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The beta version of Roblox was created by co-founders David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 under the name DynaBlocks. [69] Baszucki started testing the first demos that year. [ 70 ] In 2005, the company changed its name to Roblox.
Former Roblox headquarters, now occupied by Guidewire Software. Roblox Corporation (/ ˈ r oʊ b l ɒ k s / ROH-bloks) is an American video game developer based in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2004 by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, the company is the developer of Roblox, which was released in 2006.
David Brent Baszucki [1] (/ b ə ˈ z uː k i /; born January 20, 1963), also known by his former Roblox username builderman, is a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, engineer, and software developer.
Mark Edward Fischbach (/ ˈ f ɪ ʃ ˌ b ɑː k / FISH-bahk; born June 28, 1989), known online as Markiplier, is an American YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, and influencer. [2] One of the most popular YouTubers on the platform, he is known for his " Let's Play " videos of indie horror games .
Mark Rober is an American YouTuber, engineer, inventor, and educator. He is known for his YouTube videos on popular science and do-it-yourself gadgets . Before he became a YouTuber, Rober was an engineer with NASA for nine years, where he spent seven years working on the Curiosity rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
In January 2017, Balfanz, along with asimo3089, uploaded Jailbreak, a cops-and-robbers game, to Roblox. On its first day of release, it reached 70,000 concurrent players, a number which Balfanz later said had shocked him. [1] It quickly became one of the most popular games on the platform, and made Balfanz a millionaire. [4] [3]
MeepCity was the first game on Roblox to pass 1 billion total visits. [61] The game was averaging 100,000 concurrent players in July 2018. [ 60 ] The game received criticism throughout 2021 due to the number of online daters inside the game and inappropriate clothing and actions found in the party feature.
Marc Lowell Andreessen [pronunciation?] (born July 9, 1971) is an American businessman and former software engineer.He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser with a graphical user interface; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.