Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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.

Sandbox 64

Sandbox Simulation Content Scripting 64

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

5 Simulation Games (revenue -18%, downloads +16%) Roblox , which brought well over a billion Dollars in 2021, declined by 27% in 2022 while not losing downloads. When looking at time spent in games, Creative Sandbox games such as Roblox and Minecraft dominate growth in many markets. Globally, time spent grew 25% from 2021 to 2022.

Mobile Gaming 52

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Sandbox 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

supports advanced global illumination techniques such as lightmapping (including SH lightmapping), Voxel GI (which is fully real-time) and SDFGI (which is a single click, open world GI solution). Streaming is the most important feature missing for managing large scenes or open worlds. Sandbox style simulations.

AAA 145

AAA Game Developer Game Development Development 145