Garry Newman says his recreation creation platform s&field will ‘most likely’ be priced equally to Garry’s Mod

Laborious to consider, however Garry’s Mod has been round for 20 years, and even again in 2006, its $10 price ticket made it a straightforward choice for individuals who needed to clown round within the physics sandbox or use it to make their very own video games to play and share.

Garry Newman’s new recreation creation platform, s&field, is on the point of an April launch, so after I met with Newman this week to talk concerning the historical past of Garry’s Mod and the way forward for s&field, I used to be curious. How a lot is the brand new game-making engine going to price?

Fact is, Newman himself would not totally know for positive. “Did we determine that? I do not know if we determined that,” he requested Alistair McFarlane, Facepunch Studios COO, who additionally attended the interview.

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“No, I believe we mentioned $20,” McFarlane mentioned.

“I believe we determined that we’ll cost for it initially,” Newman mentioned. “However we did not determine the value. It’ll most likely be about that.”

“Yeah,” mentioned McFarlane.

“$20?” I requested.

“$10, $20,” Newman mentioned.

“$10 to $20?” I requested.

“Yeah,” mentioned McFarlane.

“Yeah,” mentioned Newman.

There you may have it! It isn’t the confirmed worth, as a result of it seems like Facepunch hasn’t totally selected one but, however at the very least it is a sign that it will be equally priced to Garry’s Mod—which is fairly unbelievable contemplating it has been a pair a long time between the unique physics sandbox and its non secular sequel.