diff --git a/tests/dobj_sandbox/meson.build b/tests/dobj_sandbox/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef5cdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dobj_sandbox/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+test_file = 'testDObject.cpp'
+exe_name = test_file.split('.')[0]
+executable(
+      exe_name,
+      test_file,
+      dependencies: gtest_dep,
+      include_directories: include_directories('../../src/dobj/public'),
+      link_with: libdobj,  # Link the dobj library
+      install_rpath: '@loader_path/../../src'  # Ensure runtime library path resolves correctly
+)
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diff --git a/tests/dobj_sandbox/testDObject.cpp b/tests/dobj_sandbox/testDObject.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6384682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dobj_sandbox/testDObject.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include<iostream>
+
+#include "DObject.h"
+
+DObject testFunction(DObject &obj);
+
+int main(){
+    float data = 55.86868;
+    DObject obj;
+    obj.setData(data);
+    float newData;
+    newData = std::get<float>(obj.getData());
+    std::cout << "Data: " << newData << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Calling test function" << std::endl;
+    DObject newObj = testFunction(obj);
+    std::cout << newObj << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// Test function which takes a DObject as an argument and 
+// returns new DObject with an vector of 10 elements identical to the input DObject
+// This should use std::varient and auto to do some degree of type inference
+DObject testFunction(DObject &obj){
+    float data = obj.getDataAs<float>();
+    std::cout << "Data: " << data << std::endl;
+    std::vector<std::vector<float>> newData(3, std::vector<float>(3, data));
+    DObject newObj(newData);
+    std::cout << obj << std::endl;
+
+    return newObj;
+}
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 5608016..5865cb7 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Google Test dependency
 gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', main: true, required : true)
 
-# Subdirectory for dobj tests
+# Subdirectories for unit and integration tests
 subdir('dobj')
+
+# Subdirectories for sandbox tests
+subdir('dobj_sandbox')