Pixowl - The Sandbox Evolution PRESS KIT

Factsheet

Developer:
Pixowl
Based in San Francisco, California

Founding date:
April 1st, 2011

Game Website:
store.steampowered.com/app/466940

Press / Business contact:
[email protected]

Social:
twitter.com/TheSandboxGame
facebook.com/TheSandboxGame
YouTube

Releases:

Address:
1714 Stockton Street 3rd Floor #281
CA 94133, SAN FRANCISCO
UNITED STATES

Phone:
COMPANY_PHONE

Description

The Sandbox Evolution is the sequel to the award-winning 2D pixel-art world builder game The Sandbox, which has been downloaded on PC, iOS and Android over 24M times, received over 1.5 million MAUs and a gallery rich of 1.7 million user-created and shared worlds.

The Sandbox Evolution empowers players to craft worlds or destroy universes and also lets players create their very own games.

Game Infos

Product Overview

Featuring a modern pixel art graphic style, The Sandbox Evolution gives players even more freedom and creativity, through improved physics and side-scrolling worlds 10x bigger than its predecessor.
Players pick from a variety of characters and heroes to build worlds and choose from more than 200 elements and design with various entities, game-making blocks, platforms, enemies, portals and characters, pixel art drawing colors, and more.
Once a new world has been created, players can share them in the online gallery or create a retro-style platformer level with a brand new easy to use game maker. Creativity and imagination rule in the open-ended world of The Sandbox Evolution.

A Major Evolution Over Its Predecessor: The Sandbox!

The Sandbox Evolution gives players even more freedom and creativity, through improved physics and side-scrolling worlds 10x bigger than its predecessor.
The Sandbox Evolution features much-improved beautiful pixel art graphics featuring multiple visual effects, parallax scrolling and more
The Sandbox Evolution features five dedicated Creator modes to embrace every maker’s style: Create Sandbox, Make Game, Make Laser, Make Chiptunes, Draw Pixel Art
The Sandbox Evolution includes nine exclusive campaigns levels themed around several aspects of the gameplay: Genesis, Disasters, Machines, Lasers, Pixel Art, Sandmix Vol.1 and Vol. 2, Ninja and Caveman.
The Sandbox EvolutionThe Sandbox Evolution evolves into an easy-to-use game maker that enables players to create a retro-style platformer level in just a matter of seconds!!
The Sandbox Evolution offers more than 200 elements for players to choose from when designing their worlds, to pick between various entities, game-making blocks, platforms, enemies, portals and characters, pixel art drawing colors, and more.
The Sandbox Evolution includes an innovative “Daily Quests” mode to play some of the most challenging levels made by other players.
The Sandbox Evolution provides full support for the gaming controllers such as Xbox One, PS4 and Steam Controllers for players to create worlds and control the heroes characters inside levels made by others players.
The Sandbox Evolution offers a new Friends social menu where players can follow their favorite Players and Top Creators

Game Features

Use your godly powers to craft amazing pixel worlds or destroy the universe! Welcome to The Sandbox Evolution, the #1 pixel art world creation game.
Play with physics, over 200 elements and controllable heroes. Make your own games or levels, and then share your creations online. There are no limits to your creativity and imagination!

HIGHLIGHTS

Click to drop elements, use your keyboard and mouse to zoom and scroll, control heroes with your gaming controller or keyboard.
Create or destroy with your mouse!
Amazing HD pixel art graphics featuring multiple visual effects, parallax scrolling and more
Build worlds up to 10x bigger than in the previous Sandbox game
Draw original art or fanboy tributes to your favorite retro characters with over 100 colors
Create your own levels using Blocks and other Platforming elements
Compose chiptune melodies and become a retro maestro
Share your creations in the Online Gallery
Save and Sync your progress online with Steam or Email
Follow your favorite Players and Top Creators via the Social Menu
Full support for the Steam Controller to create worlds and control the heroes characters inside levels made by others players

CREATE YOUR WORLD PIXEL AFTER PIXEL!

