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Scale & LAND Use

Get the most out of your virtual LANDs with guidelines about using the 3D space.

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What is LAND?

Launch Experience to your LAND in The Sandbox metaverse via the . Create a free , locate it on your LAND on the Map, and track .

Don't own LAND?

You can still create a free to share about your project and build your community with the page link!

IMPORTANT NOTE Your asset creations do NOT need to be minted as NFTs for use in your own Experiences:

  • Experiences to the free

  • You do NOT need LAND to make a free to promote your Experience

  • to your metaverse LANDs using our integrated tools

The Scale of The Sandbox

A standard scale is used for the sizing of content in most Experiences, with a few exceptions for narrative purposes.

  • One LAND is 96x96x128 blocks in size.

  • One Block is 32x32x32 voxels and converts to 1 cubic metre in the real world. A medium human is about 2 blocks, or metres, tall.

  • One Voxel is the smallest unit of measurement in The Sandbox Game. Voxels are like the atoms that make up everything, giving colour and shape to assets that populate the virtual world.

Asset and Experience Sizes are Locked

NO BUILT-IN SCALING

VoxEdit does NOT have a tool to precisely resize an entity before it's exported. There is only a simple tool to double or halve a model's size and detail in all dimensions.

Game Maker does NOT have a tool to change asset size since they are a unified scale.

LOCKED EXPERIENCE SIZE

The size of an Experience can NOT be changed once you've created it. Plan carefully.

Maximise LAND Efficiency

Virtual LANDs are valuable limited resources in The Sandbox allowing you to monetise Experiences and reach a larger audience, with potential for famous virtual neighbors. By carefully planning how you'll use your LAND, you may have extra LAND available to launch another Experience.

FORGET REAL-WORLD LIMITATIONS

Focus on what you want to emphasise most.

Feel free to break the laws of physics.

Leverage as much 3D space as possible - go vertical!

What Fits in a 1x1 LAND?

1x1 LAND is Best For

What Fits In a Multi-LAND Experience?

Combined LANDs are Best For

Bigger Isn't Always Better!

The more LAND you use, the more likely you'll want to fill it with a lot of assets and gameplay, which may eventually reduce performance quality. Ultimately, you want the most players to enjoy your Experiences, so you don't want to push to the absolute limits.

MAXIMISE PERFORMANCE

Use available space to the fullest. A 2x2 Experience is currently the maximum recommended size for the highest performance gameplay.

Purchase or Create an Estate

Not Enough LAND to Capture All of Your Ideas?

For scaling and design considerations for specific asset types, explore the .

An Estate is an opportunity to launch a universe of smaller cohesive and/or connected Experiences. You can purchase an Estate on or, in the future, you can create an Estate with adjacent LANDs you own.

View for creative ideas related to Estate use.

Collaborate with your virtual neighbors to launch more complex and exciting projects. Find their social links on the Map. to learn about LAND sales.

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Use of Space

  • 1 large, 2 medium, or 4-6 small locations

  • Experiences that can leverage vertical space

Performance

  • Using more logic, animations, or assets

  • Player accessibility (slower devices)

  • Large cities

  • Theme parks

  • Social hubs

  • Varied things to do/see

  • Paths to large Experiences

  • Vast worlds

  • And much more!

  • Visual focus

  • Simpler logic

  • Exploration

  • Narratives with multiple biomes/settings

  • Epic landscapes/views

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Outdoor

  • Open Event Space

  • Small Town, Part of a City

  • Football Pitch

Indoor

  • Club / Enclosed Event Space

  • Small Shopping Mall

  • Small Space Station

  • Deep Cave System

  • Mansion / Gallery / Museum

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This example 3x3 Estate has two Experiences published and four LANDs unused.

A 3D unit of measurement used to define the size of Experiences, such as games, built in using Assets made in You do not need to own virtual LAND to Experiences in the Game Maker Gallery. These are free to play, which is great for testing and Game Jams.

Virtual real estate () with an address on the that can be linked to Experiences to publish, launch, and monetise them in the metaverse Use LAND to launch Experiences to reach a larger audience, especially if located near famous neighbors.

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