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International Women’s Day 2020: Women in Games

By | Buildbox

At AppOnboard and Buildbox we’re committed to diversity and are proud supporters of the International Women’s Day (March 8th) and Women in Games. Our company is spread across the globe with staff from a variety of different backgrounds, all coming together to help enable anyone to create amazing games …

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Interstellar Strike

New Free Interstellar Strike 3D Template

By | Buildbox

We’ve just released a new free 3D template called Interstellar Strike in Buildbox. This action-packed template allows you to create a cool space shooter game in 3D complete with built-in logic and visual effects. With Interstellar Strike, players get to become commanders in space, controlling a spacecraft on a mission to …

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Exciting Start Into the New Decade

By | Buildbox

Not only have we entered into 2020, a new year – we’ve also entered into a new decade! So far, it’s been an exciting start for Buildbox and AppOnboard. January was a super busy month for the team, hosting meetup events from San Francisco to London, and wrapping up our month-long cyberpunk-themed game jam …

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Free Sports 3D Asset Pack Download

By | Buildbox

In honor of our sports-themed game jam sponsored by Rogue Games, we’re releasing a Free Sports 3D Asset Pack that you can download today! This free game art pack features football, soccer, baseball, golf, bowling, volleyball, basketball-themed assets, and more. All the bases are covered …

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Buildbox 3.1.4 Update Plus Free 3D Template

By | Buildbox

We’ve recently released Buildbox 3.1.4. With this latest version, you’ll be able to make 3D games like never before! We’ve added over 25 fixes and improvements to the software. There’s a new 3D preview feature in the Node Editor, so you can view it as you create. Plus, to make it super easy to fully customize and design your game exactly how you want it, we’ve also added tons of blending options for 3D models along with 2-sided materials for meshes too. Also, as a special bonus, we’re giving away a free exclusive 3D Buildbox template that you …

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Global Game Jam (GGJ) 2020 Recap

By | Buildbox

For the first time, Buildbox was an official sponsor of Global Game Jam (GGJ) 2020. It was an incredible experience for the entire team, and we can’t wait to do it again. During the event, we hosted four separate sites located in Bristol (England), New York (US), Seattle (US), and Montreal (Canada). If you’ve never heard of the Global Game Jam (GGJ) before, it’s a three-day worldwide game …

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How to Monetize Your Buildbox Games With ironSource

By | Buildbox

With the release of Buildbox Free, we’ve partnered with ironSource, the leading game growth platform, to help you better monetize your games for success. Although integrating ad networks into Buildbox is nothing new, we’ve streamlined the whole process by partnering up with our friends at ironSource to make adding …

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Our Buildbox Cyberpunk Game Jam Winners

By | Buildbox

Drumroll, please! The results are in for our month-long cyberpunk game jam. We had so many incredible no-code entries from high-flying racers to total AI takeovers. The entire staff was blown away by all the insanely fun futuristic games submitted. It was a really tough decision, but we were able to narrow it down to the Top 15 …

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Hiring

We’re Now Hiring! (Los Angeles Office)

By | Buildbox

Calling all engineers! If you love games and you’re ready to make an impact on the industry, AppOnboard and Buildbox is now hiring! Come join our team to help shape the future of game development. We have open positions for a Platform Engineer, QA Automation Engineer, QA Engineer, and QT Engineer. It’s an …

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Our Ad Monetization Tutorial Videos For AdMob And ironSource

By | Buildbox

Learn how to better monetize your games with our Ad monetization tutorial videos. The first tutorial covers integrating Google AdMob into your Buildbox games, and the second shows you how to monetize with ironSource easily. Both of these new tutorials walk you through the entire step-by-step process, from setting up your account with the Ad networks to integrating the actual ads into your app. You’ll learn how to add …

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