Comments on: The 2 worst phrases I said after witnessing the Minecraft and Terraria success http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mr. Beast http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-146051 Mr. Beast Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:35:58 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-146051 The success of Minecraft was mostly because of this blog post: http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4130 It multiplied Minecrafts sales to about 100 times. So one can easily say Minecraft was more luck than "rewarded". Terraria got a hype from the beginning as "2D minecraft rip-off" (negative news spread faster than positive ;) ) but could easily convice the people to play it (mostly because it is so extremly addictive, I guess) and so rapidly spread about the globe resulting in extremly high sales. So, without Minecraft, Terraria wouldn't have been sucessful, and Minecraft wouln't have been sucessful without that lucky blogpost. The success of Minecraft was mostly because of this blog post:
http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4130
It multiplied Minecrafts sales to about 100 times. So one can easily say Minecraft was more luck than “rewarded”.

Terraria got a hype from the beginning as “2D minecraft rip-off” (negative news spread faster than positive ;) ) but could easily convice the people to play it (mostly because it is so extremly addictive, I guess) and so rapidly spread about the globe resulting in extremly high sales.

So, without Minecraft, Terraria wouldn’t have been sucessful, and Minecraft wouln’t have been sucessful without that lucky blogpost.

]]> By: dsp4 http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145733 dsp4 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:50:58 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145733 It's very easy to say you can come up with something once its already in your face. A successful product is like a solved puzzle. When someone tells you the solution, it always seems obvious, but finding the solution yourself is much harder. It’s very easy to say you can come up with something once its already in your face. A successful product is like a solved puzzle. When someone tells you the solution, it always seems obvious, but finding the solution yourself is much harder.

]]> By: Blodyavenger http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145662 Blodyavenger Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:31:04 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145662 At first I thought like many did: "What...so simple idea, "easy" game to make yet it's sucesfull" but then again I'm aware that it's an idea that counts. Yes, many developers could do the game with idea given but it's hard to come up with an idea. That's all it is to it I guess :) Why it tastes that good (my opinion): - multiplayer - freedom of forging the world (who doesn't like to to create whatever they want?) - there is additional element: mining. It just feels great when you see something built out of your labour (gathering). If someone can make a multiplayer game where you start on a lonely island starting with nothing but a bare hands with options of "inventing" new stuff like ropes, how to build wooden shacks, explore which plants are healthy, making cloths out of animal skins (for which you would have to invent primitve knife first etc.)...well, you can be a bilionare with that kind of game. Minecraft is still very limited but it still offers lots of freedom for the players. My 5 cents :) At first I thought like many did: “What…so simple idea, “easy” game to make yet it’s sucesfull” but then again I’m aware that it’s an idea that counts. Yes, many developers could do the game with idea given but it’s hard to come up with an idea. That’s all it is to it I guess :)

Why it tastes that good (my opinion):
- multiplayer
- freedom of forging the world (who doesn’t like to to create whatever they want?)
- there is additional element: mining. It just feels great when you see something built out of your labour (gathering).

If someone can make a multiplayer game where you start on a lonely island starting with nothing but a bare hands with options of “inventing” new stuff like ropes, how to build wooden shacks, explore which plants are healthy, making cloths out of animal skins (for which you would have to invent primitve knife first etc.)…well, you can be a bilionare with that kind of game.

Minecraft is still very limited but it still offers lots of freedom for the players.

My 5 cents :)

]]> By: Eric Spain http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145585 Eric Spain Mon, 30 May 2011 09:52:56 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145585 My most common thought is "Finally, a huge indie hit that's catching the attention of the mainstream. Perhaps the power will shift from big AAA games to smaller, better games and teams that deserve it." My most common thought is “Finally, a huge indie hit that’s catching the attention of the mainstream. Perhaps the power will shift from big AAA games to smaller, better games and teams that deserve it.”

]]> By: Jozsef Trencsenyi http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145582 Jozsef Trencsenyi Mon, 30 May 2011 07:03:16 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145582 Don't forget: Notch hyped Terraria. I think it's an important point in the full story, imho. Don’t forget: Notch hyped Terraria. I think it’s an important point in the full story, imho.

]]> By: crafterjim http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145581 crafterjim Mon, 30 May 2011 05:07:26 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145581 well, with minecraft I just said - "great idea, this is gonna be big" - I think the fact that young and old male AND FEMALE, will enjoy minecraft because of the aesthetics and the building creative side of things. Terraria is much more old style shoot-em up which is riding on the word and mouth popularity spread because of minecraft. Terraria.org founders must be chuffed to bits! well, with minecraft I just said – “great idea, this is gonna be big” – I think the fact that young and old male AND FEMALE, will enjoy minecraft because of the aesthetics and the building creative side of things.

Terraria is much more old style shoot-em up which is riding on the word and mouth popularity spread because of minecraft.

Terraria.org founders must be chuffed to bits!

]]> By: Juuso http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145579 Juuso Mon, 30 May 2011 04:35:50 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145579 Some questions thought that are left unanswered: - How they managed to get their game to Steam? - Why Valve chose to court them a lot? - Terraria is mentioned all over the place, not only in Steam Some questions thought that are left unanswered:
- How they managed to get their game to Steam?
- Why Valve chose to court them a lot?
- Terraria is mentioned all over the place, not only in Steam

]]> By: BrettW http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145577 BrettW Sun, 29 May 2011 22:23:27 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145577 The interesting thing I thought was the difference of approach to sales. Terraria sold as a Steam game and perhaps mostly did as well because they were a Steam game. Minecraft chose to stick to their own system, even though it's pretty obvious Valve <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4130" rel="nofollow">courted them a lot</a>. In like a week or so, Terraria has sold more units than Minecraft has in two years. I'd be interested to know why Mojang didn't make the move to Steam (although it could be that Steam doesn't sell explicitly beta games and Notch might have been reluctant to end the beta early). The interesting thing I thought was the difference of approach to sales. Terraria sold as a Steam game and perhaps mostly did as well because they were a Steam game. Minecraft chose to stick to their own system, even though it’s pretty obvious Valve courted them a lot. In like a week or so, Terraria has sold more units than Minecraft has in two years. I’d be interested to know why Mojang didn’t make the move to Steam (although it could be that Steam doesn’t sell explicitly beta games and Notch might have been reluctant to end the beta early).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145575 Anonymous Sun, 29 May 2011 21:41:01 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145575 Honestly? What I'm saying about Minecraft is "I don't get it. What's the appeal?". Honestly? What I’m saying about Minecraft is “I don’t get it. What’s the appeal?”.

]]> By: Andrew Kor http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/05/29/the-2-worst-phrases-i-said-after-witnessing-the-minecraft-and-terraria-success/comment-page-1/#comment-145574 Andrew Kor Sun, 29 May 2011 21:33:44 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5855#comment-145574 Great news! I saw that Minecraft will launch on Xperia Play as well. Haha, now people start playing Minecraft using their mobiles, but i don't understand how this could be done with sensor panel. Great news! I saw that Minecraft will launch on Xperia Play as well. Haha, now people start playing Minecraft using their mobiles, but i don’t understand how this could be done with sensor panel.

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