Garry’s Modis a unique project, even among PC games. Released in 2006, Valve published the sandbox game despite it featuring no actual objectives, goals, or progression mechanics. It’s a pure sandbox, in whichGarry’s Modplayers can create their own games, movies, or more. That focus on user-created content has keptGarry’s Modpopular even to this day, as it frequently ranks in Steam’s top 25 most-played games. NowGarry’s Modis getting a sequel of sorts nameds&box, that’s looking more and more impressive.
S&boxis, likeGarry’s Mod, being developed by creator Garry Newman. Newman started the project back in 2015 and in the years since it’s changed in several ways. It even went on a development hiatus in 2019. Now, however, Newman has found new energy fors&box, following the game’s shift from Unreal Engine to theSource 2 enginein 2020. Newman has also started providing regular updates fors&box, with the latest providing the clearest look at the sandbox game yet.
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In the latests&boxdeveloper update, Newman and team showcase some of the exciting tech that’s now built into the sandbox. The update is filled with short clips showing how tech like ragdolls, combiningphysicsobjects, breakables, water, and more works in-game. Newman also talks about the implementation of other features, like matchmaking, hotboxes, scoreboards, and more.s&boxis looking closer to a playable state than ever.
Finally, Newman talks a bit about what the team will work on next. He says that up until now playing the current build ofs&boxin groups has been rare, with just 3-4 people messing around. In the next several weeks, Newman wants to get a decent internal multiplayer test going. At that point, Newman says they should be able to evaluate just whats&boxneeds in order to invite others into the game. His final thoughts are that it may be better to do that “sooner rather than later.”
