Minecraft Clones

After the release of Minecraft, some video games were released with various similarities with Minecraft, and some were called "clones" of the game. Examples include Ace of Spades, CastleMiner, CraftWorld, FortressCraft, Terraria, and Total Miner.[240]  David Frampton, designer of The Blockheads, reported that one failure of his 2D game was the "low resolution pixel art" that too closely resembled the art in Minecraft which resulted in "some resistance" from fans.[241]  A homebrew adaptation of the alpha version of Minecraft for the Nintendo DS, titled DScraft, has been released; it has been noted for its similarity to the original game considering the technical limitations of the system.[242]

In response to Microsoft's acquisition of Mojang and their Minecraft IP, various developers announced even further clone titles that were being developed specifically for Nintendo's consoles, as they were the only major platforms to not officially receive Minecraft at the time.[243]  These clone titles include UCraft (Nexis Games),[244]  Cube Life: Island Survival(Cypronia),[245]  Discovery (noowanda),[246]  Battleminer (Wobbly Tooth Games),[247]  Cube Creator 3D (Big John Games),[248]  and Stone Shire (Finger Gun Games).[249]  Despite this the fears were unfounded with official Minecraft releases on Nintendo consoles eventually resuming.[250] [218] [11]