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Is Onset worth it for you?

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Good fit

Aspiring programmers who want to learn Lua through game creation
Multiplayer creators who want to host custom scripted experiences
Sandbox players who prefer user-made game modes over fixed objectives

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Players seeking a structured campaign or predefined objectives may find the open-ended format lacking direction.
Players wanting a finished, tightly authored game loop may find scripting and community-made modes too variable.
Players uninterested in writing or using scripts may have limited reasons to engage with the sandbox.

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Our take on Onset

Instead of supplying a conventional campaign or fixed objective structure, Onset opens with an empty map and treats scripting as the central activity. Its genre departure is the replacement of authored progression with player-created modes, rules, and multiplayer experiences.

What is Onset?

Onset is an open-world sandbox centered on Lua scripting rather than predefined objectives.

Players can use more than 400 Lua functions to build game modes, alter environments, and host custom experiences. Scripts can run on the server or client, with support for solo play through localhost and multiplayer servers for up to 300 players. The game supports custom maps, imported characters, animations, props, sounds, and particles. Lua functions can also add vehicles, helicopters, NPCs, objects, and damage behavior. Other systems include configurable weapon damage, HTML/CSS/JS interface customization, and in-game voice communication. Players can run their own scripts or play modes created by others.

How Onset plays

01Lua World Scripting: More than 400 functions can create game modes, spawn entities, and modify the environment.
02Custom Multiplayer Servers: Players can host servers running their own scripts, with dedicated sessions supporting up to 300 participants.
03Asset Importing: Custom maps, characters, animations, props, sounds, and particle effects can be added.
04Interface Customization: User interfaces can be changed with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
05Vehicle And Weapon Mods: Vehicles include damage behavior, while weapons can receive configuration changes such as altered damage.

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Onset: platforms & release

Is Onset worth it?

It is worth it if: aspiring programmers who want to learn Lua through game creation. Skip it if: players seeking a structured campaign or predefined objectives may find the open-ended format lacking direction.

Where can I download Onset?

Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Onset's store page, where you can choose how to get it.

What platforms is Onset on?

Windows only.

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