Revision as of 04:50, 31 August 2016

Before you get started

The Space platform is a highly customisable virtual world, built upon the Unity3D game engine. We provide you with the leading edge tools for building your content - and making it look the best it possibly can, while maintaining solid performance.

Content Submission

We utilise a reviewed content model for virtual goods, trusted content creators are able to apply to skip review queues, after demonstrating a consistent commitment to our platform content guidelines; however we provide a test server, which allows you to preview your content in a live environment, without review. Content submission and review is free, however we do offer paid subscriptions, which among other benefits provide prioritised processing (our servers will prioritise your content, and we'll prioritise it for review).

Why do we review content before publishing?

There are several reasons we review content uploaded by creators, among others:

• Legal: We're responsible for redistributing your content to a wider audience, and wish to try ensure that inappropriate content is not seen by minors.
• Content Piracy: By reviewing content prior to publication, we can limit the amount of stolen content that is uploaded onto the platform.
• Technical: By reviewing content, we can enforce technical guidelines and prevent 'tragedy of the commons' situations with poorly optimised content ruining the framerate of all users.

Monetisation

We provide multiple currencies in our platform, some of these are paid currencies, which when items are purchased with, translate to direct earnings to yourself. Earnings are cashed out on a regular period - see the latest creator agreement for specific details. To sell content, you need to have signed a copy of our creator agreement. When submitting content for sale for the first time, you will be contacted to approve this agreement.

Getting Started

To become a Space creator you need to;

1. Register a user account at

https://sine.space/

2. Install Unity 5.3.5

https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download/archive

3. Install Editor Pack v5

Create a new Unity project.

In the top menu click Assets / Install package / Custom package

Select the Editor pack you have downloaded

4. Install current patch(es)

In the top menu click Assets / Install package / Custom package

Select the patch for Editor Pack 5 you have downloaded

5. Enable Editor Pack Settings

In the top menu click Space / Install Editor Pack Settings

6. Link your Unity project to your account with an API key

Log in with your new Space account to

https://curator.sine.space/keys

Click the API Keys tab

Click Generate API key

Copy the key text

In the top menu bar of your Unity project, click Space / Upload settings

Paste the API key into the API key field.

Click CHECK to confirm Key Is Valid

Congratulations! You are now ready to create and upload content to the Space virtual world!

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Aur_s4uAVQ for a tutorial on getting started

Sine.space

The Space virtual world has a live server; http://sine.space/

This is where the Space community comes together. The live server has a real economy and is widely promoted to new users.

Space also has a preview server, where creator content can be reviewed before pushing to the live servers; you need to have signed-in on the curator site to access this test server. Content available on this server may be periodically removed. http://creator.sine.space/

Creator portal

The creator portal allows creators to buy regions in Space and to manage their income from the sale of virtual goods; https://curator.sine.space/

Space Editor Pack

The Space Editor Pack must be imported into Unity3D. See the other tutorials on this wiki on how to use the editor pack.