[game_edu] Platinum Arts Sandbox 2.3 Patch + Top 100 Finalist (need votes) + Linux Miniconf Presentation

[Platinum Arts]

Platinum Arts Sandbox is an open source easy to use standalone Free 3D Game
Maker and 3D Game Design program currently being used in many schools
throughout the world that allows kids and adults to create their own video
games, worlds, levels, save the princess adventures and quests, even
cooperatively! The goal is to make it accessible to kids but also powerful
enough for full game projects.  In the words of Margaret, a nine year old
Sandbox whiz I babysit for, "Press Edit and go fulfill your dreams!". Now
features new game modes such as Save The Princess, sidescroller, machinima,
kartmode, RPG, and more!  Our homepage is http://Kids.PlatinumArts.Net

We have a new patch for our popular Save The Princess maps!  Please go to
our download page:
http://kids.platinumarts.net/download-sandbox.html
Extract these files into your /packages/base folder and replace the existing
files!  This should fix some bugs that were making the maps not act how they
should :)  As a note the maps have been considered quite challenging!!  Do
you have what it takes to save the most beautiful princess in the world?

I'm so excited to announce that out of over 5,000 game projects and 58,736
votes Sandbox has made it as a finalist, ranked as one of the top 100!!  Now
begins a second round of voting so please consider voting for us again!  The
more reputation we are able to get the more kids, and adults, we can get
this project to!  Please see the top of our moddb profile for instructions:
http://www.moddb.com/games/platinum-arts-sandbox

In addition we have recently been featured at a Linux Conference in
Australia! Miniconf was an awesome experience because I was able to give the
talk over Skype to our folk from down under!  For more information about the
the conference here is a listing of the presentations:
http://games.sericyb.com.au/  Check our homepage for a picture of the happy
audience :D

If you are unfamiliar with Sandbox be sure to check out our tutorial
video!!  I'm quite amazed actually at how many messages I get a day
regarding Sandbox because of the video :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g44Ww2bg2_E

Thank you everyone for your interest and support of Sandbox!  I am still
going crazy in excitement that we made it into the top 100!!  Thank you so
much everyone who voted!!!!  Take care.
-mike
-- 
http://Kids.PlatinumArts.Net Free Open Source 3D Game Maker / Game Design
Software
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