<s>
FortressCraft	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
British	O
indie	O
developer	O
Projector	O
Games	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
on	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FortressCraft	B-Application
cites	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
Infiniminer	O
and	O
Dwarf	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
as	O
direct	O
inspirations	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
utilizes	O
textured	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
to	O
simulate	O
landscapes	O
,	O
traditionally	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
other	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FortressCraft	B-Application
makes	O
use	O
of	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Avatars	O
that	O
are	O
associated	O
with	O
each	O
player	O
's	O
Gamertag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
and	O
only	O
chapter	O
of	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
has	O
no	O
set	O
parameters	O
,	O
quests	O
,	O
or	O
objectives	O
—	O
players	O
are	O
to	O
forge	O
their	O
own	O
personal	O
worlds	O
block-by-block	O
alone	O
or	O
with	O
friends	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
game	O
modes	O
playable	O
in	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
was	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
OnLive	B-Application
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Sawkins	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
looking	O
forward	O
to	O
having	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
playable	O
on	O
the	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
that	O
OnLive	B-Application
provides	O
,	O
specifically	O
the	O
mobile	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
OnLive	B-Application
PlayPack	O
subscription	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Onlive	B-Application
was	O
bought	O
out	O
,	O
communications	O
stopped	O
between	O
Sawkins	O
and	O
Onlive	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FortressCraft	B-Application
was	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
as	O
"	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
Evolved	O
"	O
,	O
allowing	O
multiple	O
platform	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
PC	O
with	O
development	O
beginning	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
contains	O
unreleased	O
features	O
that	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
OnLive	B-Application
like	O
the	O
universal	O
avatars	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
multiple	O
world	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
higher	O
limits	O
such	O
as	O
increased	O
view	O
distance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FortressCraft	B-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
favorable	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
became	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Indie	O
Game	O
title	O
,	O
with	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
dollars	O
in	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FortressCraft	B-Application
retained	O
this	O
record	O
until	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
when	O
Total	O
Miner	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
have	O
sold	O
800,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Markus	O
Persson	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
commented	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
is	O
an	O
obvious	O
attempt	O
to	O
just	O
take	O
something	O
popular	O
and	O
clone	O
it	O
as	O
closely	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Sawkins	O
first	O
responded	O
to	O
the	O
criticism	O
with	O
an	O
open	O
letter	O
to	O
Persson	O
,	O
citing	O
Minecraft	B-Application
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
,	O
but	O
crediting	O
the	O
differences	O
present	O
in	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sawkins	O
later	O
defended	O
the	O
credibility	O
of	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
in	O
a	O
feature	O
run	O
by	O
IGN	O
,	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
might	O
do	O
well	O
on	O
the	O
name	O
alone	O
,	O
but	O
if	O
you	O
want	O
sexy	O
graphics	O
and	O
shaders	O
and	O
the	O
creative	O
aspect	O
,	O
you	O
have	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
fight	O
monsters	B-Application
and	O
share	O
stuff	O
with	O
your	O
friends	O
,	O
you	O
have	O
Total	O
Miner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nobody	O
will	O
pay	O
for	O
Minecraft	B-Application
when	O
they	O
can	O
pay	O
$3.00	O
for	O
Total	O
Miner	O
or	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
Mojang	O
's	O
perception	O
of	O
FortressCraft	B-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
business	O
chief	O
Daniel	O
Kaplan	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
bored	O
with	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
clones	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
no	O
legal	O
action	O
would	O
be	O
taken	O
against	O
ProjectorGames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Sawkins	O
responded	O
to	O
Kaplan	O
's	O
comments	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Eurogamer	O
,	O
pointing	O
out	O
key	O
differences	O
between	O
the	O
vox	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
Marketplace	O
and	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
addressed	O
how	O
he	O
believed	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
clone	O
"	O
was	O
being	O
unfairly	O
used	O
against	O
recent	O
vox	O
games	O
,	O
whereas	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Infiniminer	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
the	O
same	O
treatment	O
.	O
</s>
