The Sandbox is a virtual world in which players own and customize the 166 thousand different land parcels its made out of. On those land parcels, which are represented as non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, the landowners can do whatever they want: build games, virtual museums or other creative creations.
The world of The Sandbox is made out of voxels. From that perspective it’s very similar to Minecraft. However, in The Sandbox everybody can make a game, can design fashionable characters or earn SAND tokens by completing quests. Everybody in The Sandbox contributes to the game’s ecosystem, and therefore everybody earns rewards. That’s a true play-to-earn business model.
Creating in The Sandbox
The Sandbox provides free tools to create assets. VoxEdit is a free creator to make voxel assets, including for example game characters or non-player characters. Creations made in VoxEdit can be sold on an open and player-driven marketplace, and other people can then use those assets to decorate their lands.
Aside from VoxEdit, The Sandbox has free software GameMaker. This software can be used to make games or other interactive installations. To make these, creators can use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) made with VoxEdit. Once the game installation is complete, all used assets are saved into one ERC-1155 non-fungible token. In essence this means that these interactive creations can also be sold as separate games within The Sandbox.
Like the temperatures outside for much of the northern hemisphere, the summer of blockchain gaming continues to heat up. August brings us several new playable betas and alphas. Enough to keep any avid gamer busy! I am continually amazed by the increased sophistication in blockchain gaming. Though stake-and-click style games are still plentiful, they are […]
The Sandbox adds to its ever growing list of partners with the latest addition, Ragnarok. What began as an MMORPG spread into a stable of games, merchandise, and even an animated series. Now, Gravity plans to bring their Ragnarok IP to The Sandbox, building a themed experience for players to adventure in and explore. Run […]
The Sandbox has announced a new Game Jam event in partnership with Crazy Defense Heroes. After previous game jam events of Sandbox, including Smurfs and Voxodeus, the metaverse company is back with yet another game and asset creation contest Tower Defense Game Jam. The TOWER franchise will offer 15k $SAND tokens and NFTs prizes to winners and Crazy […]
The second stage challenge for the special, Guild of Guardians adventure in The Sandbox, closes soon. Known as the Eye of Morax, players who complete the game on medium difficulty and submit their results, have a chance to win Guild of Guardians tokens (GOG)! No ownership of Guild of Guardians or Sandbox NFTs required. Though […]
Tony Hawk, the legendary American professional skateboarder, has announced a new partnership with The Sandbox to build the biggest virtual skatepark of the metaverse. As per The Sandbox blog, Tony Hawk and NFT solution platform Autograph are planning to launch an NFT collection and an experience in The Sandbox called “Tony Hawk Land.” The land will allow […]
The Sandbox partnered with Playboy to build up the first immersive megamansion of the game, hosting talents and exhibits from one of the world’s most iconic lifestyle brands. Playboy-themed immersive gaming experience in The Sandbox metaverse will include NFT collectibles releases and special experiences for Playboy’s Rabbitar community. As of now, there are 5,204 Rabbitars […]
With a recent fundraising effort leading to a valuation of $5.9 billion, Animoca Brands is no startup company. In fact, it seems like their name is on the list of investors for almost every blockchain gaming project! Now Animoca continues their partnership with Planet Hollywood, announcing the development of a movie studio themed experience in […]
It’s been a year since The Sandbox announced their plans to migrate to the Polygon blockchain. With the gas fees on Ethereum often becoming untenable for many users, it only made sense to search for a cheaper layer 2 solution. And so, Polygon was chosen. And in February of 2022, The Sandbox took a first […]
Stand alongside like-minded individuals and express yourself in the new Metaverse Pride experience in the Sandbox. Three new experiences have been released to celebrate POCs, LGBTQ+ individuals, and all minorities for Pride Month. The Metaverse Pride is part of a bigger event, the “Sandbox Belonging Week”, containing three custom experiences: the Valley of Belonging, the […]
The Sandbox, king of outside partnerships in the blockchain gaming world, announced a new collaboration with TIMEPieces, a web3 community initiative from TIME. Probably better known for their physical magazine, TIME has developed a more significant online presence over the past year. This has included web3 development and NFTs. Now they partner with The Sandbox […]