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08/10
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Publishing & shipping

sbox.game store, Play Fund, the whitelist divergence.

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✓ 26.07
"A pre-publish checklist for sbox.game"

Org/ident rules, every store-page field is launch-blocking, AI thumbnails demoted — verify as a player after publish.

✓ 26.07
"Cloud assets fail silently under backend load after publish"

Published game boots with error.vmdl placeholders; engine may rewrite prefab refs — no auto-retry; restart editor + republish.

✓ 26.07
"It worked in the editor but broke after publishing"

Whitelist divergence, loose Resource Files, and silent cloud-asset failures after publish.

✓ 26.07
"Loose resource files don't auto-publish"

PNG/WAV/MP3/JSON must be listed in Project Settings → Resource Files without an assets/ prefix — #1 editor-vs-publish break.

✓ 26.07
"Standalone Steam export"

Preview as of 2026-07: Valve approval + Facepunch license; full .NET, lose platform services; clean PackageReferences or startup hangs.

✓ 26.07
"Understanding the Play Fund"

No paid storefront — revenue is clamped player-hours from a daily pool; retention is the monetization feature.

✓ 26.07
"Wiring Sandbox.Services"

Stats.Increment/SetValue, Leaderboards.GetFromStat, Achievements.Unlock — cheap platform polish; total achievement score capped at 1000.