Nexis Games Launches Kickstarter For Minecraft Clone, UCraft Today

...no, I don't think so. There are too many red flags here it feels like to me.

No thanks. The developer does not seem trustworthy and their previous projects weren't very good. I wouldn't mind to have a decent minecraft clone, but this looks like a crappy one.

I need to see how much they're asking for, but if it's more than $5000 I can't see them possibly making their target. They certainly haven't made a good name for themselves, and I don't understand why anyone would Kickstart a Minecraft clone, unless maybe it looks unique enough or someone literally only has a Wii U to play games on and they want to play Minecraft really bad.

Not trustworthy, Don't ask me or mine fo' nuthun UCraft! Really dou how much money are they targeting?

MS hasn't sued them yet? Then it can't be very good.

And I don't understand (well you all know how crazy I am) why he spends a full sentence talking about how he is a 1 man studio and he alone is responsible for every aspect of the game but then uses the pronouns "we" or "our" about 7 times instead of "I" or "my". A couple of those "we" are general, like "We the people" but several just seem misleading.

Oh, I get it now, read his Nexis page, this whole thing is a joke about a bet. That explains a lot.

"...DIG a little deeper"

Oh god, the puns!

Also, my digging needs have been more than filled by Steamworld... Dig.

The 'Holiday 2014' window has already been updated about a week ago. Their new projection is Q2 2015.

Wait, what?

UCraft deserves nothing but the best in Art, Music, Design and engineering...

I can see the point behind music and engineering, but ART and DESIGN??? It's blocks, that's it! There's no specific design, since people will do all things themselves, anyway. And what art? Do they mean texture packs? Cause that's more than easy to make.
This keeps getting more and more suspicious, and while I don't like Minecraft to begin with, this seems especially shady by now...

"We don't want your money, we want your hearts."

I seem to remember hearing that somewhere...

I don't understand why this game keeps getting stories here, are you friends? This is just 1 of a whole line of indie Minecraft clones of the sort that clogged up the Xbox Indie marketplace.

so much for a 2014 release... looks like i will just download minecraft for my mac...

OR instead of funding this unfinished clone, you could just buy Minecraft on one of the platforms that it is available on...cough PC cough.

NOPE.

@Jenraux

Haha exactly!

Not really interested in this at all.

This game, i'll be dead soon good,cross your finger's yes?

@Jenraux
They'll rip it open or surgically?

@9th_Sage
Yep too many red flags.

"We don't want your money." ....THEY LIED! THEY LIED! HOW COULD YOU LIE TO US?!

I don't see this gaining any traction in the kickstarter. ...Ya liars.

@Jenraux Looks like hearts are the new currency.
_{This is beyond shady.}

I'm interested. I'll watch the project's progress.

Lol I don't think so. Looks terrible.

Lol, yeah good luck with that.

I'll take the new Harvest Moon game as my Minecraft-On-Nintendo alternative.

"We don't want your money,we want want your heart.Never forget,we did it for U"

I'm sure this guys hearts in the right place but his brain certainly isn't.The fact that he's had to turn to Kickstarter could be a good thing though,as it may never see the light of day now.

Funny thing about the time — the US is still on Daylight Savings time for the next few days (until the weekend). And there is no state in the Central Time Zone of the US that does not observe DST. (Most of Indiana did not observe DST until 2006).

@Jenraux It was in their trailer. Seriously though, unless there's some improvement, this game is going to be GARBAGE. Needs a complete visual overhaul, and that's just the start of what they need to do...

First they want you heart, then they want your money, soon they'll take your kidneys. Sounds like some South American organ trafficking.

I really dislike it when companies announce a game for a system then take that game to kickstarter. If the game isn't for sure coming to the system hold off on announcing it.

Looks like this game will be doomed as people would prefer the real deal.

Project S.T.E.A.M. December 5th Release U.S!

I wonder if Microsoft will take legal action if they create this Kickstarter? I mean, this is a blatant ripoff.

So "buy Brickblast U to make Dance of the Damned" and now "go to Kickstarter to get Ucraft"? I will pass.

Yeaaaahhhhh..... Now it's time for say that I am avoiding this one.. If it does well, good, but MS will probably wipe it out if they catch wind of its... Striking similarities..

Huh, looks really bad.

And Minecraft clones aren't illegal, Microsoft can't sue.

In development guys stop criticizing the art direction so far

What does this guy think he's doing, working on three games at the same time as a one man studio? Sounds like a very scatterbrain approach to game development.

@Toincoss So true, minecraft clones are cash grabbers

If they want this to sell, they should change the name. It makes it look like a blatant cash grab

If they want this to sell, they should change the name. It makes it look like a blatant cash grab

You can't kickstart a clone. It's unethical. OK, maybe not, but the whole point of being a clone is to gain exposure by association. If that association is not enough to buoy your product than the marketplace will not support it. Crowd funding a derivative mars the entire process.

Why is everyone being so hard on this one man team? The impression I get of the kickstarter is to release the game in a more timely manner. Many have been begging for a Minecraft of sorts on Wii U. There's nothing shady about this. Yes there are countless Minecraft clones out there, but none on Wii U.

And to think no one complained to Vblank for making an 8-bit GTA clone nor to whoever made that Trials rip-off on 3DS.

I think that this game is going to be quite bad... just look at those textures they're so plain and boring. COME ON MINECRAFT WHY CAN'T YOU JUST MAKE MINECRAFT FOR THE WII U SERIOUSLY!!!