Sand Rush and Light Trail Adventures Announcing Their First Epic Collaboration NFT Drop
Updated: 23rd June 2021
What happens when two developers come together to create something truly unique for The Sandbox? Read on to find out about this one-of-a-kind collab package from Sand Rush and Light Trail Adventures, which consists of a 3x3 LAND and the Shrine of Truth, all unique and ready-to-use in The Sandbox!
Opensea Auction Date: 8th July 2021
Sand Rush and Light Trail Adventures — currently developing on The Sandbox platform — are hyped to announce their collaboration that will result in their first NFT drop in early July.
Great Ideas Come from Greeting Your Neighbors
Our production studios first noticed each other through glimpses of artwork posted on Twitter. But when we found we were neighbors in The Sandbox metaverse, we discovered we had a lot in common — more than you’d expect from RPGs with giant frogs blazing through an outgrown jungle and adventures set in a retro-futuristic derelict mining city. This “getting to know your neighbor” experience perfectly encapsulates the kind of collaboration that can happen in The Sandbox.
After getting to know each other, we found that both our studios are committed to delivering top-notch artwork with high-resolution texture for customized assets. We also share bullish ideas on cross-gaming concepts enabled by blockchain technology.
With this approach in common, we came up with the idea of creating an epic portal to connect both worlds. With this basic idea, we set about seeing if we could make something awesome!
Art Inspiration
We started by sharing each other’s game lore, and from the Sand Rush, we picked the Aztec-style inspired jungle and added some futuristic elements native to Light Trail Adventures. This led us to create an overall architecture with a retro-futuristic feel.
We are mixing time travel themes to ancient elements such as runes, columns, with washed-up sculptures mixed with futuristic artefacts. The Fire and Ice Monoliths, each of them unique, will be used respectively in Sand Rush and Light Trail Adventures and work as portals to connect the game.
We created the Gold Monolith (1 of 1) for potential collectors and landowners attracted by high-end production quality, originality, and the ready-to-use benefit. The whole piece will already take up to 1/4 of your 1X1 land on Sandbox.
There will never be more editions — each of the Gold, Ice, and Fire monoliths are one-of-a-kind creations.
A Masterpiece Architecture
Eight talented voxel artists have worked for over two months to build this monumental building. We can confidently say that we built a truly unique piece that goes beyond what’s currently available on The Sandbox platform.
L: 40X40m (131X131ft) and H: 50m (164 feet)
The overall building features highly detailed artworks and a lot of craftsmanship has been put into fine-texturing involving days of hand-painting.
The whole shrine will be fragmented into a bundle of 6 NFTs to match the Game Maker’s requirements with optimization of the polygon count.
This Legendary building, a 1 of 1, will be sold off on auction on Opensea in July.
The Sandbox joined the adventure and, wishing to support the collaboration, is also generously adding a 3X3 land in the drop!
Adding the LAND makes this a great ready-to-use package. The buyer can make use of the building to entertain his/her community. To start the buyer off in The Sandbox adventure, we created a small parkour from the ground to the rooftop of the Monolith. We made a cool chest awaiting to be open by the player. The mechanic is ready for events to be facilitated by the landowner.
What’s in there for Landowners
Landowners can grab a 3x3 land and the Gold Monolith of Truth, a 1 of 1 composition which is optimized, and fully matches The Sandbox Game Maker’s technical requirements.
The building is ready to use in-game on your LAND for your own project, giving you a guarantee of owning a truly Legendary piece created and produced by a team of voxel art experts.
The Making — Samples
More details on the presale taking place in July coming soon.
Thank you to the awesome artists who did an amazing job!
Project leads and contacts: Marie Franville, Light Trail Adventures & Pepe Hiller, Sand Rush
ARTISTES
Sand Rush is an adventure game with a play-to-earn model, created by a decentralized team of six voxel artists.
Light Trail Adventures is an RPG — adventure game in a sci-fi city nestled in the desert, combining combats and riddles.