The Sandbox - Glossary


1	Terms	Explanation

2	AI systems	Computer systems which possess some degree of artificial intelligence.
3	Avatars	An icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game, Internet forum, etc.
4	Battle Royale	A fight involving many combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing.
5	BehaviourNodes	An in-game term referring to capsules containing pre-implemented code that carry out specific instructions or tasks.
6	Blockchain	A digital ledger in which transactions made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency are recorded chronologically and publicly.
7	BOX worlds	An in-game term referring to the player's personal game world/area.
8	Content creation	The contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience in specific contexts.
9	Crowdfunding	The practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet.
10	Crypto	Short form of cryptocurrency.
11	Cryptocurrency	A digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank.
12	Decentralizing	The dispersion or distribution of functions and powers
13	Digital scarcity	The creation of scarcity in the digital landscape, typically through fees and other paywalls.
14	Ecosystem	Used here to mean a community of interacting players and their digital environment.
15	Emergent procedural systems	Systems which are based around complex mathematical laws which allow them to generate unique properties, and become more than the sum of their original parts.
16	ERC	Ethereum Request for Comments
17	ERC-20 token	A technical standard used for smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain for implementing tokens.
18	Ethereum	An open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract (scripting) functionality.
19	FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions, a guide to a particular subject.
20	Fiat currency	Currency that a government has declared to be legal tender, but it is not backed by a physical commodity.
21	Frame-by-frame	Frame-by-frame animation changes the contents of the Stage in every frame.
22	Free trading	Buyers and sellers from different economies may voluntarily trade without a government or other authority applying tariffs, quotas, subsidies or prohibitions on goods and services.
23	Fungible	Replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.
24	Granular	Finely detailed.
25	Import	Transfer (data) into a file or document.
26	IP-based	In this case meaning based around intellectual property, i.e. ip-based assets.
27	Keyframes	A drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition in animation.
28	Keyframing interpolation	The process of filling in the unknown data between two known values, the keyframes.
29	MAU	Monthly Active User
30	Microtransactions	a very small financial transaction conducted online.
31	Milestones	A significant stage or event in the development of something.
32	Monetize	Earn revenue from
33	NFTs	Non-Fungible Tokens
34	Non-Fungible tokens	a special type of cryptographic token which represents something unique, and cannot be interchanged for something similar.
35	Pixel-art	A form of digital art wherein images are created and edited at the pixel level using a graphics editing software.
36	Platform	In this case meaning the supporting software with which assets can be used, made, or sold.
37	SAND	In-game term for ERC-20 tokens, the currency of the game.
38	Sandbox	A style of game in which minimal character limitations are placed on the gamer, allowing the gamer to roam and change a virtual world at will; The Sandbox is the title of a specific game.
39	Script	An automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order.
40	Skeletal	A technique in computer animation
41	Smart contract	A computer protocol intended to digitally facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract.
42	STEM	Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a grouping of subjects usually for defining educational goals.
43	Toggle	A key or command that is operated the same way but with opposite effect on successive occasions (e.g. on/off switch.
44	Token	A particular fungible and tradable asset or a utility that is often found on a blockchain.
45	UGC	User-Generated-Content
46	User-generated	Denoting or relating to material on a website that is voluntarily contributed by members of the public who use the site.
47	Visual scripting	Creating software using a node-based interface rather than writing script from scratch.
48	VoxEditor	In-game term for the proprietary voxel editor.
49	Voxel	Volumetric pixel; the three-dimensional (3D) equivalent of a pixel and the tiniest distinguishable element of a 3D object.
50	Whitepaper	An authoritative report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue