FortressCraft sells $1.5 million worth on Xbox Live, but Microsoft hasn't paid the developer a singl
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[QUOTE=Killer900;32358354][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_roZk-EjOQ[/media]
Looks like shit imo[/QUOTE]
So does Minecraft.
[QUOTE=redBadger;32361017]So does Minecraft.[/QUOTE]
Not in my opinion.
[QUOTE=Hellborg 65;32358747]It makes me laugh how almost every fortress craft related news thread is filled with Minecraft fanboys complaining that this game is the scourge of humanity because it copied their beloved game. May I just say, welcome to modern business.[/QUOTE]
Well if Apple made Minecraft, the guy making fortress craft would be sued into naked homelessness
[QUOTE=scotland1;32359453]In what way is it karma?[/QUOTE]
He stole a game, people steal his money.
:v:
Also there's another copycat of this on the XBLA, don't remember the exact name but it had Forge in it.
Still shit though, tried both of them.
I'm outraged because this happens all the time with indie devs, especially when they make a good game.
It's a bad minecraft clone, sure. But it's wrong to withhold the dev's money from them.
I mean, I know Notch basically created a brand new genre there, but seriously there's making a game based on a new genre and copying line of code for line of code.
[editline]18th September 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Big Orca;32361348]I'm outraged because this happens all the time with indie devs, especially when they make a good game.
It's a bad minecraft clone, sure. But it's wrong to withhold the dev's money from them.[/QUOTE]
If anything it's the damn pigeons who buy this thing for the xbox who are to blame because they couldn't either inform themselves on what this thing is or wait a bit for the official xbox port to come by.
I read it as "Fortresscraft sells $1"
How did FortressCraft, of all games, sell $1.5m worth of copies?
seriously, those 500,000 odd people wasted their money
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;32359619]No the best selling indie game (minecraft) is a blatant copy of Infiniminer.
[sp]Not defending fc but I would like it if infiminer got more recognition for starting the mining craze[/sp][/QUOTE]
But it isn't a blatant copy of Infiniminer
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;32361350]If anything it's the damn pigeons who buy this thing for the xbox who are to blame because they couldn't either inform themselves on what this thing is or wait a bit for the official xbox port to come by.[/QUOTE] Maybe they don't have a computer or its so bad it can't play minecraft (if its possible) but I think its probably that they like minecraft but since its not for xbox they will just pay 3$ so they can play it with there friends who only have an xbox.
[QUOTE=Billiam;32361450]But it isn't a blatant copy of Infiniminer[/QUOTE] I would say the original minecraft has as many similarities to infiminer as fortress craft currently does to minecraft.
He has a contract, he should have known beforehand?
[QUOTE=Janizaurd;32358577]Seiously? The best selling indie game is a blatant copy of Infinimner?[/QUOTE]
fixed that for you
also, Notch stole code from infiniminer bc he's fat and lazy, trufax
[QUOTE=redBadger;32361017]So does Minecraft.[/QUOTE]
haha no it doesn't
Bad or good as FortressCraft is, this is wrong for Microsoft to do this.
[QUOTE=Ihazard;32358357]urgh microsoft. Unsubscribing from my XBL was a complete nightmare, you wouldn't have thought a company that big would be so.. underhand about that sort of thing :/ they really have an issue with letting go of money[/QUOTE]
Cancel your direct debits, let them sort your account when they stop getting your money.
first off, minecraft has evolved from a simple infiniminer clone if no one has seen it
so technically fortresscraft has gone back to being a shitty infiniminer AND minecraft clone itself, while being not even half the game the other two were
[QUOTE=Janizaurd;32358577]Seiously? The best selling indie game is a blatant copy of Minecraft?[/QUOTE]
Yeah man especially when there are games like
[img]http://www.armlessoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bm1.jpg[/img]
I dislike Fortresscraft, but I have to admit, the block scaling feature that lets you create your own furniture is pretty cool.
Half the people in this thread have never play infiniminer.
It's nothing like minecraft, at all.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;32361759]I would say the original minecraft has as many similarities to infiminer as fortress craft currently does to minecraft.[/QUOTE]
Minecraft removed the competitiveness, introduced survival, added resource acquisition, and focused itself on construction.
Fortresscraft just offers a lot of aesthetics changes.
[QUOTE=IMoo;32362873]Yeah man especially when there are games like
[img]http://www.armlessoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bm1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
well that's a strange concept
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;32361759]Maybe they don't have a computer or its so bad it can't play minecraft (if its possible) but I think its probably that they like minecraft but since its not for xbox they will just pay 3$ so they can play it with there friends who only have an xbox.[/QUOTE]
It's very possible to have a computer that can't run Minecraft. It's a lot heavier than people think.
[QUOTE=IMoo;32362873]Yeah man especially when there are games like
[img]http://www.armlessoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bm1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
This game was so much fun!
[QUOTE=Billiam;32362975]Minecraft removed the competitiveness, introduced survival, added resource acquisition, and focused itself on construction.
Fortresscraft just offers a lot of aesthetics changes.[/QUOTE] I said original minecraft. The reason it was able to change is by how popular it got. I mean even if fortress craft managed to get a huge update changing many things it would still have been a copy of minecraft. In the end they are both copiers.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;32363106]I said original minecraft. The reason it was able to change is by how popular it got. I mean even if fortress craft managed to get a huge update changing many things it would still have been a copy of minecraft. In the end they are both copiers.[/QUOTE]
Notch was doing a shitload more development for Minecraft before he got loaded. Now he spends all his time and money on taking vacations and having nerf battles with his employees who do his work for him.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;32363106]I said original minecraft. The reason it was able to change is by how popular it got. I mean even if fortress craft managed to get a huge update changing many things it would still have been a copy of minecraft. In the end they are both copiers.[/QUOTE]
The big difference is even with the original Minecraft, Infiminer was dead and all support from the developers was dropped.
He's actually only made Microsoft $500 000
[QUOTE=PhantomGamers;32363429]The big difference is even with the original Minecraft, Infiminer was dead and all support from the developers was dropped.[/QUOTE] Well that really isn't a game difference. I wonder how the creature of infiminer feels knowing that he was the one who started the whole thing. I wonder if hes proud or angry that he wasn't the one that got the money.
It's crazy how at first the guy made the game to prove that it can be made on the Xbox.
I certainly wouldnt turn down a million dollars to make a clone of Minecraft.
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