GameFi News: The Sandbox launches trivia game template! The latest information for game creators! #TheSandbox #GameFi #Metaverse
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[Attention all game beginners!] A new feature has been added to The Sandbox that lets you create your own quiz game!
Hello, I'm John, a blogger who loves games!
Have you ever heard words like "Metaverse" and "GameFi" recently and thought they sound complicated?
But actually, some more casual news has come in!
This time, we'd like to introduce you to some very exciting updates to The Sandbox, the popular metaverse platform, that will significantly lower the barrier to game development!
First of all, what is "The Sandbox"?
First, let me tell you a little about The Sandbox.
This is a vast "virtual space" on the Internet. You may have heard the term "metaverse". The metaverse is like another "reality" that exists on the Internet, like something you'd see in a science fiction movie. You can control your avatar, explore the virtual space, talk to friends, participate in events, and create and play games like this one.
The Sandbox is a part of the metaverse that allows users to freely create original games, dioramas, artwork, and more, as if stacking blocks on a piece of land called a "LAND," and then share and enjoy them with other users.
And The Sandbox is a very famous platform in the world of "GameFi," which has been attracting attention recently. GameFi is a combination of the words "game" and "finance." Simply put, it is a new way of enjoying games and a mechanism in which in-game items, characters, and even the currency used in the game (which can be a type of cryptocurrency) can have a value close to that of real money through playing the game. With The Sandbox, the games and items you create yourself can potentially have that value.
A magical toolbox for game creation! What is "Game Maker"?
The Sandbox is an incredibly fascinating game, but when you hear the words "making a game," you might get the impression that it requires specialized knowledge and skills and is difficult.
But don't worry! The Sandbox has a powerful tool called "Game Maker" that allows anyone to try their hand at game creation relatively easily.
It's like a paint program for drawing pictures, or a tool kit for DIY. By combining parts and adjusting settings, you can create your own original 3D game without writing a single line of difficult programming code.
These tools are evolving every day. Game Maker has just been updated to version 0.11. Just as smartphone apps get updated to add new features and become easier to use, Game Maker is also becoming more and more useful.
And the big highlight of this version 0.11 update is the introduction of the "quiz game template", which we will introduce next!
Even beginners can feel at ease! What can you do with the "Quiz Game Template"?
The word "template" may sound technical, but don't worry! It means a "model" or "sample." It may be easier to understand if you imagine a recipe when cooking, or the lines in a coloring book when drawing a picture. It's a convenient way to make it easier for anyone to make the desired thing by using something that has a certain shape, rather than thinking up everything by yourself from the beginning.
The "Trivia Game Template" that has just been added to The Sandbox's game maker is, as the name suggests, a special template set that makes it easy for anyone to create a quiz game.
Using this template, you can create a quiz game like this:
- Quickly enter questions and answers!: Simply enter the quiz question, the correct answer, and a few incorrect choices in the boxes provided.
- You can even customize the appearance!: There may also be a feature that allows you to change the atmosphere of the quiz to your liking, such as the background and text color. (It depends on the template, but I hope so!)
- We'll take care of the basic quiz mechanics for you!: The basic actions required for a quiz game, such as "time limit", "point calculation", and "displaying correct/incorrect answers", are often prepared in the template. Therefore, you don't need to have any difficult programming knowledge!
With this, even those who think "game development is something that has nothing to do with me..." can easily try their hand at making "your own original quiz game"!
For example, you can make a quiz about your favorite anime character, a quiz that tests your knowledge of historical events, or an inside joke quiz that only your school friends can understand. The possibilities are endless, depending on your ideas! Wouldn't it be exciting to publish the quiz you created in The Sandbox and let people all over the world play it?
What changes in this update?
The arrival of this new quiz game template has several benefits for us users:
- The barrier to game development is lowered!
Even beginners with no programming knowledge have a good chance of becoming a game creator if they have an idea. - You might be able to play even more games!
If more people create games, we may see the birth of many unique and interesting quiz games within The Sandbox. - You can express what you like!
You can create a quiz game based on your skills or interests and share it with people all over the world.
It's exciting to see The Sandbox evolve into a more creative and inclusive platform!
John's comment
Wow, this update is really great! In particular, being able to easily create games using "templates" is the best support for making it easier to take the first step in game creation. I hope that with more features like this, more and more interesting games will be created even by non-professionals, and The Sandbox as a whole will become more exciting. Maybe I'll try making a simple quiz game too?
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