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Overview

The Key Ingredients of an Experience

The Sandbox is a blockchain-powered virtual environment of interactive 3D Experiences, such as games, which can take the form of whatever you can imagine. An Experience can be and even .

Integrated Ecosystem

Creative Flow

The Sandbox Game is an ecosystem of free integrated tools to create, share, compete, publish, launch, and monetise your content with ease. Creators participate in The Sandbox in different ways depending on the type of content they make or the projects they work on.

Create Assets

  • Players buy equipment and passes to enter gated Experiences. They can also buy NFTs required to access exclusive gameplay within an Experience.

  • Builders buy equipment and entities to populate their Experiences and create custom assets in VoxEdit.

Create Experiences

Launch

Once your Experience is located on a virtual LAND and your Experience Page is published, you can click the Launch button on your Experience Page to open it to players. They will be prompted to download the launcher if they don't already have it installed.

Some content added to your Experience page will appear in the launcher as your Experience loads to showcase your main graphic and description.

Own & Earn

You own your creative content in The Sandbox and have rights to share it for free or monetise:

Monetisation

Contests

The Marketplace now empowers creators to Mint & Sell NFTs made in VoxEdit, and Game Maker allows you to design exclusive gameplay accessible to your NFT holders. Learn more about .

If you own , you can publish Experiences to the . Even if you don't own LAND, you can create a free Experience Page to help players learn about your project.

We have all the tools you need to create an Experience from start to finish and a comprehensive to help you manage your project workflow.

Create static and animated Assets using our free software and manage them in your . Assets can also be used in your own Experiences or on the to players and creators:

We have thorough VoxEdit , , and .

Bring Assets to life using The Sandbox . Plug and play logic makes it easy to build a variety of without knowing how to code.

We have thorough Game Maker , , and .

If you'd like to find an agency to help build your project, search our .

to your virtual and with NFTs. You can create a free to share your project - even if you don't own LAND!

To get started, create an Experience in Game Maker. Even if it's still a work in progress, you can find it in and click on it to open the and prepare it for publishing.

your Experience on the using your LAND so players can discover it. Publish your Experience Page so it will appear in the map.

To publish an Experience on the , you must also own all entities, or assets, used in it. Some of these may be NFTs being sold on the Marketplace that you've tested but haven't purchased yet. The will help you verify all of the details to simplify your launch!

On the you can purchase Assets others create to use in your Experiences. You can also create assets in and use them in your own Experiences without minting as NFTs.

While you can't purchase an Experience someone created on the Marketplace, you can transfer an Experience from on The Sandbox website. This method is often used by studios or independent creators building Experiences for LAND owners.

RECOMMENDED Review . Learn about since some scams may target creators or LAND owners seeking to hire, get work, or collaborate.

to your account at The Sandbox is the first step to unlock ownership and monetisation potential:

Connecting a wallet also allows you to receive prizes when participating in or .

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Blocks are the terrain in your Experience.

Create them in by painting textures on 6 faces of a cube. Use normal and/or emissive light and set your block to be solid or liquid and its transparency level when . Specific blocks can damage players and entities using Game Maker logic.

An Entity is a type of asset used as an interactive object, such as non-player characters (NPCs), buildings, etc.

Create assets in or purchase User Generated Content in the . Use to save time! Use Game Maker to assets and bring them to life with logic.

Every object in an Experience can be set with custom and logic to govern its actions, communication with other objects, and interactive potential.

Objects communicate with (quests) and to create variety of polished, unique gameplays without code.

Equipment is a type of asset made with VoxEdit that players can wear to modify gameplay and appearance. The player's inventory includes equipment NFTs in their wallet, equipment collected during an Experience for temporary use, and collected quest items.

Avatars are the means of player interaction within Experiences and represent a player's multifaceted identity. Customise logic related to player Avatars in Game Maker.

Create a free - even if you don't own ! Use the link to share your project with the world and build community.

Connect your Experience to your virtual LAND so it can be discovered on the opened in the Launcher. Use built in to see your page and Experience traffic over time.

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