🟦Scale & LAND Use

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

What is LAND?

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

Virtual real estate (NFTs) with an address on the Map 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.

PUBLISH EXPERIENCES

Use the Experience Manager to prepare your Experience's launch day. You can create an Experience Page even if you don't own LAND! ❓FAQs: Experience Publishing.

By the end of 2023 we are opening the metaverse to LAND owners, allowing everyone to launch Experiences in The Sandbox metaverse via the Experience Manager. Tools are already available to prepare your Experience for launch day! Create a free Experience Page and locate it on your LAND on the Map.

Don't own LAND?

You can still create a free Experience Page 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 when used in your Experiences:

• Share Experiences to the free Game Maker Gallery

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

• Publish Experiences to your metaverse LANDs using our integrated tools, with more tools in development that will allow creators to monetise content

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

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

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 the size of an asset since everything is in the same scale.

LOCKED EXPERIENCE SIZE

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

Maximise LAND Efficiency

Virtual LANDs are valuable resources in The Sandbox available in limited quantity. They allow you to monetise Experiences and reach a larger audience, with potentially very famous "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 the highlights.

Break the laws of physics.

Leverage vertical space.

1x1 LAND Uses

What Fits in a 1x1 LAND?

Outdoor

• Open Event Space

• Small Town, Part of a City

• Football Pitch

• Tower (½ Eiffel Tower) or other landmark

Indoor

• Club / Enclosed Event Space

• Small Shopping Mall

• Small Space Station

• Deep Cave System

• Mansion / Gallery / Museum

1x1 LAND is Best For

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)

Multi-LAND Uses

What Fits In a Multi-LAND Experience?

• Large cities

• Theme parks

• Social hubs

• Varied things to do/see

• Paths to large Experiences

• Vast worlds

• And much more!

Combined LANDs are Best For

• Visual focus

• Simpler logic

• Exploration

• Narratives with multiple biomes/settings

• Epic landscapes/views

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

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

View Estates for creative ideas related to Estate use.

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

Not Enough LAND to Capture All of Your Ideas?

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