Newman did respond to one user a couple days ago saying that it wouldn't make sense for them to create a VR-only Gmod, so we can rule that out. server name :Crispy Toast's Server Piontshop/good admins/no rdm/fun.
In it, Newman said at the time that Sandbox was on hold while the team switched engines to something "a lot more familiar" and were waiting for the new engine to be available. Facepunch Studios may have been waiting on access to Source 2 or could even be pivoting to Unity, which they've used to develop Rust.Īt the moment, the only thing we know for certain is that Sandbox = Gmod2. NEW GARRY'S MOD SERVER This server is for fun and for all the people who got banned (plz minimal hacking aimbot is allowed no wallhack,ESP,ect. Another Twitter user beneath Newman's post shared a screenshot which they say is from the now-deleted Discord server for Sandbox.
That said, the last official update on Sandbox was back in 2018 and Facepunch's description "UE4 right now," doesn't exactly sound final. The idea being that you will never have to touch C++, you never have to wait for things to compile, you never have to close the game while developing." On the Sandbox (S&box) site, Facepunch say that "our intention with Sandbox is to take a powerful game engine (UE4 right now) and build a hotloading C# layer on top of it. blZXD7W8BT- garry MaTo see this content please enable targeting cookies. Put characters in awkward poses, create your own. Newman posted a teasing indication that he's working on "Garry's Mod 2." Or maybe just wants to be? Although we've known that Newman planned a Gmod sequel for years, hearing about it now is that's exciting for plenty of folks, myself included, who have fond memories of getting up to shenanigans in custom servers running various Gmod game servers.Īccording to PCGamesN, who reached out to Newman, "it seems the game being referenced in the tweets is actually Sandbox," the Gmod-like game engine that Facepunch have been working on for a number of years. Garry's Mod for Half-Life 2 lets you take complete advantage of the physics system by giving you tools to sculpt the world objects as you see fit. It started with a Twitter meme, as news apparently does now. Original Gmod maker and Facepunch Studios founder Garry Newman has jumped on the Valve-talk train with a tease that they're currently working on Garry's Mod 2, which it turns out is something called Sandbox that they've been developing for quite a few years. You know Gmod for all the silly Source games the players made with it: Prop Hunt, Trouble In Terrorist Town, Jazztronauts, and the like. Half-Life: Alyx is out, and where talk of Valve and Half-Life goes, so too does Garry's Mod follow.