This list is not exhaustive but we're going to try anyway. Our #1 goal is to keep this simple.
As this is a github repo, contributions are encouraged and welcome! Think of this as less of a massive "How To" and more of a Subway Map.
FreakOnALeash
DoctorLaw
DrakeFruit
Dimmer
redeaglestudios
Vince the S&boxless
ducc
God Emperor Teto
ubre
braxen
Penistone
manonox
TunaCookie
The Sandbox Team <3
!!If you feel your name should be up here (or not) dm me ur submit a pr/issue!!
- Credits
- First Things First, Official Documentation Links
- Setup
- Game
- Editor
- Youtubers, Playlists, Videos
- Other Helpful Links
- Linux
- Community
- Generative AI & LLMs
Official Getting Started Guide + Docs
Official Github Repository
Official API Schema + Download
The Steam Page
The Website
The Xitter
The Play Fund
The Finance + Other Metrics
The Discord
Lightweight Doc+API Search by Red Eagle Studios + Related Github
Scrape API + Docs for Local Use
In-Depth, User-Created, Documentation by Penistone
s&box C# Cheat Sheet | Property Attributes
Components | Execution Order
Events | Custom Assets / Game Resources
Visual Studio | VS Code | Rider
3 officially supported IDEs. Change via Edit > Preferences menu.
Custom IDE setup: IDE Setup Guide.
Microsoft's Learning Center C# Course | W3schools C# Tutorial
Essential for s&box development. Follow IDE setup guide for best experience.
Microsoft Docs Razor Page | W3schools Razor Tutorial
Web framework for s&box UI. Razor Component Aliases Cheat Sheet.
Flexbox Froggy Interactive Tutorial
Interactive game for learning CSS Flexbox layout system.
Addon Projects Documentation
4 types: Game-Minimal, Addon, Walker Map, Sandbox Mode Addon. Select during new project creation with name and location.
{game guides/links and basic info go here}
Official Getting Started Guide + Docs
Launch via Steam Tools "s&box editor" or run sbox-dev.exe from game folder.
Custom Components | HideInGame bool flag
Icons and Sound FX resources moved to Other Helpful Links section.
WhiteList Limitations Doing anything BEYOND the WhiteList, and you can't upload to the S&Box Game Platform.
FacePunch Open FPS | Clover Meadows | Fortwars
Grubs | Voxel-Party | DarkRP Sandbox
And more! Check out Awesome sbox.
This is one of the premier standalone titles releasing alongside S&Box at launch. Did you know it was first a game jam game? Here's the github repo.
Fish School Beginner Playlist | Trigger/Collision Listeners
How to make UI | First S&box Game
Make a Game in S&box with No Experience Playlist
Brackey's Channel | Spaderdabomb
Code Laboratory - General game dev tutorials for various engines.
Icons Reference | 250GB Sound FX Files
Editor icons and sound effects for game development.
SBox Cool - An API with a library of various useful tools (some paid some free).
The Ultimate Resource Guide by SubZero
Freaks Beginner Resources
Start at this unofficial community built SBox-Linux-Book. There is no "official" statement by FacePunch on Linux support (except for dedicated servers). Unofficially, everyone uses Proton via Steam and FacePunch is open to PRs to the public repo that involve fixing things for better Proton Support.
FacePunch DOES provide official support for running standalone servers. steamcmd is recommended.
How to Run Editor Free, No Steam, Yes Linux
The Getting Started Channel in Linux Discord.
This thread on the forums.
s&box Linux Discord | Linux Support Channel
Community support for Linux-based s&box development.
French Discord Community
French language community for s&box developers and players.
Russian Discord Community
Russian language community for s&box developers and players.
Sbox Forums
It's the official forums. Requires Steam Account to post.
The S&Box Editor is astonishingly similar to Unity. Also it uses the latest c# and dotnet 10. Given this, curious Unity devs can find each other in the UNITY REFUGEES THREAD found in the Official Discord
FacePunch has no official stance on AI usage.
https://sbox.game/news/post-release#ai-slop
While artists are receiving payouts for the theft of their work, other orgs are releasing open-source models. Feeding documentation to your very own local llm can be an ethical way to help yourself learn S&Box. Join this thread on the Official Discord for discussing ai.
Please no emojis and keep it to mostly links.
Maximum 3 lines or 3 sentences per header, whichever is lesser.
Headers step-down twice. First: #, Sub-Header: ###, Sub-Sub-Header: #####
DM the repo creator @cseliot via discord