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==Development==
The [[beta version]] of ''Roblox'' was created by co-foundersfounder David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=32789865|title=Company Overview of Roblox Corporation|website=Bloomberg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628220203/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=32789865|archive-date=28 June 2009|dead-url=no|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.roblox.com/2013/02/in-memory-of-erik-cassel/|title=In Memory of Erik Cassel|last=Baszucki|first=David|date=12 February 2013|website=Roblox Blog|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20181129215203/https://blog.roblox.com/2013/02/in-memory-of-erik-cassel/|archive-date=29 November 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref> Baszucki started testing the first demos that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/neil-c-hughes/how-this-user-generated-video-game-is-leading-the-way-with-innovation-and-vr.html|title=How This User-Generated Video Game Is Leading The Way With Innovation and VR|last=Hughes|first=Neil|date=15 July 2016|website=Inc.|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20181129215529/https://www.inc.com/neil-c-hughes/how-this-user-generated-video-game-is-leading-the-way-with-innovation-and-vr.html|archive-date=29 November 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref>
 
''Roblox'' was released on August 27, 2006.<ref name="robloxblog"/>
 
In March 2007, ''Roblox'' became compliant with [[COPPA]], with the addition of safe chat, a change that limited users under the age of thirteen to communicating by selecting predefined messages from a menu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kidscreen.com/2015/06/23/superawesome-and-roblox-join-forces-on-kid-safe-advertising/|title=SuperAwesome and Roblox join forces on kid-safe advertising|last=Dickson|first=Jeremy|date=23 June 2015|website=Kidscreen|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20181129222253/http://kidscreen.com/2015/06/23/superawesome-and-roblox-join-forces-on-kid-safe-advertising/|archive-date=29 November 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> In August, ''Roblox'' added Builders Club, a premium membership, and applied server improvements.<ref>{{cite book|last=LaRouche|first=Brandon|date=31 March 2012|title=Basic ROBLOX Lua Programming|publisher=Double Trouble Studio|page=237|isbn=9780985451301}}</ref>