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by andrewmcwatters 2210 days ago
Yes, primarily. But the real answer is because of Lua from Garry's Mod, and the design of the engine is heavily inspired by Source and QuakeWorld. Even today, I still believe Quake is one of the most elegantly designed game codebases in existence.

Planimeter was formerly called Team Sandbox, and we were a group of developers working on a game called Half-Life 2: Sandbox, which was a FOSS alternative to Garry's Mod that stayed Half-Life themed.

The team is comprised of mostly different volunteers now.