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 tonight and throughout the week. You can discuss the alpha and set up online games with other testers on our Discord
- The new version will be a free update to all current Modbox owners. You'll still have access to the old version through a separate Steam branch
- A free version of Modbox will be released later to allow anyone to play creations (it will just have limited creation tools, no plans for micro transactions)
- Old Modbox creations can be used in the new version. Current creations on the Workshop will be set as 'incompatible', meaning they need to be opened and updated to the new version to show up on the Workshop again.
Instead of a large 'relaunch', I would have liked to have just continuously updated the game with changes every few weeks like every other early access title. The main reason I couldn't was the game's new visual scripting system and language - MBScript. It's the foundation of all creations built with Modbox - and would have been extremely difficult to change while creations are built with it (it has been rewritten about 4 times now, with the final version a month ago). So until the language was advanced enough that we could make our own compelling game creations entirely in Modbox - it didn't make sense to release a early version of it. Now that we've been able to make complex AI and SP/MP/Coop game modes entirely with MBScript, it's ready for release.
News to follow next week! Thanks!
- Lee