Probably because its hard to monetize a minecraft clone, I mean minecraft doesnt have obvious in app purchases its just a good game, all these other ios/facebook social games do.
Pretty much the same comment as: "But Minecraft was a clone of infiminer" whenever a pure carbon copy minecraft clone pops up and someone comments on it. Sim tower, and corporation inc. and tiny tower are similar games, but quite different, dream heights is a pure copy with elements shifted around but gameplay nearly…
Well, That sucks. "Oh, that looks like a game that could make us money. Sell it to us or we'll just make a clone". As a person just starting in the indie scene I'd hate to think my ideas might get copied by a larger company only doing it so they can take away some of my business. Admittedly our game is a sort of copy of…
This is Zyngas business model and has been from the start. The vast majority of their games are clones of other games, with Zyngas specifically calculated (by psychologists, no less) monetary model attached. Zynga wouldn't have had a minecraft clone because the development costs would have been too high. Most of their…
Hey, anyone knows full story behind this? http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/24/tiny-tower-developers-call-out-zynga-for-their-look-alike-game/ according to this article Zynga made attempt to buy Nimblebit and they refused. Would like to hear Zynga's version of events, if there is such If stuff above is true, the whole…