Sandbox mode?

[John Morgan]

One thing that I wish Theme Hospital had had was any sort of sandbox or free play mode in addition to the scenarios that we were given. Will that be available in this game?

[Yerolo]

From watching some streams, once the 'star' objectives are completed you are able to return to the hospital and keep playing.

Not a sandbox mode per se...but the next best thing. They may add a true sandbox mode in between now and release though

[Squeaky]

Sandbox mode would be fun. If this lands on Steam workshop as well, I can see custom custom medical equippment and illnesses.

[Netr0]

Theme hospital had sandbox mode for the playstation but not PC. So this one might.

[ploppo]

Have we got an answer to this yet?

My gut feeling is that it does not have sandbox.

It's not the end of the world, but it really would be nice to have sandbox.

Plus, as already mentioned, the fact that we can keep playing once objectives are completed is good.

Cheats would be nice too - just in case.

[Reaps]

A sandbox mode would be the determining factor for me buying this game. Feels like such a waste to not have one imo.

Will keep my hopes up.

[ploppo]

Originally posted by Reaps:

A sandbox mode would be the determining factor for me buying this game. Feels like such a waste to not have one imo.

Will keep my hopes up.

Hopefully, if it does not have one, they at least might announce they will add one later.

[Bergmeister_1981]

Sandbox modes are hugely important, I learn more from sandbox modes than any tutorials could ever teach. This game absolutely needs a sandbox mode, to unleash the creative potential of the community..

[Krava]

Sandbox mode would be great, but from interview for thesixthaxis ( http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2018/07/18/interview-why-two-point-hospital-is-worth-making-an-appointment-for/ ), it seem no sandbox mode :/

"Ben: Yeah, it’s good to encourage people to do things. Something we have talked about is doing a sort of sandbox mode, which is more like what Cities: Skylines is. It’s just an environment, some stuff to build, have fun. At the same time, like you often say in the office, if you do that it’s almost like by giving you all this freedom everyone actually does things the same way. So by having these scenarios that encourage you to do different things, give you different goals or set up the scenario differently to change the game rules and what illnesses are available, it encourages people to do things differently to how they would on other levels."

[player8472]

You can play the Levels forever.

So the last Level is basically a sandbox with fixed buildings is it not?

I fail to see the difference

[ploppo]

Originally posted by player8472:

You can play the Levels forever.

So the last Level is basically a sandbox with fixed buildings is it not?

I fail to see the difference

Ah, but sandbox would allow us to create our own level conditions - ie what the goals are, parameters of play, etc.

A bit like playing skirmish mode in a RTS game, vs playing a campain level.

Sandbox would allow us to deselect any illnesses that we don't want to appear - ie some annoying illness, etc.