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Platinum Arts Sandbox Beta 2.1 Release! |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
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Platinum Arts Sandbox Beta 2.1 has been released! For those who don't know, it is a game design tool that allows users to quickly and easily create and edit their own worlds in game, even cooperatively. It is free, open source, and easy to use. In addition it now features cart mode where players can create their own race courses and drive on it with an ogre riding his hovercart! Also, it now features updated particle menus where players can easily create their own particle effects. Platinum Arts Sandbox is a great world/level creation tool for all levels of developers and ages! Be sure to check out the wiki if you need any help.   New Features in Beta 2.1! * New eye candy map Village and lots of updates to other maps
* New md5 Player Model Robochimp! Press 0 to change characters!
* New fish model and improvements to old models
* Heavily updated source, now with rewritten physics
* PVS system (enables sandbox to work better on older computers) with an updated map format
* Many bugfixes
* Improved menu including the ability to easily tweak particle effects
* Many new textures and skyboxes
Developer IRC channel irc.OFTC.net #Sandbox As a note I cannot be responsible for anything said in there so it is not advised for kids to join. Also you can just click here! Download Platinum Arts Sandbox Beta 2.1 As a note we are very interested in any and all PR opportunities. If you are interested in any kind of promotion related to us please contact me! We really hope you enjoy it! Take care. -mike PS Special thanks to the Dev team members Hirato and Gear!! Their help has advanced Sandbox so much!! Also thank you Eihrul from the Cube 2 community for all of your awesome code updates :) |
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Platinum Arts Sandbox Beta 2.0 Release Featuring Carts! |
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Written by Mike
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Sunday, 27 January 2008 |
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Platinum Arts Sandbox is a game design tool that allows users to quickly and easily create their own worlds, even cooperatively. It is free, open source, and easy to use. It is quickly picking up steam and is currently being used at a Middle School in Illinois and was used at the Summer Kids Camp at Mildred Elley College. In addition several other schools have contacted me about using it in their programs.    
This release has so many new features that there is no way I could give it justice in only a few sentences. It has been updated far beyond the 1.2 version in so many ways. Here are the key improvements featured in this version:
- Driveable Carts via kartmode complete with a hovercart model
- New ogre model for 3rd person mode (press 9 to use it!)
- Codebase significantly updated including md5 support!
- New menu (still very much WIP, but features lots of cool stuff!!)
- Many New Maps: Floating Island Castle, House, ParticleShowcase (shows off all the cool particle effects!!), an updated tutorial map and a race track for kartmode!
- Lots of code cleanup thanks to the hard work of Hirato!!
- New higher quality texture set including lava!
- Moving platforms and elevators (featured in the castle map)
This release is mainly thanks to these great guys:
Hirato: Massive contributor to this release through coding, mapping, the new menu, etc. Without him this release wouldn't be nearly as solid and advanced.
Quin: Contributed Cart Code
Geartrooper: Contributed Cart Models
Cube 2 Community: Providing constantly updated source code and various other help and support
Platinum Arts Sandbox Beta 2.0 Downloads
Need help or information? Check out our new Platinum Arts Sandbox Wiki
In addition I would like to point out the addition of a new screenshot gallery featuring a house created by two 6 and 7 year old sisters!
As a note we are moving very fast now thanks to Hirato's awesome help so check back for future updates and releases! Take care and I hope you are enjoying Platinum Arts Sandbox! -mike |
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