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Sandbox vs themepark

Raph Koster

I just watched a couple of videos about sandbox vs themepark games (in particular one by NerdSlayer and another by Josh “Strife” Hayes )… One thing that struck me about the ways players often talk about this (because at this point the history is so old) is that people think of sandbox as the older version of MMOs, and themeparks as newer.

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Mythical’s Web3 NFT racer goes live

Game Daily

Sandbox moves In other Web3 gaming news, Animoca Brands’ The Sandbox, announced a partnership with Agora to provide voice, video, and chat services to the metaverse-creative game. “We’re excited to see how The Sandbox continues to innovate with Agora’s products to build deeper connections within communities. .”

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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

Several other areas got improvements, like the editor (which has been vastly reworked), UI system, multiplayer, navigation, audio, animation, etc. Animation streaming : Modern games have long cinematics, which require a lot of animation data. Loading those animations require a lot of memory and loading them takes a lot of time.

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Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely” 

PreMortem.Games

These days, seeing people’s faces light up and how creative people get with the sandbox is the biggest motivation boost for me. I was intrigued by the physics-based animation but I had no idea how it worked at the time. They can’t even run, because it’s hard to animate legs with physics.” “I

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James Bendon’s 5-year journey to create Dinkum “To be honest, I really like working alone”

PreMortem.Games

The game is an Australian take on Animal Crossing and really captures that laidback Down Under vibe. I alway loved life Sim games like Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon growing up. I’m also a big fan of sandbox and survival games, so I wanted to make something that mixed all those types of games I loved.

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Untold Stories of ex-Activision Blizzard King’s Founders

Deconstructor of Fun

The studio raised $25m in Oct’24 to develop a narrative sandbox game based on an original IP. Founded in 2018, Action Face is a user-friendly 3D avatar platform that allows users to capture, customize, and create 3D animations and action figures featuring their faces.

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What are the NFT gaming benefits for owners and players

Logic Simplified

THE SANDBOX. The Sandbox is a virtual style metaverse that is built on the Ethereum network and you can get involved in this game as a gamer, collector, or an artist. (Source: Businessnews ). This mobile gaming platform has its own cryptocurrency called Sand that can be used to buy digital land, real estate or other NFT assets.

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