Garry’s Mod Successor S&Box Has Now Opened Its Doors For Public Preview Access

The Garry’s Mod successor, S&Box, is now finally available for everyone via public preview access. Facepunch Studios is letting devs test the various game modes and projects for free to help with feedback and improvements. However, you’ll need to check out the developer docs and the Discord server “to figure stuff out.” It’s worth noting that plenty of stuff is still either half-done or broken at the moment.

S&box is not going to be Garry’s Mod 2. It will eclipse what is possible in Garry’s Mod rather than simply be a modern version of it. We are taking Source 2 and using our knowledge of Source 1, Garry’s Mod, Unity and Unreal Engine we’re trying to create an intuitive, modern feeling game development enviroment where everything is moddable.”

Expect the game—if you can call it that—to receive incremental improvements for a long time. Facepunch sees it as a “long term thing“—like Rust and Garry’s Mod—and plans to work on it for “the next couple of decades.” Devs of all kinds can use the intuitive sandbox engine to create their own projects for others to play on the ever-growing roster.

S&Box Has Been Described As “Roblox For Adults”

The new Facepunch Studios project is already full of unique and fun games that showcase its latent potential. While a lot of work still needs to be done, we can already see how this game maker will surpass Garry’s Mod in many ways. So, whether you seek some open-world drifting experience or a multiplayer parkour simulator, everything seems possible in the new Sandbox.

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For those unfamiliar with the history behind S&Box, it is a game maker developed using the terabyte-sized Source 2 engine repository. It has allowed Facepunch Studios to create all sorts of projects within the broad walls of the new platform. The only limit in place here is your creativity.