Roblox’s New TikTok-Like Feature Lets Players Showcase Gameplay
Roblox Corporation is testing a TikTok-like short-form video app that allows users to record and share 30-second video game clips.
Quick overview
- Roblox Corporation is launching a beta version of a short-form video app called Roblox Moments, allowing users to share 30-second game clips.
- The app aims to enhance game discovery and community engagement, with developers able to customize its source code for their games.
- Roblox has a strong user base with over 111 million daily active users and has shared over $1 billion in revenue with independent developers.
- Roblox-related videos are already highly popular on platforms like YouTube, and the company has previously funded similar apps like Clip It.
Roblox Corporation is testing a TikTok-like short-form video app that allows users to record and share 30-second video game clips.
The company announced at the start of its annual two-day conference for game developers in San Jose, California, that the new app, called Roblox Moments, will be available in beta. To join in games they enjoy, viewers will be able to tap in. Roblox provided game developers access to the app’s source code and the ability to customize it for their own products.
The company stated that Moments is a “powerful engine for discovery, immersing users in inspiring, community-captured gameplay.”
Roblox, one of the biggest video game companies, relies on independent developers to create new games. Over the past year, the company has shared over $1 billion in game revenue with developers. There are 111.08 million active users on Roblox daily.
Roblox-related videos are already very popular on websites like YouTube, where they have surpassed 1 trillion views. One of the most popular apps within Roblox is Clip It, a product from Neura Studios similar to TikTok.
Users can make videos that appear in a feed by editing Roblox content with Clip It. Like TikTok, it makes income by showing ads between user-generated videos. Roblox funded the development of Clip It through its creator fund..
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