Developer posts and news about this game.
Version 0.6.3.7 adds 2 new POIs and a couple of new props and items. Most importantly I've added a new vehicle class (a medium sized truck) which has quite a different feel to it when driving compared to other vehicles. I have also overhauled the way players can construct buildin
Hello, today's update (Version 0.6.3.4) brings you the vehicle dashboard, shown to you when entering a vehicle. The instrument panel displays 3 analogue components, the speedometer, the RPM gauge and a fuel gauge. With it also comes a fuel economy in the game. Driving is no longe
Version 0.6.3.0 features a map twice as big as the previous one. The map size has grown from one square kilometer to two. If you travel on the main road towards the east you will enter the new map part. You will notice that the landscape also has been modulated in a slightly diff
Hello, Another minor update brings a couple of new and improved features. Better day and night cycle with hours of "complete" darkness and those during which the moon provides some ambient light Introduction of a flash light (an essential tool if you dare to walk outside during t
Hi there, today I have pubished a smaller maintenance release (Version 0.6.2.5) after the major multiplayer update last week. New Features: - The console becomes more colorful and will display player commands in blue, error message in red and everything else in a drab grey :) You
Yes, we are live. The second major update after the initial release of Sandbox Apocalypse in November 2024 has just been published. I apologize for the long pause in updates but the refactoring had to be done in "one piece" and took roughly 4 months. No part of the engine has bee
Hello everyone, After many delays the multiplayer extension of Sandbox Apocalypse is finally going to be released this week if no dramatic last minute bugs turn out to be show-stoppers. It has been a 4-month long endeavour and therefore took me almost 50% of the time needed to de
Hi there, since we are making good progress on the multiplayer update I have decided that we should fully focus on it right now instead of releasing any content updates in-between. Many aspects of the game have already been refactored (inventory management, player actions, map in
Hi there, Multiplayer development is making progress. We can already join 2 or more players in one game session and it looks smooth! Not all actions are properly synced yet though. Means, that for example opening a door will only happen on the computer that has issued the command
Hi there! Development of multiplayer mode has begun. It'll be rolled out in three phases: First, the single player mode will run under the hood in "host" mode - but no one will be able to join yet As a second step one player will be able to host his/her local game and friends can
Hello, The first Update of Sandbox Apocalypse brings a couple of improvements, notably the addition of "Fiona" (internal codename for the female character). When starting a new campaign you can now choose between the female or the male version of your hero. Fiona also introduces
It's been a long ride, but finally I'm able to release the Early Access version of Sandbox Apocalypse to the public. Thanks a lot to all the people who supported me in testing and who provided me with valuable feedback. All bugs are of course only my fault :) As mentioned in the
Just went for a pizza when this happened... Not even a week is left till the Early Access release of Sandbox Apocalypse. Besides testing, testing and even more testing - I'm also adding more POIs to the 1 by 1 kilometer map that should make looting so much more rewarding. Ben
Hi there, with less than 2 weeks till the Early Access release I'm currently busy with testing the performance of the game when lots of Zombies have been spawned and also when there are many dead zombies lying around. A Zombie can exist in 3 states: As a living being (if you can
Hi! I'm excited! The store page has been approved by Steam. Sandbox Apocalypse is now in "Coming Soon" state. After what feels like an eternity I have spent on developing the initial Alpha version of the game, it will be available for your to play as an Early-Access version in ro