Roblox is also quite similar to minecraft, let it be.. It still wont be as successful..
I hope. if someone comes along with more money, people, time and motivation, they can ursurp minecraft's popularity before it really takes off. Not that its likely to happen, but competition is always good for the consumer, if can motivate people to accomplish more in a smaller amount of time than normal.
Minecraft is an unfinished game.
Copyrighting it would be like copyrighting an unfinished painting.
Moreover minecraft's basic idea is taken from infiniminer itself
And I also think you cannot copyright gameplay.If that was the case then ID software could have sue'd everyone for copying the FPS idea from their game
And I also think you cannot copyright gameplay.If that was the case then ID software could have sue'd everyone for copying the FPS idea from their game
ManicDigger seems to be copying a lot more than just gameplay.
Minecraft isn't really an original concept. Go look at Infiniminer, guys. Notch even referred to Minecraft very early on as an Infiniminer clone... He essentially took Infiniminer and Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft was the result.
Notch couldn't sue over this, unless they actually stole something tangible from him like art assets or models. And no, cubes don't count as models.
To be frank, I don't see what's so bad about any of this. If Notch keeps Minecraft a superior product, then he has nothing to worry about.
It would be nice to seen a nice render pluging. Not as a replacement, as I am sure others would miss the old engine. But having deph of field, and specular lighting and such would be nice.
Wasn't the idea for minecraft "stolen" from infiniminer in the first place?
It's what people do: Take something and try to make it better.
Or take something and make it basically the same in blue to make some green.
Or just take something and make something similar on their own because they like it.
Now, flaming about somebody making something the likes of something you like because it's basically the same in it's forum is dumba good idea and should totally been done. Especially after announcing when and where so I can come and watch... yeah.
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Minecraft isn't really an original concept. Go look at Infiniminer, guys. Notch even referred to Minecraft very early on as an Infiniminer clone... He essentially took Infiniminer and Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft was the result.
Notch couldn't sue over this, unless they actually stole something tangible from him like art assets or models. And no, cubes don't count as models.
To be frank, I don't see what's so bad about any of this. If Notch keeps Minecraft a superior product, then he has nothing to worry about.
People, don't be so ignorant.
Infiminer and Roblox preceded Minecraft which preceded all these other games you guys are wailing "clone" at.
The creators of these minecraft clones must really like these forums for posting topics that ultimately do nothing but advertise them. Seriously, I bet like 90% of the people here had never heard of Cubeland or Maniac Digger until people started posting topics going WAAAAAA MINECRAFT CLONE.
Innovators are the ones who come up with the ideas first, or they find an idea they like a lot. They know what it should be and what it shouldn't be. They break conventions. The most successful people are innovators
Imitators are those just looking to copy and make money off an idea someone else already had, they might get some money in return.
Idiots, people who don't know what's going on , they will try to imitate something they don't understand. They will most likely fail. There's a small chance they might get lucky
Gotta say.. I'm liking the high res textures in Cubeland though... Not loving the crazy depth of field blur they have... but the ambient occlusion is nice... As far as rendering goes, it's got Minecraft beat.
You'll just see more and more of these games because Minecraft is very rudimentary as far as polish goes... It's just a rough diamond that is waiting to be polished into a nice shine.
I don't think Notch has anything to worry about at the moment... but 6 months from now it might be a different story if Minecraft hasn't gotten a lot more polished itself. Also, Notch is going to need to come up with some new stuff eventually to stay ahead of the competition. If someone makes a game like Minecraft, only more polished with crisper graphics, with better customer support and more updates, I have a feeling a lot of people will migrate over to that. If your game sits still long enough, someone is going to come along and make a better version of it. That's just the nature of this business.
I think all of us know why we're here in the first place.
We liked Minecraft over the other clones, and even if it is a clone..it really isn't that exact in content.
I actually think Minecraft and Notch will go a long way..because he's producing a great game in all the right ways.
I've already heard of this game countless times already from TGS (TheGamingStation via Youtube) and they were pretty influential into getting me buy this game with barely any content.
There shouldn't be any stress over other clones..and if they are copying the content of Minecraft..than they will always end up coming behind Minecraft in the content since they aren't coming up with their own original ideas.
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Someone has stolen the idea!!!
can you guys believe this??
I'm sorry to admins for flaming something but i believe this is worth it!
This makes me sick, notch has worked to hard to get his idea stolen.
notch should sue.
I hope. if someone comes along with more money, people, time and motivation, they can ursurp minecraft's popularity before it really takes off. Not that its likely to happen, but competition is always good for the consumer, if can motivate people to accomplish more in a smaller amount of time than normal.
It looks pretty sterile and bland, imo.
MINECRAFT FACTS: BIG LIST OF WHAT NOTCH HAS ACTUALLY SAID ABOUT THE PLANNED FEATURES OF MINECRAFT
Minecraft is an unfinished game.
Copyrighting it would be like copyrighting an unfinished painting.
Moreover minecraft's basic idea is taken from infiniminer itself
And I also think you cannot copyright gameplay.If that was the case then ID software could have sue'd everyone for copying the FPS idea from their game
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Climbing your @$$ off in minecraft
ManicDigger seems to be copying a lot more than just gameplay.
Notch couldn't sue over this, unless they actually stole something tangible from him like art assets or models. And no, cubes don't count as models.
To be frank, I don't see what's so bad about any of this. If Notch keeps Minecraft a superior product, then he has nothing to worry about.
wow total rip off.
It's what people do: Take something and try to make it better.
Or take something and make it basically the same in blue to make some green.
Or just take something and make something similar on their own because they like it.
Now, flaming about somebody making something the likes of something you like because it's basically the same in it's forum is
dumba good idea and should totally been done. Especially after announcing when and where so I can come and watch... yeah.That's just sad..
No... it's not just sad. It's absolutely depressing.
Besides the textures are literally just about identical. This isn't good. Just because Minecraft is awesome and sells well... and awesome.
People, don't be so ignorant.
Infiminer and Roblox preceded Minecraft which preceded all these other games you guys are wailing "clone" at.
You can't copyright game concepts, and if you could, about 90% of todays games wouldn't exist.
Innovators
Imitators
Idiots
Innovators are the ones who come up with the ideas first, or they find an idea they like a lot. They know what it should be and what it shouldn't be. They break conventions. The most successful people are innovators
Imitators are those just looking to copy and make money off an idea someone else already had, they might get some money in return.
Idiots, people who don't know what's going on , they will try to imitate something they don't understand. They will most likely fail. There's a small chance they might get lucky
You'll just see more and more of these games because Minecraft is very rudimentary as far as polish goes... It's just a rough diamond that is waiting to be polished into a nice shine.
I don't think Notch has anything to worry about at the moment... but 6 months from now it might be a different story if Minecraft hasn't gotten a lot more polished itself. Also, Notch is going to need to come up with some new stuff eventually to stay ahead of the competition. If someone makes a game like Minecraft, only more polished with crisper graphics, with better customer support and more updates, I have a feeling a lot of people will migrate over to that. If your game sits still long enough, someone is going to come along and make a better version of it. That's just the nature of this business.
We liked Minecraft over the other clones, and even if it is a clone..it really isn't that exact in content.
I actually think Minecraft and Notch will go a long way..because he's producing a great game in all the right ways.
I've already heard of this game countless times already from TGS (TheGamingStation via Youtube) and they were pretty influential into getting me buy this game with barely any content.
There shouldn't be any stress over other clones..and if they are copying the content of Minecraft..than they will always end up coming behind Minecraft in the content since they aren't coming up with their own original ideas.