<s>
Survivalcraft	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2011	O
open	O
sandbox	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Marcin	B-Application
Igor	I-Application
Kalicinski	I-Application
under	O
the	O
brand	O
Candy	O
Rufus	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
early	O
test	O
versions	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
16	O
November	O
2011	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
on	O
a	O
deserted	O
island	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
collects	O
resources	O
and	O
items	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
into	O
survival	B-Application
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
six	O
different	O
game	O
modes	O
:	O
Survival	B-Application
,	O
Challenging	O
,	O
Cruel	O
,	O
Harmless	O
,	O
Adventure	O
,	O
and	O
Creative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalicinski	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
and	O
originally	O
only	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
fun	O
,	O
with	O
his	O
son	O
as	O
the	O
sole	O
pre-release	O
tester	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
compared	O
to	O
Minecraft	B-Application
by	O
various	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
most	O
reviews	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
either	O
better	O
than	O
or	O
supplements	O
its	O
source	O
of	O
inspiration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
downloaded	O
games	O
for	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
and	O
iPad	B-Device
in	O
2013	O
and	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
2	I-Application
followed	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Survivalcraft	B-Application
is	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
(	O
3D	O
)	O
sandbox	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
set	O
on	O
a	O
deserted	O
island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
six	O
different	O
game	O
modes	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
Survival	B-Application
,	O
Challenging	O
,	O
Cruel	O
,	O
Harmless	O
,	O
and	O
Creative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
character	O
starts	O
empty-handed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
challenged	O
to	O
stay	O
alive	O
on	O
the	O
island	O
alone	O
and	O
gather	O
necessary	O
resources	O
to	O
craft	O
items	O
and	O
blocks	O
for	O
their	O
survival	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Challenging	O
is	O
the	O
normal	O
survival	B-Application
mode	O
,	O
with	O
animals	O
attacking	O
once	O
the	O
character	O
gets	O
to	O
a	O
certain	O
distance	O
and	O
a	O
longer	O
and	O
conditional	O
healing	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Survival	B-Application
mode	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
begins	O
with	O
fish	O
in	O
their	O
inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
singlehandedly	O
developed	O
by	O
programmer	O
Marcin	O
Igor	O
"	O
Kaalus	B-Application
"	O
Kalicinski	O
,	O
who	O
sold	O
his	O
game	O
under	O
the	O
brand	O
Candy	O
Rufus	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalicinski	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
playing	O
and	O
remixing	O
Minecraft	B-Application
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalicinski	O
stated	O
that	O
his	O
code	O
was	O
initially	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
toy	O
project	O
"	O
;	O
he	O
never	O
thought	O
of	O
publishing	O
or	O
selling	O
it	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
sheer	O
amount	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
duplicates	O
that	O
already	O
circulated	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalicinski	O
created	O
the	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
C#	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalicinski	O
chose	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
as	O
its	O
starting	O
platform	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
and	O
its	O
clones	O
in	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
difficulties	O
overcoming	O
limitations	O
for	O
apps	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
shaders	O
and	O
the	O
prohibition	O
of	O
native	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
problems	O
made	O
him	O
almost	O
abandon	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
,	O
but	O
he	O
tried	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
phone	O
and	O
it	O
reached	O
a	O
rate	O
of	O
4.5	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
on	O
its	O
first	O
try	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Phone	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
mid-November	O
2011	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
16	O
November	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
Kalicinski	O
received	O
feedback	O
from	O
players	O
regarding	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
huge	O
demand	O
by	O
the	O
players	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
similar	O
to	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Kalicinski	O
already	O
planned	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
survival	B-Application
aspect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
several	O
updates	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
in	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
November	O
2013	O
update	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalicinski	O
introduced	O
a	O
Christmas-themed	O
update	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
release	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
Christmas	O
trees	O
and	O
reindeer	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
30th	O
and	O
last	O
update	O
of	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Survivalcraft	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
feature	O
that	O
separates	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
2	I-Application
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
is	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
"	O
furnitures	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
own	O
block	O
by	O
using	O
an	O
in-game	O
tool	O
called	O
an	O
iron	O
hammer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
update	O
for	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
2	I-Application
added	O
multiplayer	O
—	O
a	O
long-awaited	O
feature	O
—	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Survivalcraft	B-Application
fared	O
well	O
on	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
and	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
becoming	O
the	O
15th	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
7th	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Action	O
&	O
Adventure	O
section	O
a	O
week	O
following	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
top	O
50	O
grossing	O
games	O
in	O
2013	O
that	O
has	O
no	O
in-game	O
purchases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
the	O
5th	O
most	O
downloaded	O
paid	O
app	O
on	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
named	O
by	O
Touch	O
Arcade	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
iPhone	O
and	O
iPad	B-Device
games	O
of	O
2013	O
and	O
the	O
100	O
Best	O
Mobile	O
Games	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jared	O
Nelson	O
of	O
mobile	O
game	O
news	O
site	O
Touch	O
Arcade	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
superior	O
to	O
its	O
source	O
of	O
inspiration	O
,	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
in	O
every	O
aspect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
infinite	O
world	O
area	O
,	O
cave	O
generation	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
world	O
sharing	O
—	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
exist	O
in	O
Minecraft	B-Application
at	O
that	O
time	O
—	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
better	O
than	O
its	O
source	O
of	O
inspiration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nelson	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
that	O
game	O
is	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
person	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
unlimited	O
money	O
and	O
resources	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
review	O
was	O
delivered	O
by	O
Slide	O
to	O
Play	O
reviewer	O
Nadia	O
Oxford	O
,	O
who	O
claimed	O
that	O
those	O
who	O
considered	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
"	O
as	O
a	O
mere	O
Minecraft	B-Application
clone	O
"	O
were	O
shallow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Oxford	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
block	O
placement	O
is	O
difficult	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
not	O
mastered	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
reminder	O
of	O
how	O
human	O
ancestors	O
survived	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
and	O
considered	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
better	O
suited	O
for	O
"	O
Minecraft	B-Application
veterans	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
148Apps	O
reviewer	O
Rob	O
Rich	O
compares	O
features	O
in	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
that	O
were	O
or	O
were	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
he	O
pointed	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
things	O
that	O
already	O
existed	O
in	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
armour	O
,	O
farming	O
,	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
carbon	O
copy	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
and	O
as	O
an	O
insult	O
to	O
the	O
players	O
and	O
developers	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
differs	O
from	O
Minecraft	B-Application
due	O
to	O
the	O
wildlife	O
as	O
its	O
focus	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
tab	O
that	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
see	O
each	O
other	O
's	O
world	O
and	O
texture	O
,	O
he	O
argued	O
that	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
is	O
missing	O
many	O
features	O
that	O
Minecraft	B-Application
already	O
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
recommended	O
readers	O
not	O
to	O
bother	O
with	O
Survivalcraft	B-Application
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
only	O
advantage	O
was	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
perfectly	O
playable	O
Minecraft	B-Application
clone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
