In-game event16 May 2022Modbox 2.3 - Fixes and new creationsHey all! We've released a update to fix a number of issues, and wanted to highlight some new creations. Changes: · Removed 'Desktop Editor Mode', which is now the default. We decided that 'Desktop Mode' was the better experience to get players into, so a prompt to switch to 'Desktop Editor' is longer shown to new players. Instead 'Gamepad Mode' or 'Desktop Mode' can be switch to while editing i…
Hey everyone! We updated Modbox to 2.203. This is a small update to prepare for a few things we are working on. 'Firing Range' featured creation added, to showcase all the weapon options: Also includes an new Hand Held Jetpack that can be used to fly around (on desktop+VR) We added VRM import mod to import your own Humanoid models (created with VRoid Studio or other applications). Right now its…
New update is live with some fixes/updates: (Build 42) - Added 'UpdateMoveDirection' and 'UpdateLookPosition' options to MovementAI (they default on, and make for a easy way to override movement) - New 'Screen Camera' system - will be used for new screen camera options (Right now there is just the third person / first person camera, can use this for a sidescroller player camera or any other cus…
Modbox v2.2022 is now out - which now includes the first release of the Unity SDK for creating new Modbox mods! SDK Our SDK is different than other Unity SDKs since you can run Modbox using it - and see/edit the C# code of our own mods. It can be used to create new Modbox mods out of Unity prefabs/scenes, or new components/options with C#, or it could be used as a reference to see how the core…
Update 2.202 is now live! We've also updated all the docs and added some more pages (on how to build UI, more MBScript options): A long with that we wanted to highlight some new player made Creations: Curse Of The Jewel - Multi level dungeon crawler by Fozzy (VR Only) Tokay's Towers - Quake2 level remake by ShadowQiller Block Building - Voxel cube building by David184 (VR Only) Modbox Blast Ult…
After months of testing with our Discord players - Modbox 2.2 is now out! This is a massive update - and brings Modbox's creators tools to the point we've always wanted. Let us know any feedback on our Discord ! Check out our public roadmap for current plans / issues New Live Creations: Large new features - World System - This allows for creating larger creations made up of multiple levels. Usi…
Hey everyone! The first post release update is now live - v2.103 Before working on large new features/creations we wanted to focus on responding to player feedback post release, making better tutorials and making it easier to start editing, and fixing any issues players were having. To keep up with development - join our Discord! . All of our code changes are posted, and we respond to any sugge…
Modbox 2.0 is now live on Steam! $15 with a 15% launch week sale: See the store page for all that's new - it's a completely different game experience. Thanks to all the Preview testers on our Discord for helping us develop this! Now that it's out I am looking forward to showing off what it can do - we have a lot of plans for future Modbox creations and feature Thanks! - Lee
Modbox 2.0 is launching on Wednesday Sept 9th as a free update to all current Modbox 1.0 owners! Check out the trailer here for all the new features. Price for new buyers will be $15, with a 15% launch discount. To prepare for the new version we are setting all current Workshop items as 'incompatible'. This means the owners of those items can reopen them and upload them again - this is so they…
We are (finally) relaunching Modbox soon! Our multiplayer game creation sandbox now for both Desktop + VR. More details will be released next week (trailer and videos, features, platforms, release date, website+documentation). If you want to try the private alpha version right now you can sign up here: Sign up Form Total private alpha players will be limited, and I'll be sending out Steam keys…
We've updated the main branch of Modbox to 0.655.3, fixing a few issues caused by Steam's workshop changes: - Fixed 'Featured' content not showing up - Fixed halt on downloading Steam workshop creations And added two more creations by ShadowQiller into the 'featured' section: Gladiator Arena: Hockey Rink: Along with that we've updated the 'devonly' branch on Modbox to 0.701! The 'devonly' branc…
Hey! Here is a preview of the scripting system I am adding to Modbox (along with the new Desktop editor) Video starts in VR editing a AI, then shows the desktop editing 45 seconds in I am hoping to make Modbox a Unity-like experience - only simplified, focused on VR creation, and always online. Multiple players can script entities at the same time - and coming in the next update a player can ed…
This is a update to fix a few issues we had with the last update. I was planning on updating with all the massive amount of changes we are working on (visual scripting / radial gravity / LOD system / completely new net code), but I don't think it would be stable enough to release for now. I still plan to have a big update out in the next 2 to 3 weeks! Along with some new videos to show of all o…
