Have you ever thought about using video games to create your own movies and comics? Then check out the MovieCube Video and Sandbox comics! Scroll down to the second news post, I didn't want to bump the 2.5 news!
About Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker:
Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker is an open source game design program for kids and adults. Through the ingame and cooperative editing and focus on ease of use the program is easy enough for kids to use but powerful enough for full game projects. Sandbox includes Save The Princess Gameplay, an RPG Maker, a Sidescoller maker, a Movie Maker aka Machinima, Save The Banana Base Capture, and more! Sandbox is already being used in many schools and colleges throughout the world and included in game design contests.
Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker 2.5 Release:
Sandbox 2.5 Changelog Overall: Updated Launcher for Windows and Linux (wxwidgets 2.8.10) thanks to Zkat from VirtualDarkArts.com Many major bug fixes and optimizations The Masterserver will be up and running soon. It is now fixed and working thanks to Quin Many new models thanks to Vickie Eagle including an Airship! New GUI Themes Thanks To Chaze007 (select them in options)
Sidescroller Gametype: New Jungle Map by Nieb Item Box Model by Hirato, now capable of ejecting items New Dynamic Camera that can be adjusted Projectile & Powerup Updates Including a Lavarock projectile by Daniel_san Here is the Preview Video that is already improved in 2.5!
RPG Gametype: Savegames Minimap /testminimap 1 to turn on. Spells include - Fireball, light, invisibility, Frost, Speed and more. /testproj creates a random projectile and shows you the value so it can be repeated. Try /loop i 50 testproj to shoot 50 projectiles at once! Here it is /testproj in action (note adblock has to be off):
MovieCube Preview Version: Create your own Machinima movies in Sandbox thanks to Offtools! For more information on the commands please see our section on our wiki: http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/index.php?title=MovieCube We'll have a movie out of this soon :D MovieCube is a very powerful tool that lets you create scripts for models to follow. Press TAB to access the menu when in MovieCube Mode! Check out this video by a GoBologna, a High School student who is demonstrating scripted waypoint paths he created with only a few minutes of tinkering.
There are a ton more updates and changes so be sure to grab this version of Sandbox! Thanks and for your interest! Take care. -mike
Have you ever thought about using video games to create your own movies and comics? Here is a video and comics created by the preview version of MovieCube which focuses on Machinima. The comics were created with MovieCube and the Rotoscope shader! MovieCube is included in the Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker 2.5 Release so download it and try it out yourself! Also our 2.5 release includes a lot of updates including a much improved sidescroller and RPG mode. Check out the videos and news release here. For more information about MovieCube please see the Movie Cube wiki page. If you have questions and comments please leave them in the 2.5 Feedback and Bug Report Forum Thread. Enjoy the awesome video of the MovieCube Preview in action thanks to Offtools!
Also using our Rotoscope Shader you can even use MovieCube to easily create your own comics! Thank you Stefos for creating these and for creating a Sandbox Comic Webpage! Check out his Sandbox Comic forum post if you are interested in creating comics with him!
About Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker: Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker is an open source game design program for kids and adults. Through the ingame and cooperative editing and focus on ease of use the program is easy enough for kids to use but powerful enough for full game projects. Sandbox includes Save The Princess Gameplay, an RPG Maker, a Sidescoller maker, a Movie Maker aka Machinima, Save The Banana Base Capture, and more! Sandbox is already being used in many schools and colleges throughout the world and included in game design contests.
