Platinum Arts - Bringing Imagination To Life

Platinum Arts Sandbox is an open source easy to use standalone 3D Game Maker and 3D Game Design program currently being used in many schools throughout the world that allows kids and adults to create their own video games, worlds, levels, adventures and quests, even cooperatively! The goal is to make it accessible to kids but also powerful enough for full game projects. With a simple click and roll of a mouse wheel users can modify the world however they want. In the words of Margaret, a nine year old Sandbox whiz I babysit for, "Press Edit and go fulfill your dreams!". Now features new game modes such as sidescroller, machinima, kartmode, RPG, and more!

Main Feature List:
- The ability to map edit in game in real time and cooperatively with other people.
- The ability to immediately play with and interact with map editing changes
- Many Models to drop into the map including trees, food, tools, structures, etc.
- Several custom maps that will feature slides, jumping levels, mazes, amusement park rides, etc
- The pursuit of making it as easy as possible to add map features and content.  Also the addition of new entities to add even more features and capabilities.

For the current features being worked on please check the forums at http://kids.PlatinumArts.Net

Platinum Arts Sandbox Team:

Michael Tomaino aka calimer - Project Lead/"Visionary"/Level Designer/PR dude
Hirato - Coder/Level Designer/Lots of random goodness

Translators - Status Updates here: http://www.kids.platinumarts.net/wiki/index.php?title=Translations
Ben 'gamshobny' Tilma: Dutch Translation
Lucas Orsvärn: Swedish Translation
xenios and Malte Fiala: German Translation

Main Contributors:
aard:  Cube 2 Engine and graphics
DCP: Models
Eihrul: Cube 2 Main Developer
Geartrooper: Models including the cart model, Robochimp, Fish and the Ogre :)
KaiserTodretter: Models
Kurtis84: Models and Graphics
Makke: Graphics and Models
Miriam Ruiz: Debian Package Maintainer
Nieb: Models
Offtools - MovieCube
Jon "phoenix" Adamich - Gameplay Trailer Music
Quin: Cart Code
Tentus: Models
James "ZKAT8IT" Burns: Sandbox Launcher and Source  Webpage: http://www.virtualdarkarts.net/news.htm

Thank you to everyone else who helped with Sandbox :)  Individual readmes are in content directories.

Any new members and/or contributors would be more than welcome!  Please sign up in the forum!

I want to give a big thanks to Wouter van Oortmerssen aka aard who is the creator of the Cube 2 engine which powers Platinum Arts Sandbox.  Also a big thanks to Eihrul who is the main coder and keeps keeping Cube 2 going strong and everyone who has contributed to the Cube 2 project and made it the great engine that it is.

Platinum Arts LLC is operated and owned by Michael Tomaino.  
To contact him please e-mail him at PlatinumArts@gmail.com

We have a developer IRC channel at irc.OFTC.net #Sandbox  This is a developer chat and recommended for adults ONLY.  I cannot be responsible for anything said in there that may be inappropriate.

http://Kids.PlatinumArts.Net
http://PlatinumArts.Net (recommended for adults only)
Platinum Arts is a trademark of Platinum Arts LLC  
Bringing Imagination To Life is a trademark of Platinum Arts LLC


