In 2020 an agreement was reached between Tommy and Roblox, which meant that anyone making a Roblox experience would have to pay $1 (around 83p or 100 Robux) to be able to use the sound in their game.

In 2020, Tallarico discovered Roblox had taken and used the sound effect he created without permission, at which point a legal agreement was reached between the two.

Roblox, the somehow-increasingly-popular free video game, ... The game is introducing a new default death sound effect to replace the "oof" for those who don't want to pay.

Fans of Roblox may notice that a familiar, iconic sound is gone: the oof sound effect, which often played upon taking damage or death. Now it’s been replaced with a “dehhh” due to licensing ...

The "oof" sound effect wasn't made by anyone at Roblox; it was actually made by a man named Tommy Tallarico. Tommy has worked in the video games industry as composer - meaning he made the music ...