2026-05-28 13:11 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Sand in a Box: Welcome To The Arcade! As we move towards the 1.0 release, we are introducing a brand new arcade mode: DEBTRIS — a fast-paced game with falling blocks, quick gameplay and massive combos. Stack, rotate, clear and survive for as long as you can. Aim for the ultimate high score by chaining huge combos. Fully customizable game modes, Pick between 3 and 8 different colors, Sand, jello or tar — different materials, different difficulty and new strategies, Pre-fill the board before the start to increase the challenge, More than 100 gameplay combinations, Each with its own High Score ta
2025-10-07 09:34 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Security Update This update addresses a recently discovered vulnerability in the Unity3D engine by upgrading the game to a secure and updated version. Please note: major engine updates may sometimes introduce new issues. If you encounter any problems, feel free to report them via the Steam Community forums. Improvements in this update: Three new backgrounds have been added. Mouse scroll wheel now works correctly in the user interface.
2025-07-18 18:55 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Sand in a Box: Fire and Metal Four new elements ● Lithium and Potassium — metals that can be unstable. ● Aluminium — a new lightweight solid, but with a relatively low melting point. ● Thermite — burns hot and can be a bit explosive. Bug Fixes and Improvements: ● "Metals" category is now properly defined. ● Added missing translations and images. ● Various improvements to particle definitions. ● Flammable property now works correctly, and some materials burn as they should!
2025-03-19 18:54 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Sand in a Box: Jukebox Update! Introducing... Music! 13 new tracks to accompany your adventures. Jukebox where you can listen to the entire playlist. Enable your favorite tracks and disable the rest if you like. Add your own music Like with many other features, Sand in a Box loads music dynamically. You can add your own tracks in OGG format to the Music folder. Path: ./Sand in a Box/Sand in a Box_Data/StreamingAssets/Music Bug Fixes and Improvements: Added missing translations from last update. Volume slider is now functional.
2025-02-17 20:30 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Update 0.55 Introducing two new elements: Chlorine and Sodium More realistic (and more dangerous!) saltwater electrolysis. Sodium and water? BOOM! Handle with care. Chlorine is toxic — keep it away from plants and other living things. Bug Fixes and Improvements: BUG FIX: Selecting elemental set or loading game state now works as intended. Minor improvements to physical set.
2024-12-18 13:41 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Save and Load your game with ease Save the state of your game at any moment—no more worrying about losing progress. Load and manage saves directly from a convenient list, complete with previews for quick access. Various improvements Field Resizing: Resizing the field now retains the previous state. If you shrink the field, it will automatically crop to fit. Dynamic Aspect Ratio Support: Saves will seamlessly resize to fit different aspect ratios, ensuring compatibility across devices. Features like gravity and field-looping are now preserved when changing backgrounds or other settings. Early A
2024-11-19 14:45 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Pressure system added to the simulation Pressure now affects all particles. Large pressure differences can displace objects, even walls. This system will be fine-tuned in future updates. New particles: Dynamite - explodes after a short delay. Black Powder - explodes when ignited, with a less powerful blast. Nitroglycerin - highly unstable unless cooled to a more stable state. Tetracene - detonates upon exposure to electricity. Black Hole - consumes anything nearby. Various performance and stability improvements: Time rewind is now disabled by default on PCs with 4 GB RAM or less, but can be en
2024-08-31 18:54 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
This is the first content update for Sand in a Box. We're introducing new ways to control the simulation: Control the speed of the simulation: Pause and draw in a world without the pressure of flowing time. Run the simulation at different speeds: normal, 2x, and as fast as your CPU can handle. Rewind Time: Press the rewind button to go back in time! Experiment freely, now you can undo everything. Improvements to the simulation: Plutonium can now melt. Plutonium can become critical at very high temperatures. Fixed bug that did not draw some pixels of Plant (and other particles with 'absorb' pro
2024-08-13 13:00 UTC · GamingOnLinux
Developer Patryk Zieliński of Tiliasoft just released Sand in a Box in Early Access on Steam, a fresh and new falling sand game with a lot of toys to play with. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/sand-in-a-box-is-a-fresh-modern-falling-sand-playground-out-now-on-steam
2024-08-09 17:20 UTC · Community Announcements · patryk.zielinski
Added missing translated names for few elements in standard set.
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