Build a 2D pixel world by mixing and matching over 200 elements to discover their interactions - Use predefined templates or start from scratch: Music, Pixel Art, Sandbox, Caveman or Avatar
Manipulate Natural elements: Mud, Water, Sand, Fire, Metal, Electricity, Acid, Lava and more
Many Heroes with different skillsets: Shoot with Arnold, fly with Fujin or play with Hamster, the cutest of all

OR UNLEASH YOUR WRATH OF GOD WITH THESE ELEMENTS

NUKE: Arguably mankind's worst invention, this mega-bomb has devastating effects. - TORNADO: A super whirlwind makes everything fly away as you guide it through your worlds!
EARTHQUAKE: Drop an epicenter generator over your worlds to unleash chaos throughout the landscape.
LIGHTNING: Godlike power at your fingertips! Spawn lightning bolts by tapping

THE GAME MAKER YOU WANTED

Begin with ready-to-use 4x4 pixel blocks, then add platforms, traps and enemies to spice things up
Create your own levels using Game Design elements: Controllable Heroes, Platforms, Portals, various Blocks or Spikes
Place a controllable hero character in your level to instantly add intuitive, direct control
Congratulations! You just made your very own 8bit pixel platformer level in less than a minute :)

ADD LIFE & BUILD YOUR WORLD

Bring Life to your worlds with Dogs, Wolves, Bears, Cows, Deer or Sabertooth Tigers
Spread foliage and numerous tree varieties to bring beauty to your new world
Decorate with Houses, Castles and Igloos, and create life on your world with AI Humans

INTRODUCE TECHNOLOGY... OR DESTROY IT ALL

Utilize tech like Batteries, Crosswires, Resistance, Bulbs, Heaters, Coolers, LEDs and multiple Sensors
Play with Lasers: click to rotate the angle of the light beam and start creating exciting new pixel universes and puzzles!
Destroy everything you can with C4, Meteorites, Nitro, TNT or even a Nuke

CAMPAIGNS & DAILY QUESTS

Experience the creation of the universe through a full campaign of 15 levels - Explore a prehistoric world with the Caveman, and fight Bears and Wolves to recover his child in the Caveman Campaign
Learn how to draw pixel art like a real artist in the zen drawing Pixel Art Campaign
Help Fujin, the Ninja of the Wind, collect the Jade Jars and keep them away from evil beings
New Daily Quests, pulled from the best player creations. Challenge the best in the world, or build your levels for a chance to be featured

BROWSE THE GALLERY AND SHARE ONLINE

Share your worlds with other players - Search worlds by keyword or by tags (pixel art, music, arcade, technology or landscape)
Filter worlds based on the Newest or Hottest creations
Play the most inspiring worlds and interact with them in various ways
Rate the creations on 5 stars

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF 745,000 FANS!
Each new Update of The Sandbox Evolution will bring even more elements, heroes and campaigns!
You’ll see… no one could ever dream a better world than yours!

Download The Sandbox Evolution and build your world today!

About Pixowl

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with development studios in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pixowl, Inc. is a mobile game company. Pixowl’s experienced international team of dynamic innovators strives to meet and exceed the desires of mobile game players worldwide by blending exciting gameplay, comic book art and character-driven storylines.

With the success of its iOS games, The Sandbox, Peanuts: Snoopy’s Town Tale & Garfield: Survival of the Fattest, Pixowl has already established itself as a leader in casual mobile games and IP-based games.

For more information about Pixowl, please visit www.pixowl.com or friend and follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

Projects

Videos

Game Trailer YouTube

Introduction Video YouTube

Images

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Logo & Icon

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Awards & Recognition

"Winner of Most Promising IP Award at Game Connection America Dev Awards 2016" - San Francisco, March 14th
"Nomination in 4 Categories at Game Connection America Dev Awards 2016 (Best Mobile / Tablets, Best Casual Game, Most Promising IP, Most Creative & Original)" - San Francisco, March 14th
"Nomination in Best Upcoming Game of 2016 for IMGA award." - San Francisco, March 16th, 2016