Platinum Arts Sandbox Game Maker is an easy to use Game Maker featuring in game and coop editing based on the Cube 2 Engine. Now Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight Projects have been launched to greatly accelerate and increase the features in the engine. Check out all the features that are going to be added and if we are successful you will be able to create games super quickly even if you aren't good at coding. Sandbox is available for Windows, Linux and Mac.
About Myself:
My name is Mike and I originally started the Project in 2007 because I wanted the kids in my before and afterschool program (K-5) to be able to create more than just 2D art on the computers, I wanted them to be able to create worlds and stories too! I wanted them to be able to unleash their imaginations and walk around in it. I ended up releasing the project online and it ended up taking off and now is being used worldwide and I'm really excited to say has changed people's lives in very positive ways and saved at least one child's life. The project is free and open source and will always have a free and open source version but to help fund the development and new features we want to add we've decided to start a Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight Project to help fund a commercial version. The commercial version would be too intensive graphically for schools anyway but I'm hoping to port over a lot of the core features so that everyone can benefit if the commercial version is a success. Your support would be much appreciated and I have also have created an open facebook group for people that want to connect with us more on a personal level! Thank you for your time!
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sandboxgamemaker/
The open source free version of Platinum Arts Sandbox is available here: http://SandboxGameMaker.com Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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About Myself:
My name is Mike and I originally started the Project in 2007 because I wanted the kids in my before and afterschool program (K-5) to be able to create more than just 2D art on the computers, I wanted them to be able to create worlds and stories too! I wanted them to be able to unleash their imaginations and walk around in it. I ended up releasing the project online and it ended up taking off and now is being used worldwide and I'm really excited to say has changed people's lives in very positive ways and saved at least one child's life. The project is free and open source and will always have a free and open source version but to help fund the development and new features we want to add we've decided to start a Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight Project to help fund a commercial version. The commercial version would be too intensive graphically for schools anyway but I'm hoping to port over a lot of the core features so that everyone can benefit if the commercial version is a success. Your support would be much appreciated and I have also have created an open facebook group for people that want to connect with us more on a personal level! Thank you for your time!
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sandboxgamemaker/
The open source free version of Platinum Arts Sandbox is available here: http://SandboxGameMaker.com Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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If it were guaranteed that the money was purely being used to accelerate development of the entire project, keeping everything available to everyone freely I'd reconsider, but splitting it into a 'Commercial' and 'Free but feature-limited' editions is horrible.
Also, whilst making the software available through a distribution platform with the reach and audience of steam could be seen as advantageous, it still marries the software to one of the most restrictive forms of DRM in widespread use, and further discourages any financial backing by conscientious users and contributors to the project as-is.
Mike, if your object was to make an educational tool, it should be available to ALL, not just those able to pay.
>most restrictive forms of DRM
...What?!