The sequel to Garry's Mod releases this month, and Valve will let you publish your creations as standalone Steam games, like dafty Finn sim My Summer Cottage

S&box is an upcoming open source game development platform, built using a modified Source 2 engine. Out on 28th April, it's the work of the very same Garry Newman behind the legendary Garry's Mod, who's been working on a spiritual successor at his company Facepunch Studios (also the developers of Rust, and originally known as Team Garry) since 2015.

Inasmuch as I am qualified to judge, S&box sounds like a robust tool – it's got features and systems for visual scripting, open world terrain, and creating shaders. The developers are also supporting VR, but hey, nobody's perfect. The latest, bestest news is that Facepunch have just struck a deal with Valve to let people export their S&box creations as standalone Steam games, without paying Facepunch a fee.

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