Monocraft

by matx
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.33
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★87%
MonoCraft is just like Minecraft, but you can only place one block per player. No more!

*IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR BLOCK, TRY REFRESHING THE PAGE* (It is a known server bug)

Check back every day to see the blocks placed by the other players, and see how the world has evolved, one block at a time!

*If the game is stuck on "Loading from server", please try again a few minutes later*

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I will track the world's evolution in the description:

LAST SCREENSHOT (around 900 blocks):
http://i.imgur.com/OlUFGkp.png

- 00:35 Day 4 = So many cubes! The tower has never been this high, and we are counting around 500 cubes on the server. Amazing!

http://goo.gl/5zflWR

- 17:30 Day 3 = The server was hacked again, resulting in three buildings! (We're cool with that :D) The tower is getting higher and higher! (396 cubes)

http://goo.gl/b66wIW

- 14:00 Day 2 (Screenshot 1) = Users found a way to hack the system and placed a floating block. This has generated a second, small structure that is starting to compete with the main tower.

- 21:00 (Screenshot 2) = As expected, people are building a tower. 40 users online at the same time!

- 18:00 = a Notch block appeared on top of the tower:

http://goo.gl/i0xnyE

-15:00 (Screenshot 3) = People started to explore vertically. Some blocks with the faces of the creators of the game started appearing.

-14:00 (Screenshot 4 = Finally some rarer blocks have appeared. Among which, the great kitten block.

-12:00 (Screenshot 5) = Monocraft has just landed. A few users have tried it, placing some basic blocks.

Monocraft was made in only 10 hours because we had to discard our first (sadly not fun) prototype.

Comments61

Zemmi
Zemmi17 Dec 2013, 10:06
Cool idea, excited to see what comes out of this. Any chance we could get a download link for the song? It was so damn happy.
eskivor17 Dec 2013, 12:35
Short but interesting, I hope there will have many players on this game to see how the construction will be.
David Colson17 Dec 2013, 12:35
Its a cool idea, but not much of a game unfortunately
Alismuffin17 Dec 2013, 12:35
This is a really cool idea! Can't wait until this is massive
Tanser17 Dec 2013, 12:37
All nice but the camera was a bit frustrating. Good job anyways. :)
YellowLime
YellowLime17 Dec 2013, 12:37
The contrast between the exciting music (fitting lyrics) and the gameplay is very funny :^y
Doctor Broccoli
Doctor Broccoli17 Dec 2013, 12:40
Fun idea. It's not really a game though, it's more like a toy. Not that that makes it bad or anything.
Really curious to see what comes out of this!
raisedmedia
raisedmedia17 Dec 2013, 12:42
Cool concept, I would like to see the ability to interact more, beyond placing the single brick.
Ditto
Ditto17 Dec 2013, 12:48
this felt weird, but I like these "do your small part" things, will be cool to see how many blocks there are in a week or so!
archaeometrician
archaeometrician17 Dec 2013, 13:05
Nice idea, its funny. A lot of people tried it from what I can see ingame. Good job :)
Avocado
Avocado17 Dec 2013, 13:09
I was hoping someone would make this game, can't wait to see it in 3 weeks.
lucasncv
lucasncv17 Dec 2013, 13:11
Haha, fun idea.
SunShiranui17 Dec 2013, 13:42
Nice idea, it's a bit like Curiosity in reverse :P
Congratulazioni!
Hamcha
Hamcha17 Dec 2013, 13:50
Not really a game, but a very cool experiment indeed! Keep posting screenshot on "how it evolves", I'm quite interested!
Zhrack17 Dec 2013, 17:07
I'm curious about how it'll evolve during votations! Only note, it's a bit short, but hey...nice experiment!

Oh, awesome music!
Cbeed
Cbeed17 Dec 2013, 17:12
Maybe add a "choose wisely" message. The normal user, like me, just tries what you can do and clicks randomly. :-D
Hard to rate, because it's more a tool than a game.
Infin817 Dec 2013, 18:43
Interesting use of the concept! The tech was solid too, tried refreshing the game heh. Couldn't actually see the block i had getting placed.
Fervir
Fervir18 Dec 2013, 01:28
That was pretty sweet.
A very cool way for everyone to leave their mark.
BrothersT
BrothersT18 Dec 2013, 02:48
Really great idea! I searched "minecraft" to see how unimaginative people were being this time, but this is the opposite of what I expected!
dsoft20
dsoft2018 Dec 2013, 08:50
Nice entry :D I'm looking forward to see what the tower will be :D
Team-KwaKwa18 Dec 2013, 16:31
Feels like the religion game from Jason Rohrer game, but more minimalist...
ThatGuy18 Dec 2013, 18:21
Really cool idea, it'll be interesting to see how it evolves!
AmmoreChicks
AmmoreChicks18 Dec 2013, 19:28
Very original, it's a kind of social experiment. Good music!
dudsen18 Dec 2013, 20:25
Ok first thing I did was reloading the game, for being sure the music doesn't com from one of my other open tabs :D

I like these kind of things. Exciting to see how the world will evolve.

