# Sandbox

## History
the Sandbox, had its humble beginnings as a regular cross-platform game-builder, not on the blockchain. This version of the sandbox was a 2D pixel-art world creator and it was officially launched in 2012 for mobiles and later expanded to Steam for PCs in 2015.

## What is it
The Sandbox is an Ethereum-based metaverse and gaming ecosystem where you can create, share, and monetize assets and games.

The Sandbox is designed with a comprehensive economy and is suited for artists, investors, gamers, and game designers. The Sandbox has three main pillars which help it run this economy, they are; the Marketplace, the VoxEdit, and the Game Maker.

## Collabs
The project has partnered with many influencers, brands, and artists, the likes of which include Snoop Dogg, Atari, and Deadmau5.

## Tokenomics


## Features
#### Marketplace
The Marketplace is built on the Ethereum blockchain where ASSET owners and creators can freely trade. The primary currency to trade on the marketplace is $SAND. To access and use this marketplace, you must be connected to the Ethereum mainnet and have an account created at the sandbox website. Once you have satisfied these requirements, you can buy and sell NFTs on the platform for $SAND, provided you have a little bit of $ETH in your wallet for gas. For all assets sold on the marketplace, 95% of the proceeds go to the seller and 5% goes to the Sandbox Creator and Game Maker Fund.

#### VoxEdit
The VoxEdit is a Voxel Editing software developed by the Sandbox team and is an integral part of The Sandbox ecosystem. It helps artists create the ASSETS for The Sandbox metaverse. The Voxel, in simple terms, is a 3D-pixel and is the building block for all the ASSETS on The Sandbox.

VoxEdit offers three key functions, Modelling, Animation, and NFT Conversion.

#### Creators Fund
The Sandbox Creator Fund was launched in 2018, with a fund pool of $2 Million. It focuses on developing the talents of its users in Voxel Art to produce high-quality ASSETs for the game. The program is limited to the first 1000 participants, it will help the artists in creating and publishing the ASSET to the Sandbox Marketplace in addition to rewarding the artists monetarily for their creation based on the complexity and quality.

#### Game Maker
The Game Maker is the third and final pillar of the Sandbox Ecosystem. Game creators and gamers create and test various game experiences made using the ASSETs developed by the Artists. The Game Maker allows users to place and use their ASSETS within a piece of LAND (an ERC-721 token) that they own in The Sandbox. As of this moment, to publish a game you’ve created you must own a parcel of LAND in The Sandbox or partner with someone who owns a LAND in the Sandbox.

#### Game Maker Fund
The Game Maker Fund is an exclusive fund that focuses on developing the talent of its users in game creation and development on The Sandbox. It rewards and incentivizes those who have proven skills in game design or digital world design by sponsoring them with the $SAND tokens required to create and publish their game design.