<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
is	O
a	O
2006	O
sandbox	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Facepunch	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Valve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
game	O
mode	O
of	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
has	O
no	O
set	O
objectives	O
and	O
provides	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
a	O
world	O
in	O
which	O
to	O
freely	O
manipulate	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
game	O
modes	O
,	O
notably	O
Trouble	O
in	O
Terrorist	O
Town	O
and	O
Prop	O
Hunt	O
,	O
are	O
created	O
by	O
other	O
developers	O
as	O
mods	O
and	O
are	O
installed	O
separately	O
,	O
by	O
means	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
Garry	O
Newman	O
as	O
a	O
mod	O
for	O
Valve	O
's	O
Source	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
expanded	O
into	O
a	O
standalone	O
release	O
that	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Valve	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Windows	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
followed	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
and	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
has	O
sold	O
more	O
than	O
20million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
is	O
a	O
physics-based	O
sandbox	O
game	O
that	O
,	O
in	O
its	O
base	O
game	O
mode	O
,	O
has	O
no	O
set	O
objectives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
includes	O
the	O
functionality	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
developing	O
scripts	B-Language
written	O
in	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
mods	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
addons	O
"	O
)	O
include	O
Spacebuild	O
,	O
Wiremod	O
,	O
Elevator	O
:	O
Source	B-Application
,	O
DarkRP	O
,	O
Prop	O
Hunt	O
,	O
and	O
Trouble	O
in	O
Terrorist	O
Town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
version	O
12	O
introduced	O
the	O
"	O
Toybox	O
"	O
section	O
,	O
through	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
browse	O
and	O
install	O
user-created	O
mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
in	O
version	O
13	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2009	O
,	O
Facepunch	O
launched	O
the	O
"	O
Fretta	O
Contest	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
competition	O
in	O
which	O
people	O
were	O
to	O
develop	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
game	O
modes	O
using	O
the	O
proprietary	O
Fretta	O
programming	O
framework	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
winning	O
game	O
mode	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
base	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
mode	O
Prop	O
Hunt	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Andrew	O
"	O
AMT	O
"	O
Theis	O
and	O
popularised	O
through	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
modes	O
based	O
on	O
Prop	O
Hunt	O
were	O
later	O
included	O
with	O
games	O
like	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
,	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Ops	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
Fortnite	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Royale	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Genshin	B-Application
Impact	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
recreated	O
it	O
in	O
others	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Rocket	B-Application
League	I-Application
and	O
Fortnite	B-Application
Creative	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
,	O
four	O
developers	O
working	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
PixelTail	O
Games	O
"	O
opened	O
a	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
server	O
called	O
GMod	B-Language
Tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GMod	B-Language
Tower	O
was	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
servers	O
,	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
platform	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
play	O
minigames	O
with	O
friends	O
and	O
socialise	O
in	O
a	O
hub	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
hours	O
of	O
the	O
server	O
's	O
opening	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
for	O
GMod	B-Language
Tower	O
reached	O
two	O
million	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GMod	B-Language
Tower	O
temporarily	O
shut	O
down	O
between	O
January	O
and	O
April	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PixelTail	O
Games	O
later	O
expanded	O
GMod	B-Language
Tower	O
into	O
Tower	O
Unite	O
,	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
that	O
replaced	O
GMod	B-Language
Tower	O
upon	O
its	O
early	O
access	O
release	O
in	O
April	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
machinima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YouTube	B-General_Concept
user	O
Djy1991	O
used	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
to	O
animate	O
the	O
fan	O
fiction	O
,	O
using	O
literal	O
interpretations	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
's	O
typographical	O
errors	O
and	O
awkward	O
grammar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
addons	O
"	O
Glue	O
Library	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
View	O
Extension	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Action	O
Extension	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Ambient	O
Occlusion	O
"	O
altered	O
their	O
work	O
to	O
display	O
shock	O
images	O
such	O
as	O
goatse	O
and	O
play	O
loud	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
addons	O
 '	O
new	O
source	B-Application
files	O
contained	O
curses	O
directed	O
at	O
Newman	O
,	O
Valve	O
co-founder	O
Gabe	O
Newell	O
,	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
moderators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
,	O
the	O
files	O
appeared	O
to	O
indicate	O
the	O
changes	O
were	O
a	O
"	O
deliberate	O
prank	O
"	O
and	O
not	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
addons	O
being	O
compromised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
programmer	O
Garry	O
Newman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
did	O
this	O
as	O
a	O
hobby	O
,	O
simultaneous	O
to	O
his	O
occupation	O
as	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
programmer	O
for	O
a	O
dating	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
developing	O
