US gaming platform Roblox said at its annual Roblox Developer Conference it will expand its game creation and distribution tools, with broader access to its AI feature Build, in-browser play by year-end, and support for publishing games as standalone apps on mobile, PC, and consoles.

Build, first announced in July and initially available only in New Zealand, is expanding to Serbia and Singapore.

Roblox said the feature will also add desktop access, a new asset library, and prompt-based scene generation later this year.

The company also said it will launch a wallet for US creators aged 18 and older with Airwallex, a Melbourne-based payments company, and a Roblox Card next year. It also announced non-player character playtesting, an offline mode, and a Friends chat tab that follows players across games.

Roblox’s developer forum said the wallet and card were meant to help users get paid faster. Airwallex is providing the wallet service for eligible US users.

Roblox already hosts account access and game discovery on the web, and its Android app is distributed through Google Play, so the new options would add more ways to access it.

🔗 Source: TechCrunch

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