Melon Playground Wiki: Items, Tools, Mods & Updates (2026)
A straight reference for Melon Playground — what the items are, what the tools do, how mods work, and what the latest updates actually changed. No filler.
At a glance
| Game | Melon Playground — now renamed Melon Sandbox |
| Developer | 27 Studio (playducky.com) |
| Genre | 2D ragdoll physics sandbox |
| Platforms | Android, iOS, PC |
| Latest version | 36.2 (26 June 2026) |
| Objective | None. It’s a sandbox — you build and experiment. |
| Mod file | .melmod (a ZIP archive, renamed) |
| Former names | Human Playground → Melon Playground → Melon Sandbox |
Melon Playground or Melon Sandbox?
Same game. It was renamed. Mods work in both and the file format never changed. Older guides say “Playground”, newer ones say “Sandbox”. That is the entire difference.
The item menu
Items are split by type (the icons along the top) and category (the text beneath them, like FIREARMS or OTHER).
Living
The ragdolls — melon, apple-head, stickman and the rest. Each one takes damage differently, which is most of the game’s comedy.
Weapons
| Category | Includes |
|---|---|
| Firearms | Pistol, auto pistol, revolver, sawed-off, auto shotgun, auto rifle, machine gun, sniper rifle, submachine gun, minigun, water gun |
| Projectiles | Crossbow, flamethrower, extinguisher, grenade launcher, rocket launcher, paintball gun |
| Energy | Energy blaster, railgun, impulse gun, laser gun, stungun, freeze gun, Tool Gun |
| Melee | Blades and blunt weapons |
Everything else
- Mechanics — chips, buttons, pistons: the parts that make machines work
- Medicine — syringes and fluids
- Explosives, Vehicles, Nature, Clothes, Misc
- User Mods — where your imported mods land
Item properties
Every item is tagged with properties that decide how it behaves. This is why a wooden crate burns and a steel beam doesn’t:
Flammable · Breakable · Pierceable · Activatable · Resizable — each also has a “not” variant.
Tools: ropes and wiring
Ropes are tools, not items, and they do not do the same job:
| Rope | What it does | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed Rope | Welds items so they barely move | Frames, vehicles, robots |
| Activation Rope | Carries a signal, not weight | Wiring buttons to chips |
| Pipe Rope | Moves liquid | Syringes, mixing fluids |
A rope can also anchor an item to the background, pinning it in place permanently. Full detail: every rope explained.
Chips: the closest thing to coding
A Chip is a logic block. Items connect to it with an Activation Rope, and the chip decides when they fire.
The Lua Chip (added in 36.0) goes further — it is genuinely scriptable, and ships with a reference script listing every available method with its signature and a short comment. If you want a build to do something conditional rather than just “button fires thing”, this is how.
Pair either with a Button (fires once) or a Button Toggle (stays on/off).
The Editor: making your own items
Melon Playground has a built-in visual Editor. There is no coding involved:
- Draw the sprite — pixel art, in-game.
- Set a collider — the invisible shape that makes the item tangible. Without one, nothing can touch it. The Polygon collider auto-wraps the outline for you.
- Pick a substance — this drives the flammable/breakable properties above.
- Tune the sliders — Damage, Health and the rest.
Starting from a template skips the fiddly setup.
How mods work
A mod is a file you import. Its contents appear in the spawn menu under User Mods. No modded game version, no root, no jailbreak — see why mod APKs are a bad idea.
| Format | What it is |
|---|---|
.melmod |
A mod — actually a ZIP archive with a custom extension |
.melsave |
Older format: a saved scene, not a mod |
Install steps and the exact folder paths: Melon Sandbox mods guide.
Recent updates
36.2 — 26 June 2026
Stability release. 143 bugs fixed, plus performance work.
36.0 — “Heroes wear cloaks!”
The big one. It added:
- Cloth mechanics — Cloak, Patterned Cloak, Tattered Cloak, Glowing Cloak, Vampire Cloak
- Fireproof Suit and Fireproof Helmet
- Flags — Watermelon, Apple, Red, Corn, Pumpkin, Yellow, Pitaya, Cactus, White
- A wind mechanic (which is what makes the cloth and flags worth having)
- The Lua Chip — scripting
- Banana Ride vehicle
- Coral items — Coral Juice (Medicine/Fluid), Coral blue and Coral pink (Misc/Nature)
- New worlds — The Crawler, Flippy, Blocks, Table Tennis
- Water and lava-pressure improvements
Why this matters for mods: a mod built against 36.x may not load on an older install, and vice versa. If a mod misbehaves, version mismatch is the first thing to check.
Quick answers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why won’t my mod load? | Usually still zipped, or built for another version. Restart the game after importing. |
| Can I play in a browser? | Yes — but browser builds cannot load mods. See Playhop. |
| Do mods work on iOS? | Yes. Import via the Files app. |
| Where do mods appear? | Spawn menu → User Mods. |
| Why does my build fall apart? | You used a loose rope where a Fixed Rope belonged. |
| Can I open a .melmod file? | Yes — rename it to .zip and extract it. |
| Is it free? | Paid on some platforms. Mods here are always free. |
Ready to add content? Browse the mod library.
Frequently Asked Questions
Melon Playground (since renamed Melon Sandbox) is a 2D ragdoll physics sandbox by DUCKY Limited, on Android, iOS and PC. It has no objective — you spawn characters, weapons and objects and experiment with the physics. It was originally called Human Playground.
The game was renamed. They are the same game, and mods work in both — the file format never changed. Older guides say "Playground", newer ones say "Sandbox".
In the spawn menu under User Mods, alongside the built-in items. There is no separate menu, and you do not need a modded version of the game.
A Chip is a logic block — items connect to it with an Activation Rope and it decides when they fire. There is also a Lua Chip, which is scriptable: it ships with a reference script listing every available method, so you can program behaviour instead of wiring it by hand.
Mods use the .melmod extension; older mods may use .melsave. If your download arrives as a ZIP, extract it first — the game needs the mod file, not the archive.
Yes, browser versions exist — but they cannot load mods. Importing mod files requires the installed app on Android, iOS or PC.