---
title: "Public Defendant (ALPHA) - s&box game"
description: "Public Defendant. Defend the innocence of, or bring justice to the accused with limited information about their case."
canonical: "https://sbox.watch/games/cupofmilk/pubdef/"
generated_at: "2026-09-06T12:49:45.636Z"
---

# Public Defendant (ALPHA)

Public Defendant. Defend the innocence of, or bring justice to the accused with limited information about their case.

- Type: game
- Ident: cupofmilk.pubdef
- Creator: Cup Of Milk
- Canonical: https://sbox.watch/games/cupofmilk/pubdef/
- Markdown: https://sbox.watch/games/cupofmilk/pubdef/index.md
- sbox.game: https://sbox.game/cupofmilk/pubdef/
- Generated: 2026-09-06T12:49:45.636Z

## Stats

- Playing now: 0
- 24h player peak: 0
- 24h momentum: +0
- Terry score: 69%
- Favorites: 12
- Upvotes: 6
- Downvotes: 0
- Total players: 42
- Total sessions: 120
- Cumulative playtime: 2.7 days
- Updated: Jun 14, 2026
- Created: Jun 8, 2026
- Size: 317.9 MB
- Files: 458
- Tags: coop, court, defendant, law, legal, multiplayer, public, roleplay

## Description

Public Defendant

Public Defendant is a multiplayer social-deduction courtroom game where you deliberate on cases and decide the fate of people caught up in the book.

The only issue: you're both working with in-complete information

Hold your cards close, until they're the right ones

Take the stand and watch justice as it's served cold and apathetically.

Hit the book on the accused as the Prosecutor.

Protect justice as the Defense

or

Hear the facts and decide the defendant's fate as a Juror

This is an Alpha build: Features are not guaranteed to remain as is or at all.

3+ Players


## Updates

### Voice and Cases

Jun 14, 2026 · Version Alpha 1.1

Expanded case count
**Added**

- Expanded case count

**Improved**

- Voice less choppy

### Thumbnail and Round Start Changes

Jun 14, 2026 · Version Alpha 1.1

Teleport spectators to a spawn-point if they are outside of the spectator area
**Added**

- Teleport spectators to a spawn-point if they are outside of the spectator area

**Removed**

- Replaced old thumbnail with multiple version to fit aspect ratios

**Known issues**

- Playermodels glitchy and voice chat choppy

### Batch o' Fixes

Jun 10, 2026 · Version Alpha 1.1

Voice-Chat
**Added**

- Voice-Chat
- Skip turn button for lawyers
- Automatically advance to verdict when all jurors have cast their votes
- Controls and Voice key hints at bottom left
- Verbose logging for debug in testing
- Title Screen shows controls and game version

**Improved**

- Jury UI Layout
- Fixed "Submitted Evidence", "Case", and "Dossier" button overlay issues for bugged roles
- Cast Vote toggles between other buttons in group
- Case panel visibility fixed
- Case Screen formatting

**Fixed**

- Prep phase doesn't loop infinitely anymore (don't know how it ended up doing that but it doesn't now)
- Fixed argument turns also repeating
- Fixed clock sound during argument cutting out
- Fixed case button not reacting for jurors
- Bench collision temp fix removed and collision properly fixed

**Removed**

- Host migration system (Let the game migrate the host)

**Known issues**

- Players may sometimes see their own eyes
- Player avatars still not properly implemented
- Voice-Chat can be choppy

### Sound/UI

Jun 8, 2026 · Version Alpha 1.1

UI Sounds and Round Music
**Added**

- UI Sounds and Round Music
- Controls screen added to title screen, able to be re-accessed.

**Improved**

- UI Fixes and rearrangement

**Known issues**

- Sound unfinished

### Fixes

Jun 8, 2026 · Version Alpha 1.0

Disconnect Handler to resume round if someone disconnects and reconnects
**Added**

- Disconnect Handler to resume round if someone disconnects and reconnects

**Improved**

- Made "L-ALT to Free Mouse" more clear

### UI Fixes and Additions

Jun 8, 2026 · Version Alpha 1.0

New UI Screens (Title screen on game loadup and role description screens for Prosecutors, Defense, and Jurors
**Added**

- New UI Screens (Title screen on game loadup and role description screens for Prosecutors, Defense, and Jurors

**Fixed**

- UI Layering, minor networking issues with UI.

**Known issues**

- Spectator teleportation and UI screen TBF

### Release

Jun 7, 2026 · Version Alpha 1.0

Released to sbox.game
**Added**

- Released to sbox.game

**Known issues**

- Some functionality missing. Small UI issues. Spectators are not teleported out of play area on round start.