🎆Welcome to the Creator Portal

The Creator Portal is your home base to grow as a creator of any skill or experience level. Bookmark and revisit for resource updates!

Visit 🌐Languages for available documentation, software, and communities.

About The Sandbox

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Game Maker 0.12

New! Abilities

Learn about all of the updates and creative possibilities with the newest version of Game Maker.

Game Maker 0.12

Play and Create using new Abilities gear: Dash and Glide!

Abilities

Upgrade old Experiences and build new ones with updates that impact the HUD, NPCs, and more.

❗0.12 Upgrade Guide

🌐 Languages:

• 한국어

• 日本語

• Türkçe

• Tiếng Việt

• Indonesia & Melayu

The Sandbox Updates

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Connect & Level Up!

Creators Forum

News, help, resources, requests and feedback

🏗️ Builders' Challenge

Detailed information about the new Builders' Challenge

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Start Your Creative Journey

The Sandbox Creative Ecosystem

• Basics: Experiences & Ecosystem

• The Sandbox Scale, LAND Use

• Assets: Entities & Equipment

• Avatars & Character

• Experience Look & Feel

🟦Learn Creator Basics

Begin Game Maker - 1 hour series

1. Play/Test

2. Build with Blocks

3. Place Assets

4. Set Object Actions

5. Trigger Logic

6. Craft Quests

7. Set Up Mechanics

8. Build Multiplayer Games

🔰Beginners

What is it? What can I make?

✨Create Assets

Tutorials & Activities

🔰Beginners

Documentation

📖Docs

Quality Guidelines

🕘Changelogs

Tools

🧰Upload Assets to Workspaces

What do you want to make?

🧍Asset Guide

How can you make it better?

🎨Art Techniques

Contests

🏆VoxEdit Contests

What is it? What can I make?

✨Create Experiences

Tutorials & Activities

🔰Beginners

Documentation

📖Docs

Quality Guidelines

🕘Version Notes & Changelogs

Tools

🧰Publish Experiences

🧰Experience Page

What do you want to make?

⚙️Logic Guide

⚙️Logic Guide

🏞️Experience Guide

How can you make it better?

🎲Experience Design Techniques

Contests

🏆Game Jams

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Grow with Creative Resources

🧍Asset Guide

Asset design and use in Experiences

⚙️Logic Guide

Logic and tips for HUD, mechanics, etc.

🏞️Experience Guide

Gameplay types, loops, and useful templates

📗Game Rules Guide

Variable use cases, presets, and templates

🎬Game Production Guide

Plan and execute your project with detailed guidance

Narrative Design

Concept: Worldbuilding Approach, Dialogue

Art Design

Concept Cohesiveness, Visual Hierarchy

Game Design

Ramp of Difficulty, Risk & Reward, Balance

3D Spatial Layout

Blockout & Details, Line of Sight, Visual Landmarks

🪙Monetisation

Asset Minting, Experience Gating & VIP Gameplay Design Ideas

Asset References

Asset References & Art Moodboards

3D Design

Voxel Art Shape, Structure & Motion

Colour, Texture & Depth

Colour Strategy, Materials, Distinction

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Build Your Skills & Portfolio

Use contests as an opportunity to apply what you learn and grow as a creator while you build a portfolio of your creations. Someday a studio will want to see this evidence of your creative strengths.

🏆VoxEdit Contests

Participate in a variety of contest types at different difficulty levels with fun themes

🏆Game Jams

Work independently or with a team on a themed Experience

🏗️Builders' Challenge

Create Experiences, publish, and grow engagement with players to earn SAND

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Collaborate

Get multiple creators organized to efficiently create together.

🎬Game Production Guide

Actionable steps to create solo/team projects

• Define and communicate creative intentions

• Overlap creative sprints with your team

• Create higher quality UGC for Game Jams, publishing, and NFT drops

• Plan and execute a marketing strategy for your content

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Connect with Community

Join the Creator Forum to find news, help, resources, and share requests and feedback:

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Socials

VoxEdit Creations Channel | #VoxEditWeekly

Game Maker Teasers channel | #ScreenshotSaturday | #tsbgamejam

Livestreams

Follow along and ask questions during our Livestreams, available on Twitch. Subscribe to receive notifications for when we go live!

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Discord

Join Discord

• Ask for help (English) in the VoxEdit or Game Maker Community Discussions

• File a ticket for a technical issue in the VoxEdit or Game Maker Support Channels

• Find channels in other languages

🗣️ Discord Community Guide

• How to join and claim roles

• Basics to navigate Discord

• Resources to stay safe on Discord and report issues