his	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Facewound	O
,	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
became	O
a	O
side-project	O
of	O
his	O
as	O
a	O
mod	O
for	O
the	O
Source	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
,	O
principally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newman	O
soon	O
found	O
more	O
enjoyment	O
in	O
developing	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
than	O
in	O
maintaining	O
Facewound	O
,	O
so	O
development	O
on	O
Facewound	O
was	O
mostly	O
halted	O
(	O
and	O
put	O
on	O
indefinite	O
hiatus	O
in	O
2004	O
)	O
for	O
him	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
his	O
skills	O
in	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
were	O
not	O
advanced	O
enough	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
full	O
Source-based	O
game	O
and	O
he	O
resorted	O
to	O
the	O
mod	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
feedback	O
was	O
polarised	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
players	O
criticising	O
the	O
mod	O
for	O
its	O
similarity	O
to	O
an	O
existing	O
mod	O
,	O
JBMod	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newman	O
did	O
not	O
recognise	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
gaining	O
in	O
popularity	O
until	O
he	O
set	O
up	O
an	O
online	B-Application
forum	I-Application
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
2004	O
and	O
2005	O
,	O
Newman	O
released	O
several	O
updated	O
versions	O
of	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
,	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
culminating	O
in	O
version	O
9.0.4	O
on	O
27	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Source	B-Application
and	O
Half-Life	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
contacted	O
Newman	O
to	O
suggest	O
a	O
commercial	O
,	O
standalone	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
mod	O
through	O
their	O
digital	O
distribution	O
service	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Newman	O
initially	O
rejected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
and	O
Facepunch	O
later	O
struck	O
a	O
publishing	O
agreement	O
wherein	O
Valve	O
would	O
release	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
onto	O
Steam	B-Application
at	O
a	O
price	O
of	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
two	O
companies	O
would	O
equally	O
split	O
profits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
free	O
version	O
of	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
remained	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
,	O
rechristened	O
as	O
the	O
demo	O
to	O
the	O
retail	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
game	O
no	O
longer	O
being	O
a	O
mod	O
,	O
Valve	O
and	O
Facepunch	O
stuck	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
"	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
Newman	O
later	O
cited	O
as	O
a	O
mistake	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
he	O
should	O
have	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
Sandbox	O
"	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
still	O
required	O
a	O
separate	O
Source-based	O
game	O
to	O
function	O
properly	O
,	O
a	O
bundle	O
including	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
and	O
Valve	O
's	O
Counter-Strike	B-Application
:	I-Application
Source	I-Application
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
September	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Kinect	B-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
full-body	O
motion	O
tracking	O
peripheral	O
,	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
was	O
moved	O
over	O
to	O
Valve	O
's	O
SteamPipe	O
content	O
delivery	O
system	O
,	O
completed	O
on	O
5	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
an	O
experimental	O
Linux	B-Application
client	O
was	O
also	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
named	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
the	O
"	O
PC	B-Device
Mod	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Brendan	O
Caldwell	O
of	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
must-own	O
sandbox	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
PCGamesN	O
included	O
it	O
in	O
its	O
2019	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
best	O
sandbox	O
games	O
on	O
PC	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
sold	O
5,729	O
copies	O
on	O
its	O
first	O
day	O
,	O
312,541	O
by	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
770,628	O
by	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
1million	O
by	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
1.4million	O
by	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
3.5million	O
by	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
6million	O
by	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
10million	O
by	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
15million	O
by	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
18,671,533	O
by	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
20million	O
by	O
September	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
success	O
allowed	O
Facepunch	O
to	O
grow	O
further	O
,	O
eventually	O
branching	O
out	O
into	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Rust	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
is	O
regularly	O
among	O
the	O
then	O
most-played	O
games	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newman	O
stated	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
that	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
was	O
in	O
early	O
development	O
,	O
with	O
Newman	O
looking	O
to	O
include	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
content	O
and	O
choose	O
a	O
name	O
other	O
than	O
"	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
2	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
announced	O
Sandbox	O
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
S&box	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
sandbox	O
game	O
using	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
4	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
as	O
a	O
potential	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newman	O
resumed	O
development	O
in	O
March	O
2020	O
and	O
later	O
moved	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Source	B-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
engine	O
.	O
</s>
