It's no secret that a number of developers have been producing variations on the theme of Minecraft for the eShop stores, filling a gap in the market. They've enjoyed some success doing this, and Cypronia has been in touch to state that its entry - Cube Life: Island Survival - is doing rather well since its launch in Europe; it'll be celebrating that with a promotion, too.
Cypronia has confirmed that one of its future Wii U releases will be free to all that already own Cube Life: Island Survival, in all territories. The game will be confirmed in the future.
Cube Life, meanwhile, has moved up to second place in the 'recent bestsellers' list in the eShop, charts at the time of writing, in at least Germany and the UK (those are the territories we could check). In each case it's only behind Yoshi's Woolly World and ahead of a host of major Nintendo releases.
It's understandable that the studio is happy with first week sales in the territory that have seen it rise to these positions. A total of seven games (retail, VC, DL-only) came to the Wii U eShop in Europe last week, and after Cube Life the next to appear is Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards in 11th place, and then Art Academy: Atelier in 12th.
We quite liked Cube Life: Island Survival in our review, highlighting a few flaws but nevertheless giving it a recommendation. Do you rate it?
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I knew this game was going to be good. I plan to pick it up soon but I've been playing Cube Creator on my 3dS and didn't want to play 2 Minecraft games at 1 time. I have never played a Minecraft game in my life and found that I really enjoy Cube Creator. I'm definitely getting Cube Life! And with this great promotion I might get it sooner now
I've heard good things about this game. I've even seen people say this is better then minecraft because of the gameplay. There's really no excuse why I haven't picked it up yet except for I have too many unplayed games as it is. I'm also happy the dev is doing well with sales!
Good news. I'm not big on Minecraft, so I didn't really feel the need to get this, but I'm happy it's finding an audience.
I'm getting a free game? Awesome
I'm getting a free game.....for a game that was given to me free....Cypronia is the best! Of course I was bribed with free games to say that but Cube Life has been a fun family game.
Seriously, to everyone who played this game AND Minecraft:
Is it really worth it for someone owning Minecraft on pretty much every device its available on ?
But i have to admit, i was wrong. The dev delivered, is very enthusiastic about the game and it seems to go rather well.
Kudos to Cryponia, shame on me
Anxiously awaiting the online multiplayer for it, and needs some bugs to be fixed, game keeps crashing, and it's the only Wii U game that's doing that for me, now. A third mode, aside from Survival and Creative, would be needed too, imo. Something not as hectic as Survival but definitely more adventurous than Creative.
There are a few annoying flaws in Cube Life. However, I am confident these will be addressed in the first patch and I have had an absolute blast with this title. It really shows how perfectly suited the Wii U would have been for Minecraft.
However, I really enjoy the differences between this title and Minecraft. There is a bit more story to this one, and the island hopping theme really works well.
My complaints (i know they have been listed elsewhere):
Cannibals are far too powerful. If you are not camping out on the Native's island they you have to hide in a skyloft-type structure until morning.
You cannot open your own chests in your own house on Native's island without angering them.
Weapons, raft, lantern break very quickly. (my solution so far is to build primarily with sand. you can break it down quickly with only your bare hands.)
and yeah, the fact that they are going to reward me for supporting this title only makes me want to further support them.
@Einherjar Being fair, this is the one that looked the best out of them and I think it delivers just enough (from reviews, I haven't played) to make it work. But , on Wii U there is no Minecraft and that's all it needs to start. I get the feeling that the free game people are going to get is going to be a more ambitious clone rather than build on this one with free updates.
That's good. These things build up and hopefully it will separate away from the basic Minecraft formula more. Survival Craft for mobile started this way and is now a really impressive alternative to Minecraft focused on more realism in the survival department (you need to stay dry and keep from getting too hot or cold, clothing matters, etc.)
Anyway, I thought this showed promise, but I'm impressed and a bit surprised how it turned out as early trailers gave me some reservations.
It's great! I have never played MC but watched some Cube Life videos on youtube to get the hang of it. When crafting you should just point to drop one item on the crafting table instead of drag and drop (moves several items at once).
I'll pass..Im waiting for Ucraft..That game is going blow this one away
I really like the game. It's more fast paced/hectic than Minecraft. It has some flaws (as mentioned the cannibals can break through walls and their arrows can hit you through several blocks-I now spend my nights in the tree top besides my tower which didn't protect me as hoped) but I think these can be easily adressed with an update. My biggest wish would be an option to invert the y-axis of the right stick.
I'm a little annoyed at the fact that it hasn't been released in oz ! I was so looking forward to playing it !!! Could someone please explain ?? Cypronia maybe ????
I knew the first dev with a decent Minecraft clone would hit a gold mine on Wii U. It's Cypronia's best Wii U game yet (Color Zen was pretty good as well).
I hope for Gyro controls and some smaller bug fixes in the update.
It's very generous to make their next game free for Cube Life buyers, as it was a bargain to begin with.