You can now import from Google Poly directly in Modbox. Quick video demo here: Google Poly is a library of thousands of 3d low poly assets - perfect for using with Modbox creations. Adding adding them to your creations you can then set their physics - and connect them to other entities. We will have more Modbox announcements soon! - Lee
After 3 months of hard work we have finally released update 13! We have completely rewritten the majority of Modbox code for better online play / performance / UI, and for a future visual scripting system we are now working on. We will also start to work on non-VR editing and playing. Unlike our other games which have a 'ship date', we have a long term approach to Modbox, which means rewriting…
Our last update had a lot of issues! Adding online editing was a massive change - so we should have waited longer to release it and stayed on the Indev branch to fix more issues. This update should address the online issues players were having You can keep track of what we are working on our public bug tracker here: . We also have a Discord to discuss development: The big fixes : - Fixed error…
The biggest update we've ever done is now live! Main new features: - Online Edit mode . Build games / experiences with friends, and switch between edit and play at any time - Terrain Sculpting and Skybox editing , for actual world building - Completely new radial menu based UI , used for both edit mode (selecting tools / changing entities) and play mode (putting items in a Holster, using items…
Update video: We've lowered the price to $15 dollars instead of $20. For the players who just want to play the game and not create content I think the $15 price point makes sense for now New Featured Creations Mannequin Hunt - One team are hunters trying to find the other Mannequin team, in rooms full of mannequins. Definitely the most fun I've had online in Modbox, even with 2 players Hell Bri…
Video + Quick Tutorial on making a Shotgun mod: The ModboxSDK is finally out! It took a long time since making a Unity game fully moddable is insanely hard. Modders can use it to make any content to upload to Steam Workshop - new entities, environments, avatars, game modes, anything. Along that with you can run the full Modbox game in the SDK, and see all gameplay source code. Later on we will…
Update video: I finally got this update out. On sale for 40% off this week! Zombie Saloon: (A COD Zombies inspired zombie wave game) Modern Weapons Firing Range: (test all of the new modern weapons) Compound: (Deathmatch map using Modern Weapons pack) ChatBot Test: Talk to creepy NPC chatbots in VR Major Additions: - NPC System: You can add the 'blank NPC' entity, then customize it's AI and mod…
Featured Creations: Gladiator Berby RC Car gladiator fighting, hit the other guys balloons and they will drop their RC controller Knight's Pong Use lances to score a zero gravity ball in the other players net Output Elimination Wild West deathmatch - no respawns Besides these 3 new creations this update is mostly fixing a few things. I hope to have another update out in about a week to a week i…
Devlog: NOTE! The Modbox demo is free and lets players play online in the featured creations - just doesn't allow editing creations - so if you do have a friend you want to play Saloon deathmatch with, have them download the demo. We will continue to update the demo as we update the game. Besides the Suburbia mod, with a giant amount of new build options, the Holster system is the main thing I…
Players can now download the Modbox demo to try all of our featured creations and play online: Which includes the latest Dungeon and Wild West mods/creations: I was planning on this demo giving full access to all player creations - but unfortunately Steam Workshop doesn't allow that right now. A Steam demo can't access a full game's workshop yet, apparently. I am contacting Valve hoping there i…
Devlog video: It has been a while since our last update - We have decided to switch to a biweekly update schedule (with hopefully a dev log with each update) so updates will be smaller and more frequent The Modbox Demo will be released early next week - it'll be the full game just without editing creations. Demo players can play online and try any mod/creation New Featured Creations : Largest a…
Even though we just released our multiplayer update a few days ago we decided to update again with Wiring system updates and a new 'Entity Modifiers' system. Both are for advanced creation building. If you haven't tried multiplayer yet - Harley made a highlights video of the first day of the multiplayer beta: New Wiring Entities : - Boolean Gate: Works as a logic gate - connect multiple boolean…
Multiplayer! Along with a large amount of other new changes. This is our first multiplayer release, so multiplayer is still very much in development. If you try it now let us know your thoughts! Multiplayer - Use the Online option in the menu to join/start a online game. You'll start in the Lobby - and anyone can join your game at any time. You can then select which creation to play. - You can…
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