(READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE YOU REPLY) Ok, I have been noticing there is now a bunch of minecraft related games on steam greenlight, the app store, and anywhere else, BTW im not trying to cause a flamewar here, i just wanna know if this is annoying you aswell as me. Most of them are shooting games on a blocky landscape, the others are original games just crappily replaced with blocks. These usually take up half of the app store and steam greenlight. I swear of god these are real games, Blocky Roads, Pixel Gun 3D, Survival Craft, World Of Cubes, Eden, Ace Block Slenderman, and even more. has anyone else been annoyed or heard about this? EDIT: I didn't mention ANYTHING about terraria or roblox being a ripoff, i like terraria myself.
I have seen quite a few as well on the Play Store (Android For Life)
But yeah, it annoys me as well, mostly because all of those knockoffs suck. Mostly Eden, though.
I wonder why Mojang doesn't take legal action for this kind of stuff.
There's even a game called "Minecraft Block Story", and the name "Minecraft" is trademarked. That aside, making a similar game isn't by itself a cause for legal action; I wouldn't be surprised if a game with mechanics similar to Minecraft (e.g. placing/breaking blocks) existed before it did since in the end there are only a few types of games out there, just with many variations. Not that Mojang really cares.
However, the Minecraft community has its own little problems where it complains about games that aren't really that similar, like Terraria. Terraria, of all things.
There's even a game called "Minecraft Block Story", and the name "Minecraft" is trademarked. That aside, making a similar game isn't by itself a cause for legal action; I wouldn't be surprised if a game with mechanics similar to Minecraft (e.g. placing/breaking blocks) existed before it did since in the end there are only a few types of games out there, just with many variations. Not that Mojang really cares.
Hi TheMasterCaver. I am one of the 2 developers of block story. I would like to clarify this.
We DO NOT call it "Minecraft Block Story" nor do we ever want our game to be confused with Minecraft for which we have a lot of respect . We let agame publish our old web player version in their site and they by themselves decided to call it that (I guess trying to get clicks). When we noticed this, we immediately contacted them and asked them to either drop the "Minecraft" or remove our game from their web site. No one is more frustrated than me that it is still live, and I am actively working on getting this removed.
This is making us look bad, and we had nothing to do with it.
As long as they don't become as famous and you don't bother wasting time playing them I don't really see the problem. After all Minecraft dominates the phone, PC and console market.
Last time I checked, Mojang didn't copyright the survival/building genre.
But all these games are blocky, just like Minecraft. I'm not saying Mojang has blocks or the sandbox copyrighted, but they are all ripping off Minecraft.
But all these games are blocky, just like Minecraft. I'm not saying Mojang has blocks or the sandbox copyrighted, but they are all ripping off Minecraft.
According to Notch's blog, the idea for Minecraft was born when he was playing Infiniminer, which is a blocky game.
By the way, I am happy to report that the "Minecraft Block Story" issue is solved. After our multiple complaints, agame renamed it.
Saying Mojang should sue them is like saying that Dice should sue Activision for creating CoD, because that's a shooter too - just like Battlefield.
If you're so concerned about games "ripping off" Minecraft, then guess what - Minecraft is a rip off itself.
It was pretty much a direct clone of infiniminer.
Alright. I see your point.
It's just so infuriating that people are riding off of Minecraft's success and Mojang can do nothing about it.
I think the main reason people aren't as mad at Infiniminer is because, 1, it closed, 2. it isn't the same as Minecraft, different gameplay and different names, and these app store apps? "Mine Blocks" "TotalMiners" "BlockCraft" (Don't think they are real, but they are examples). They basically have the same features as minecraft, Heck. Survivalcraft basically has the Skyblock symbol on it.
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But yeah, it annoys me as well, mostly because all of those knockoffs suck. Mostly Eden, though.
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There's even a game called "Minecraft Block Story", and the name "Minecraft" is trademarked. That aside, making a similar game isn't by itself a cause for legal action; I wouldn't be surprised if a game with mechanics similar to Minecraft (e.g. placing/breaking blocks) existed before it did since in the end there are only a few types of games out there, just with many variations. Not that Mojang really cares.
TheMasterCaver's First World - possibly the most caved-out world in Minecraft history - includes world download.
TheMasterCaver's World - my own version of Minecraft largely based on my views of how the game should have evolved since 1.6.4.
Why do I still play in 1.6.4?
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However, the Minecraft community has its own little problems where it complains about games that aren't really that similar, like Terraria. Terraria, of all things.
I did consider that, but it's not like EA directly rips off Activision's assets.
These games do.
Hi TheMasterCaver. I am one of the 2 developers of block story. I would like to clarify this.
We DO NOT call it "Minecraft Block Story" nor do we ever want our game to be confused with Minecraft for which we have a lot of respect . We let agame publish our old web player version in their site and they by themselves decided to call it that (I guess trying to get clicks). When we noticed this, we immediately contacted them and asked them to either drop the "Minecraft" or remove our game from their web site. No one is more frustrated than me that it is still live, and I am actively working on getting this removed.
This is making us look bad, and we had nothing to do with it.
But all these games are blocky, just like Minecraft. I'm not saying Mojang has blocks or the sandbox copyrighted, but they are all ripping off Minecraft.
According to Notch's blog, the idea for Minecraft was born when he was playing Infiniminer, which is a blocky game.
By the way, I am happy to report that the "Minecraft Block Story" issue is solved. After our multiple complaints, agame renamed it.
Alright. I see your point.
It's just so infuriating that people are riding off of Minecraft's success and Mojang can do nothing about it.
Mini Nova.
Are you an employee of Mojang?
Does this affect you in any way possible?
It is Mojang's problem, if I could even call it a problem.
Because they can't.
There's no way to copyright a game's design.
... unless you're Uniloc, who loves to make abusive patents.