Getting Started

New to s&box? Start with the steps below, then use the docs, tutorials and example code to build something of your own.

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The s&box editor: a scene of a wooden garage with a car selected in the viewport, beside the hierarchy, the inspector showing its transform, and the asset browser.

Start here

Three steps, in order, if this is your first time.

  1. 1

    Download s&box

    Grab it on Steam. The editor and the game are the same download, so there is nothing else to set up.

    Get it on Steam
  2. 2

    Have a poke around Testbed

    8 min

    An existing scene you can break safely. Move things around, hit play, and see what a GameObject actually is.

    Start
  3. 3

    Make a cube move

    15 min

    An empty project, one component, one key press. By the end you have written C# that runs in a live game.

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Learn the building blocks

The parts of the engine you will be working with.

Scenes & GameObjects

Build a world out of objects, hang components on them, save the lot as a prefab.

C# code

Write a component, save, watch it reload in the running game.

The editor

Move around the viewport, manage your assets, wire up logic in ActionGraph.

Gameplay

Input, navigation, terrain and VR, for when you need them.

Networking

Turn a single-player scene into one other people can join.

Rendering

Shaders, shader graph, visual effects and post-processing.

When you get stuck

Everyone does. Here's where to look.

Community tutorialsPractical guides written by s&box developers. DocumentationThe complete engine documentation. API referenceEvery engine type and member, plus recent changes. Code searchReal usage examples from published projects.

Still stuck? Just ask.

The forum is the best place for a question — it stays searchable for whoever asks it next. If something is actually broken, file it on GitHub.

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