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| Developer(s) | Marcin Igor Kalicinski |
| Publisher(s) | Candy Rufus Games |
| Engine | Unity |
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| Genre(s) | Sandbox, survival |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Survivalcraft is a sandbox video game developed by Kaalus. The game was created by developer Igor Kalicinski in the Java programming language. Following several early test versions, it was released in 16 November 2011 for the Windows Phone. It is available for the Windows Phone, Android, iOS, and the Windows Store.
In Survivalcraft the player is marooned on an island and needs to gather food by farming or hunting animals, as well as craft items and tools to keep himself alive. To survive, the player needs to make clothes to keep warm, make armor and weapons for protection, and craft tools to improve the effectiveness of working.
The game displays all the weather conditions, as well as birds and animals.
Survivalcraft is similar to and is perceived to be a clone of Minecraft: Pocket Edition, where players build the world using cubes in a 3D-generated environment, although a number of reviews state that the added survival theme gave a more realistic feel.
Survivalcraft brings to the mobile device features found in the PC version of the most common blocky world game: infinite worlds, caves, logic elements (electricity), weather, boats, ridable animals, explosions, clothing, armor, and many more. It accomplishes this while retaining its own authentic, survival-themed style.
Development
Background
Kalicinski stated that he made the game after playing and remixing the source code of the game Minecraft. He bought a copy of the game in July 2011 after hearing rumors about the game for a long period of time. After playing the game and modifying the game's source code, he wrote his own test code a few days later. Kalicinski stated that his code was initially intended as a "toy project"; he never thought of publishing or selling it due to the sheer amount of Minecraft duplicates that already circulated at that time.
First release
Kalicinski chose Windows Phone as its starting platform due to the absence of Minecraft and its clones in the platform. He had difficulties in overcoming limitations for apps in the Windows Phone, such as the lack of support for shaders and the prohibition of native code. These problems made him almost abandoned Survivalcraft, but he tried to ran the game in the phone and reached a rate of 4.5 frames per second at its first try. He tried to improve the game's code and managed to make the game playable. The game was submitted to the Windows Phone's app store in mid-November 2011 and officially released it on 16 November 2011. At the time of its release, the game has a price of $1.99.
Updates
The first update of the game was r
Reception
Reception| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| Gamezebo |    |
| TouchArcade | |
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- ^ Paweł, Przez (26 November 2011). "Wywiad rzeka z twórcą gry Survivalcraft" [A conversation with the developer of Survivalcraft]. WP Games Polski (in Polish and English). Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Acevedo, Paul (13 November 2011). "Minecraft clone Survivalcraft coming to Windows Phone, looks good and blocky". Windows Central. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Rubino, Daniel (17 November 2011). "Minecraft-clone Survivalcraft now available in the Marketplace". Windows Central. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- "Survivalcraft iOS". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- Nelson, Jared (29 January 2014). "'Survivalcraft' Review – A Better Mobile 'Minecraft' than the Actual Mobile 'Minecraft'". Touch Arcade. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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