In December, I announced something very important in our Discord server. Instead of maintaining two branches of the same game like I discussed earlier back in 2024, I decided to ditch it since it wasn't worth the hassle or resources to develop both versions at the same time. 

This led to a massive time crunch for me that I didn't want to deal with, and I was too preoccupied with other things in life to do much about it. Both projects remained dormant as a result and progress unfortunately stagnated. I don't want that to happen again, so I'm giving it my all this time. For this reason, Sandbox Classic will be replaced by Sandbox++ permanently.

We have new plans and a new vision for what we want our version of Sandbox to be. It'll feature new mechanics, tools, weapons, NPCs and hopefully provide a more familiar experience towards those who are migrating from GMod.

I took some to rewrite a lot of the UI and HUD in the original Sandbox, and I think it turned out pretty good. I'll iterate on it more as time passes.

Remember the boxes? Yeah, I don't. I've replaced it with a much more familiar screen that any first-timer would recognise.

I've ported over the pickup system that existed in Garry's Mod and Half-Life 2. It behaves exactly how you expect, though a little more laggier because of the constraints.

The achievements in Sandbox Classic didn't work half the time, and was also broken for a while. I've went ahead and fixed it and added much more.

Pro tip, type "birmingham" in chat for a freebie!