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Junk Jack iOS
  • Publisher: Jack
  • Release Date: Nov 7, 2011
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  • Summary: Junk Jack is a 2D sandbox game where you can explore, build your home and survive in random procedurally generated worlds full of treasures and hidden secrets.** we are aware of a crash on the touch 2g and iphone 3g, we working hard to fix that. Sorry for the troubles. **** Seeing the reviews and feedback in our forum, we feel the need to do a much improved step-by-step how to play and crafting guide. Coming soon with the next version! Thank you all for your wonderful feedback! **This is just the beginning!We have many planned updates (quests, cooking, and a fully working farming system!) and many others will come!Join our forum (http://forum.pixbits.com) and help us to improve our game, and share your creations!Features:* retro style pixel art!* beautiful sound tracks from Bright Primate* intuitive controls: swipe to move and tap to interact with everything!* dynamic day/night cycle* a fully featured lighting system together with many different sources of light and global lighting* 3 slots for infinite worlds that you can generate and explore, every world is different from any other!* procedural generation which creates beautiful worlds with plants, caves, different biomes all around the world* a double layered world which allows to customize background and foreground of your creations* critters and enemies to fight* many ores and shiny gems to help your adventure* many hidden containers full of strange treasures* more than 400 treasures* more than 130 crafts* more than 90 different materials for your buildings* many elements to decorate your houses (like sofas, tables, wardrobes, paintings, statues and many others)* an in-game discoverable book to teach you how to play and the recipes available* shelfs to place items around just to make your buildings shine* minimap (with a really zoomed out feature to allow you to share your creations)We would like to thank Notch! He developed our bigger indie brother Minecraft, without him this game would not exist.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. AppSpy
    Nov 10, 2011
    100
    Junk Jack isn't Minecraft, nor does it feel like it needs to be as its 2D world provides the same level of novel exploration fun while presenting challenges of its own to overcome; a tightly balanced free form experience that's only going to get better with time.
  2. AppSafari
    Nov 17, 2011
    90
    This iPhone app is definitely worth checking out if you're interested in building your own world in the way that you want and defending it.
  3. Pocket Gamer UK
    Nov 17, 2011
    70
    Junk Jack owes a significant debt to Minecraft but has a personality of its own. A worthy companion to the real thing.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Allions
    10
    Best Minecraft/Terraria "clone" for iOS all around! It's better than the Minecraft Pocket Edition (also if the last updates got the survival mode). It's entirely created by two guys from the University of Florence (Italy). They say "thanks to Notch for the idea" in the description so they are really good guys. For 3$ is worth buying! Updates are every 2-3 weeks :)… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. biatchstan
    10
    Easily the best game on the app store. It has awesome controls, graphics, sound etc. There are hundreds of different items to craft and many different mobs and biomes. The developer constantly puts out great updates. The only thing missing is multiplayer.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Dwight_Shrute
    9
    This is a very interesting title, even if it borrows a lot of elements from the acclaimed indie hit Minecraft. Junk Jack even takes the more retro and pixel look as Minecraft, and yet the game has a feel of its own. For starters, the game plays and feels like a mobile title on a touch device should. Controlling Junk Jack is easy and responsive, allowing for complete freedom to explore the expanse world. One gripe that I have, however, is with most of the hostile mobs. They all have the same mobility, just jumping to and fro; it would be nice to see some diversity in enemies in future updates.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes

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