S&Box game engine: Inspecting grains of sand

The market for modern game engines is steadily growing; more and more studios are choosing smaller engines rather than one of the two major players (or, given recent events, just one). Today, let's discuss one of the newcomers to the industry, S&Box. In this case, the newcomer isn't as simple as it seems. To learn more about the project and the errors we detected using PVS-Studio, continue reading the article. About the project S&Box is a brand-new game engine from the well-known Facepunch studio, which brought us iconic projects like Rust and Garry's Mod. Both are among the best-selling games on Steam. However, Garry's Mod plays a much more significant role here than being just one of the studio's games. S&Box is the fully realized spiritual successor to all the ideas Garry Newman—the creator of both Garry's Mod and S&Box—wanted to see in Garry's Mod. S&Box is more than just a game engine. It's an entertainment platform for expressing creativity, where you can play, create, and even m