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 ...

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 ...

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.

Additionally, Tallarico has created a sound effects kit for the game that Roblox developers can use, with the price ranging from $10 to $250 depending on how many sounds are purchased.

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.