| S&box | |
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| Developer(s) | Facepunch Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Facepunch Studios |
| Designer(s) | Garry Newman |
| Programmer(s) | Garry Newman |
| Engine | Source 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Sandbox |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Sandbox (stylised as s&box) is an upcoming sandbox game developed and published by Facepunch Studios. Regarded as a spiritual successor to Garry's Mod , the game provides players with a platform from which to develop and play different user-created gamemodes.
Sandbox is a physics-based sandbox game that, in its base game mode, has no set objectives. The player is able to spawn non-player characters, ragdolls, and props, and interact with them by various means. Unlike Garry's Mod, Sandbox has been built with the core philosophy of providing a platform for user-created game modes rather than incorporating those game modes alongside the existing framework. Example gamemodes include Melon Racer, Prophunt and Trouble in Terrorist Town. Much like its predecessor, Sandbox provides a platform from which user-created content can be shared among the playerbase. Unlike Garry's Mod, which depended on the mounting of base Source engine content from other Source engine games such as Counter-Strike: Source or Portal, Sandbox provides a standalone experience from which players can participate in user-created gamemodes, and the original Sandbox gamemode has been de-emphasised by the developer. Garry Newman, founder of Facepunch Studios, expressed hope that both Facepunch and the community would be able to use Sandbox as a platform to build and export standalone games for sale on Steam. [1]
In order to demonstrate the new scene system, several Facepunch Studios developers built Opium, as a "PSX-style" first-person experience inspired by the Condemned game series, and combining melee combat & weapon scavenging with basic puzzle-solving. A short experience, Opium places the player in a crack house and faces them against violent "crackheads" with "occult undertones". [2]
An unofficial remake of Team Fortress 2 within the Source 2 engine was initially developed under the title Team Fortress: Source 2 (alternatively abbreviated as TF: S2), with the first development blog post released in August 2021 by the team, Amper Software. [3] Work on the remake continued into 2024, with the developers providing frequent updates and undertaking community beta testing; [1] [4] however, as of January 2024, the project has been cancelled, following a takedown request by Valve Software and impending changes to Sandbox itself. [5]
The predecessor to Sandbox, Garry's Mod , was first released in 2004 by Garry Newman as a mod for the game Half-Life 2 and, by extension, the Source game engine. In late 2015, Newman stated Facepunch was working on a Garry's Mod sequel with a focus on virtual reality. [6] It was formally announced in 2017 as being developed on Unreal Engine 4, [7] but development was paused in 2019 and later shifted to Valve's Source 2 engine in March 2020. [8] [9] [10] A public release was planned for the second half of 2021, [11] with a select group already having received early access to its closed beta, [12] while further waves of developers have been provided with keys on a first-come, first-serve basis. In Sandbox, players can pick from many gamemodes similar to Garry's Mod . [13] The game uses C# as a backend for user-created content. [14] Newman has stated among the improvements are entity physics, lighting, and water effects. [15]
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