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Some recent work on #s&box #source2 #gamedev #art

Already seeing some really cool entries coming in for the S&box Game Jam 😎 Love seeing how quickly games can be made in s&box - these were all made in under 2 weeks!

Check out the submissions so far - they close tomorrow! itch.io/jam/sbox-jam...

#sbox #sboxjam

🎮S&box Game Jam #1 💰$10,000 Prize Pool💰 A game jam from 2025-06-15 to 2025-07-05 hosted by Trundler. Create a game in s&box and compete for $10,000 ! Rules You must use s&box to create your game. You can get access to s&box here . You may w...

In case you haven't heard, there's a $10,000 s&box game jam happening on @itchio.bsky.social that starts TOMORROW!

Great opportunity to give the engine a try if you haven't yet and see what it's all about :)

itch.io/jam/sbox-jam-1

Thanks for this! I'll be making a video on acquiring the game and submitting your game later this week :)

🎮S&box Game Jam #1 💰$10,000 Prize Pool💰 A game jam from 2025-06-15 to 2025-07-05 hosted by Trundler. Create a game in s&box and compete for $10,000 ! Rules You must use s&box to create your game. You can get access to s&box here . You may w...

The S&box Game Jam is less than 4 days away! 🤩

Join the fun and compete for $10,000 by making something epic on s&box 💰🚀

🔗Join now: itch.io/jam/sbox-jam-1 #sbox #sboxjam #gamedev #gamejam

🎮S&box Game Jam #1 💰$10,000 Prize Pool💰 A game jam from 2025-06-15 to 2025-07-05 hosted by Trundler. Create a game in s&box and compete for $10,000 ! Rules You must use s&box to create your game. You can get access to s&box here . You may w...

I'm hosting a game jam for s&box 🎉🎮

- $10,000 prize pool 💰
- 2 weeks long 📅
- Hosted on @itchio.bsky.social

Check it out below ⤵️
itch.io/jam/sbox-jam-1 #sboxjam

The managed C++ engine side will be closed source due to Valve limitations, but they actually have plans to fully open source the C# side, and even accept contributions.

Exporting limitations will be, as long as you publish to Steam, you can publish anywhere.

Loving it so far. Very versatile, and it's nice to work in an engine where you can directly talk to the developers. Nice little community, and I think it has lots of potential. The API is great. There are places for improvement, but I see the potential.

It's actually a Unity-style engine paradigm with GameObjects and Components, meaning you can make any game you want with it! It's heavily modified Source 2.

There will be exporting to Steam, plus the s&box platform itself is already fully usable. Mobile/console - not anytime soon.

Micro Mayhem - New Map & Rewrite 🎉 Same old game, fun new updates!

New community news post has been released for Micro Mayhem: Race Your Friends! by @apetavern.com
#s&box #sbox #s&boxCommunityNews

an amusement park from hc3 by facepunch, built in the s&box engine

When @garrynewman.bsky.social goes on holiday, the s&box team cooks up a game 🎡🎢

This challenge (hc3), they have created an amusement park simulator / sandbox. It was built in a little over a week 🎉

#s&box #sbox

also gonna point out the developer experience for s&box vastly exceeds gmod which encourages scumbag server owners to make money off developers' hard work 😭

it's awesome because the people who have been spending years investing their time into s&box can make a lil cha-ching on cosmetics once the game is out. reminder, they are just cosmetics :)

tropical island view of bridge and rocks

tropical island view of water and beached sea vessel

tropical island view of brick house with wooden ramp

Tropical Island by Skate6788 and Mariusz for s&box

Based on dm_island17 🏝️

#sbox #sboxgame

would love to see this!

sbox game jam 2 results

Their game contests are pretty sick, too. Great payouts - my team won 1st place in a jam and were paid 20k GBP

sbox.game estimated earnings graph

I've been working on games in s&box since 2021 (when dev preview opened up). It has gone through A LOT, and still rough around the edges in a few places, but there is no engine I'd rather be using.

Highlights:
- Hot reloading
- Great C# API
- Publish and get feedback instantly
- Money

co-op platformer

Hopefully when we get more community-made tutorials up, it'll feel more accessible. If you wanna chat about things you disliked, feel free to drop me a DM! 👀

New blood effects progress.
#gamedev #indiedev

I spent some time today making a player controller in @garrynewman.bsky.social's s&box that's actually fun to run and jump around with.

I've just released "Shaders for Noobs" - website with a collection of beginner-friendly tutorials on s&box shaders.

It covers nearly all basic surface shader features. Website is open-source too - so any contributions are welcome!

shaders.wheatleymf.net
github.com/wheatleymf/s...

Sometimes a little basement jam with the boys is all you need

Nobody thinks this way

the "armpit fart" has really fallen off in recent years

This is why I love s&box. You can make a game so quickly and get it in front of a small audience without any hassle. Encourages you to keep making cool things 👍

A screenshot of the s&box "Tech Jam" contest categories as shown on sbox.game

Facepunch just began a "Tech Jam" contest for s&box

Make art and/or code as a tech demo of the engine

£2,500 prize is offered for each of the 10 categories

34 days remain

Contest info: sbox.game/c/tech1
Get s&box for free here: sbox.game/give-me-that

#sbox #indiedev #gamedev #shaders #techart

It's really apples and oranges. Both can exist and they share very little overlap

screenshot of s&box steam store page with micro mayhem shown in the trailer

Feels awesome to be featured in the trailer for s&box on Steam! So excited for the future of this game/platform/engine and to grow @apetavern.com!

I have been playing a lot more music, lots of guitar and drums lately. ☺️