The Sandbox

The Sandbox has opened the official SAND compensation claim process for holders affected by the August 22 bridge exploit. Anyone who held bridged SAND on Base or BNB Smart Chain before the exploit is eligible for full 1:1 compensation in SAND on Ethereum — individual wallets can claim at the dedicated claims link, while holders with SAND held via an exchange need no action.

Kindred Planet, built by @Entenium with The Sandbox Studio, placed 4th in The Sandbox's latest Game Jam. The team shared a video of feedback on the creation from Major Nelson ([Larry Hryb]](https://t.co/MRpSgCRUJX)) and the rest of the judging team.

• Created with The Sandbox Studio tools
• 4th-place finish in the most recent Game Jam

The Sandbox pushed a fresh update to The Sandbox Studio Engine (v14 line), bringing better lighting and animations, new templates and game examples, plus smoother editor workflows. The update also includes a large batch of bug fixes and reliability improvements.

• New templates and sample games for builders
• Lighting and animation upgrades inside the editor
• Smoother in-editor workflows and general stability fixes

The exact changelog is linked from the announcement, continuing the studio's steady cadence of engine improvements since the Studio Beta launched.

The Sandbox showcased Drift Chaser, a community-made racing game built with the new Vehicle Template in The Sandbox Studio. Players pick a ride, hit the circuit, drift through corners and chase their fastest lap.

The game is the latest example of what creators can produce with the studio's growing set of first-class templates, which now include vehicle-focused build tools alongside the recently introduced side-scrolling and 3rd-person action templates.

The Sandbox Beta Game Jam — running under the theme "Overgrown" with a $7,500 base prize pool — has hit its halfway mark ahead of the Sept 11 submission deadline. The team is promoting bonus prizes across the contest categories and has shared what judges are looking for in each.

The jam runs alongside the release of The Sandbox Studio Beta (Engine v14), the company's lighter, faster game engine that introduced a unified SceneNode system, first-class Prefabs, an in-editor AI Assistant, new side-scrolling and 3rd-person action templates, and a faster editor en route to the studio's public launch.

The Sandbox added a featured section to its website that surfaces the latest games created with The Sandbox Studio, making it easier for players to discover and jump into new community creations.

Creator @RicardoDeZoete built Doopies Line Rider, a small Doodles-inspired version of Line Rider. Players draw a rainbow 2D track that a Doopie rolls, jumps and loops along with real physics, guiding it into a rainbow portal. The Sandbox shared the game as a community creation built with The Sandbox Studio.

The Sandbox announced the results of its Alpha Creator Game Jam, naming five winning community-built games made with The Sandbox Studio:

• 1st: Ricochet Rascals by @RicardoDeZoete — a 3D arena brawler for up to 6 players
• 2nd: Arrrpoon by @LeeOccleshaw — an arcade fishing survival fight
• 3rd: PATCH by @VauxMachina — an action rogue-lite set a century after the Human Era
• 4th: Kindred Planet by @Entenium
• 5th: My Little Marina by @anandjoice18 — a relaxing dock builder

All winning games are playable from the linked pages.

Community creator @RicardoDeZoete released Pocket Skatepark, a skateboarding game made with The Sandbox Studio and three.js. Players can explore the park, land tricks, build combos, and try Color Mode, a two-minute mode where you paint as much of the skatepark as possible. It's now playable via the linked page.

Tower of Myths is back as a pixel-art roguelike built on The Sandbox's new game engine, playable on both mobile and desktop. The Sandbox highlighted it as an example of what creators have built with The Sandbox Studio during the alpha period.