The Sandbox has announced that its upcoming Builders Challenge will begin on February 12, 2024. The goal of the competition is to showcase the talent and innovative spirit of creators from around the world, while offering an impressive prize pool of 1,000,000 SAND. Over 10 weeks, participants will engage with the sandbox community with their unique creations, leveraging the latest features of the free tool Game Maker 0.9.
Get creative
The Builders Challenge revolves around three important steps: publishing, engaging, and earning. Creators are encouraged to introduce new experiences or creative twists on existing genres, with a focus on replayability and a strong first user experience (FTUE) to attract and retain player interest. Optimizing your experience pages, engaging your community, and partnering with content creators for promotions are essential strategies to increase visibility.
Participation Rewards
At the core of the Sandbox Builder’s Challenge is the Participation Pool, a reward system designed to recognize creators based on the level of player interaction they generate. Participation pools reward creators based on community growth, player engagement, and session length. The more experiences you post and the more players interact and spend time with your creations, the bigger the rewards.
Builders participating in the Builder’s Challenge can track their progress and understand the impact of their efforts through a dedicated analytics page. This valuable feature provides insight into session length, number of visits, and especially visits from players who have completed at least one quest. This data allows creators to monitor the performance of their experiences and create strategies to maximize engagement.
During the Builders Challenge, participants can earn recognition and tangible rewards through weekly SAND distribution. This initiative from The Sandbox aims to foster digital creation and community engagement in the metaverse.
The Sandbox recommends that you complete the Know Your Customer (KYC) process if you are an individual and the Know Your Business (KYB) process if you represent a business to ensure eligibility for rewards.
Sandbox Builders’ Challenge Eligibility
To participate in the Builders Challenge, participants must meet certain eligibility criteria. Participants must be of legal age, have a wallet eligible for rewards, and comply with The Sandbox’s Terms and Conditions. Creators must also demonstrate genuine participation by using the latest Game Maker version 0.9 to save their creations and keep their accounts active for 7 days.
In particular, participation in other events or experience held by The Sandbox employees, partners or contractors are not eligible. The top 100 experiences are checked for integrity and banned for cheating. However, game jam experience in a brand or IP’s land and experience in a sandbox-owned land are eligible for compensation, except under the land lease program.