The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world and a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands, has announced the open publishing and new 100M SAND Game Maker Fund.
The Sandbox said in a statement on last Friday that it plans to empower creators and reach 2,000 user-generated experiences on its map in 2024, building on its ecosystem of over 200 creator studios with a pipeline of 200 experiences in production, 130,000 creators, and 24,000 LAND owners.
Starting today November 3, LAND owners can publish their completed experiences on The Sandbox Map, removing the initial application process for publishing and making it now instantaneous. This update fully opens the metaverse to UGC.
This is a pivotal advancement in accelerating user-generated content to unleash the creative potential of game producers on the platform.
Meanwhile, before the end of 2023, an update to The Sandbox’s free no-code Game Maker will introduce new gameplay mechanics, templates and social interactions to make content production even easier and offer greater and more engaging functionality to players.
Starting in 2024, the new 100M SAND fund will empower more creators.
Its DAO-based selection system will not only reward creation and contents, but also for the engagement they generate within the platform.
According to Nicola Sebastiani, Chief Content Officer of The Sandbox, this approach incentivizes engaging experiences, and communicates a simple message to creators.
“We value experiences. We value the worlds you build, the stories you weave, and the adventures you design,” he said.
The Sandbox also reaffirmed the platform’s vision to provide a new form of entertainment that is more participatory, engaging, and rewarding for users and communities.
According to the statement, the endeavor is already well underway with the launch of eight new cultural and geographical neighborhoods on its map in 2023, including Voxel Madness, MegaCity 3, Infinite Pulse, Kverse, Lion City, and other projects.
Nineteen avatar collections were launched in the ecosystem during 2023, along with more than 50 collections bridged from other popular non-fungible token (NFT) projects.
“We spent the last two years focused on building our Game Maker and VoxEdit products for creators,” said Arthur Madrid, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of The Sandbox.
“Web3 puts creators first by enabling a new kind of control, provenance, incentive, and royalty structure,
“Whether you make music, games, art, fashion, architecture, or any other content, The Sandbox is an easy to learn creative platform that allows creators to take advantage of a new system of control, ownership, and revenue for their content,” he said.
Sebastien Borget, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of The Sandbox, said that creators have always been the core focus at The Sandbox.
“We’ll celebrate creativity in all its forms on the metaverse, inspiring creators with our roadmap of product updates and insights from key speakers from studios and partners who have already launched experiences on The Sandbox,
According to the statement, this push towards a new form of entertainment will accelerate into next year, with the openings of nine new neighborhoods, including the movie-themed Cinerama LAND sale on 9 November 2023, and the addition of over 50 avatar collections launched by creators.
To accelerate this transition to a new form of entertainment, The Sandbox is extending an open invitation to create the best experiences with top IPs and celebrities and earn their place on the coveted IP LANDS.
The first IP participating will be Avenged Sevenfold. The Sandbox is planning more than 30 contests throughout the year to reward the best experiences created around a specific theme.
According to the statement, this dynamic synergy between user-generated content and brands sets The Sandbox apart as a unique destination “where gaming meets culture”.
The Sandbox accelerates its push to onboard users to the decentralized metaverse.
With over five million registered wallets, over 800 global partners, and a 20 percent year-on-year increase in playtime per user, The Sandbox’s vision is to onboard the next billion users into a metaverse ecosystem that can be built by anyone and played by everyone.
With its mobile version launching in 2024, The Sandbox is poised to boost mass adoption for the open metaverse.
Part virtual real estate, part amusement park, The Sandbox said it fully embraces the idea of the metaverse as a continuous shared digital space where worlds and heroes collide to make magic.
It is noted that over 400 partners have joined The Sandbox, including Warner Music Group, Ubisoft, The Rabbids, Cut the Rope, Gucci Vault, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Deadmau5, Steve Aoki, SM Entertainment, The Smurfs, Care Bears, and Atari, all following The Sandbox team’s vision of empowering players to create their own experiences using both original and well-known characters and worlds.
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