@Gerbwmu Thank you! We like to bribe the players with free games hahahh. OK, the truth is that we have given away almost 2000 free game codes for 3DS in Wii U this year, because we really want to support Nintendo Community... enjoy the games!
@Einherjar
@Cypronia Sorry UCraft will be better..The controls on your game is what killed it for me..Sorry
@andrea987 You are right! Thanks to you, players, we discovered a crash and a fix will be implemented in the first Update + local multiplayer + more items + pet + 3rd person view and more
Regarding the third game mode. Last week we created a testing mode "Infinity Mode", where you have infinity generated world with no enemies, just crafting and mining, etc. but it feels boring after an hour... then we added a shopping cart but it doesn't help much...
Maybe you could share more details about your idea and help us to make it more attractive?
I hope it is not against Community Rules, if we put the link to forum:
http://cubelife.lefora.com
You guys provide many good ideas here, at Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Miiverse and we need to collect everything and put it all in one place and discuss more. THANKS!
@MoeTheDestroyer We agree with you list of complaints. All of them will be polished in upcoming Update v1.1
@MoeTheDestroyer We are VERY happy with sales results in US and Europe, and a free game is a way how to THANK YOU!
You support us, and we support you...
@polarbear it is possible to split one item from a group of items by simple touching on an empty tile
We noticed that many players do not know it and we feel it should be explained as a game hint...
@Wolfman_Jack Yes, these can be easily addressed, and it is fixed already. Invert Y-axis is our fault... We did not realized many players prefer inverted Y, sooo soooorry!
@tryxx-77 Australia a New Zealand release is coming soon. Age rating for your region is a quite difficult and expensive, this is why it is delayed. Thanks for your patience!
@WiiUPS4Gamer It seems you bought the game and you are not happy with game controls.
We are here to listen to your feedback. If you could provide more details on your problem, we think we would sort it out. You can do it here or use the official forum. Thank you for your support!
@Cypronia i know you heard my complaints, but i also want to be clear that i love this game. Im on day 50, and ive only scratched the surface of the game (only visited 3 islands, no metal tools, no bow, etc.) This is a plus for me, not a negative; ive enjoyed the deliberate, careful nature of my experience so far. And it feels like i have a whole world to explore.
As the title suggests survival is the name of the game. I love the tension i feel as night approaches, trying to make it back to safety, and balancing my stats and supplies.. By the time the update arrives i should have a tree fort base on several islands. Congrats on creating an excellent game, that borrows from Minecraft, but is forging it's own path!
@MoeTheDestroyer Thanks! It seems you play the game the way we designed it. You understood the core of the game and we are glad to hear it. Cube Life is not just a clone of MC like many users think, we go our own way...
On the others side, some players have different taste, so the third Mode with low difficulty would be a good idea for beginners. But Survival Mode will stays the only mode to challenge players, with Internet Rankings
@Cypronia thanks heaps for explaining the reason for the delay, if only other devs cared for their customers as much as u guys !!!!
Btw, I did cheat a little, I downloaded it on my UK account and I love what you've done so far !!!!! Oz misses out on a lot because of the reasons u stated, but I can't wait to see it hit the oz e shop asap !!! Once again cheers for ur reply and keep up the good work 😃
If I may ask for something ? Can we please be able to craft doors ???
Pretty please Cypronia !!!! 👍
@tryxx-77 We wanted to be a different block building game than Minecraft. So we haven't implement items like doors, swords... This happens very often that people ask for items and features they know from Minecraft. It is a dilemma, people want us to become more and more like minecraft
But we do not care about those who call us "just a Minecraft clone". We do care more of players who are very kind and ask for something.. so... the answer is Yes, we will include doors!
@Cypronia Wow, your positive attitude towards any comment and suggestion is so great, it makes me wish I was there working with you! As a matter of fact, I do have few ideas, but sorry, I don't do social (facebook, twitter, etc.), so I will share these ideas on here and Miiverse.
Being Adventure Mode, it should also have a backstory, and an end (but letting you play AFTER the end too). That's why I would change the way the cannibals look (just dress them differently, couple of variants, some white too), as they won't be 'cannibals', but thieves, part of a big criminal organization based in one of the islands (that can be randomly placed on the map when the game start, so for every player will be different). The player has to find it, destroy their base and eliminates the boss of the organization.
Woah, I wrote way too much! I leave you to digest all that, lol. And again, thanks for replying and keep up the good work!
@Cypronia absolutely legendary stuff guys, thanks heaps ! And can I just say that I think ur game will be better than minecraft imo !!!!
I won't have any problems with supporting you now and into the future !!!!!
@andrea987 well said !!!
All awesome ideas !!!!
@Cypronia ok thats IT! buying the game as soon as I HAVE THE FUNDS.
The dev(s) are clearly amazing, for responding to us taking all our feedback ect, and they deserve my $$$
@andrea987 Game crashes on me a lot as well... has been pushing me away from playing the game and I was having so much fun too... I have about 7 islands visited but now I am occasionally playing and trying to avoid leaving my island because that is when the game crashes
@WiiUPS4Gamer ha lol ucraft is terrible compared to this
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