Roblox is using the metaverse and AI to make creating games accessible |url=https://www.techradar.com/features/roblox-is-using-the-metaverse-and-ai-to-make-creating-games-accessible |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802033546/https://www.techradar.com/features/roblox-is-using-the-metaverse-and-ai-to-make-creating-games-accessible |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=[[TechRadar]] |language=en}}</ref> and game development software.<ref name=":101">{{Cite web |last=Haskins |first=Heath |date=September 16, 2021 |title=Roblox 101: How to Make Your First Game |url=https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/roblox-101-how-to-make-your-first-game |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804215231/https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/roblox-101-how-to-make-your-first-game |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |access-date=August 4, 2024 |website=[[PCMag]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=2023-01-18 |title=Roblox says 70 user-created games have crossed a billion plays |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/roblox-ceo-says-70-user-created-games-have-crossed-a-billion-plays/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721113943/https://venturebeat.com/games/roblox-ceo-says-70-user-created-games-have-crossed-a-billion-plays/ |archive-date=July 21, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=[[VentureBeat]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The engine and all games made on Roblox predominantly uses Luau,<ref name=":41">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Ron |date=2022-07-24 |title=Roblox beefs up its developer tools as it looks to a future beyond games |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/24/roblox-beefs-up-its-developer-tools-as-it-looks-to-a-future-beyond-games/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref> a dialect of the [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] 5.1 [[programming language]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Luau? |url=https://luau.org/why |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Luau |publisher=[[Roblox Corporation]] |language=en |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130081648/https://luau.org/why |url-status=live }}</ref> Since November 2021, the programming language has been [[Open-source software|open sourced]] under the [[MIT License]].<ref name=":41" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Luau Goes Open-Source |url=https://luau-lang.org/2021/11/03/luau-goes-open-source.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803175411/https://luau-lang.org/2021/11/03/luau-goes-open-source.html |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Luau |publisher=[[Roblox Corporation]] |language=en}}</ref> Some aspects of the engine were created using [[C++]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=2021-07-21 |title=Roblox CEO podcasts about the rise of the metaverse |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/roblox-ceo-podcasts-about-the-rise-of-the-metaverse/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=[[VentureBeat]] |language=en-US}}</ref> To assist in the creation of games, Roblox Studio features multiple pre-made templates that users can modify.<ref name=":101" />
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