But here is a question for people saying the game is too short: Is it really that short, or even extra-ever-lasting long? ;)
Lipedal
Lipedal18 Dec 2013, 22:10
Fantastic! I wish more games like this came out :D I'm the first pink kitten in the third tower ^^
Sestren19 Dec 2013, 01:12
A very simple, but very cool idea. Loved the song!
Zemmi
Zemmi19 Dec 2013, 02:46
Thanks for the soundcloud link. I'm sure to listen to all the Yugenstudio stuff, pretty sweet so far.
ashen19 Dec 2013, 11:33
Very interesting idea, a bit like that "10 second" turn rpg in the last LD. I was assigned a dark water block but I could not place it anywhere. Tried placing on existing blocks, separated by itself but no luck. Has the game been locked or something?
hjeldin19 Dec 2013, 13:33
Hey guys, i'm the bad programmer who made the network communications, sorry to hear that you're having problems!
If you place the block and hear the sound but can't actually see it, try refreshing the page.
We still have some bugs on the server side, unfortunately!
michail
michail19 Dec 2013, 18:28
Wow, this is really creative :) The music also fits very well. I'll come back from time to time to see how it goes.
Donutttt19 Dec 2013, 18:28
Great effort. A really cool play on the idea, and I like the collaborative feel.
JoeProgram19 Dec 2013, 19:31
Very fun! I like the purity of the idea, but I'd definitely play it a few times if it was one block per day!
MaTX
MaTXauthor19 Dec 2013, 21:03
Little Secret: It actually IS one block a day. But I was not sure what was more powerful, one block a day or only one block ever? So we never revealed it :)
stvr
stvr20 Dec 2013, 02:43
This is a great take on the theme, but it would be REALLY nice if you could see your block after you place it!
MaTX
MaTXauthor20 Dec 2013, 08:38
@stvr You can. If you can't, that is a server bug I fear. Try refreshing!
GarethIW
GarethIW20 Dec 2013, 13:47
Interesting experiment. Only thing I'd say is to allow the vertical mouselook to go a full 180 degrees.
TeamFlare
TeamFlare20 Dec 2013, 15:32
Very good concept :) Congratulations. Also dig the music ;)
psychomonster
psychomonster20 Dec 2013, 22:56
Nice experimental gameplay. Not really a game but it fits perfect to the theme... It must be seens as art not as a game. Cool like it!
auto_suggestion21 Dec 2013, 02:42
Solid controls, awesome music, fun concept!
MrBlade
MrBlade21 Dec 2013, 02:45
Awesome! Great game, awesome music. I was a bit annoyed that you couldn't look straight up to go to the top, but as I far as I understand, that is a limitation of Unity. I got the Notch block and put it on the top! Nice game!
Lacutis21 Dec 2013, 08:23
Interesting concept, kind of wish there was more gameplay involved some how. I think its interesting seeing what everyone built.
CosmicAdventureSquad
CosmicAdventureSquad21 Dec 2013, 09:44
Strega:
This really reminds me of the game We the Giants, but with less of a message and more about just creating emergent art.

(This is a team account)
kristoffer zetterberg
kristoffer zetterberg21 Dec 2013, 11:23
amazing! i love this. every jam there's a couple of these kind of games, but this one stands out, as it makes me so happy, much thanks to the graphics, the sky and that fantastic song!
Xavier21 Dec 2013, 19:20
I like the idea but seems that todat I can't put my one block with the rest :?
Alex Higgins21 Dec 2013, 19:49
Really cool idea. That music is boss.
porglezomp
porglezomp21 Dec 2013, 23:54
Really nice idea! It's too bad that there's not enough input for people to coordinate on much more than the simplest structures, but it's an interesting concept.
Cognizant Game Studios
Cognizant Game Studios22 Dec 2013, 00:51
Good job, but please use a better first person controller next time... :)
rubna22 Dec 2013, 10:51
Very interesting social experiment! Interested to see how big this is going to get :D
zzzev22 Dec 2013, 21:16
Fun experiment; curious how people made the disconnected pieces?
zkenshin
zkenshin23 Dec 2013, 03:40
Very innovative idea that fit the theme well. Great music as well. :)
samooJAM23 Dec 2013, 07:44
5/5 MUSIC! Very cool concept but sadly people select quite randomly block placements.
postmodestie
postmodestie23 Dec 2013, 22:31
Placed a block, naturally .. :)
mmickyman24 Dec 2013, 00:55
I like the concept, hopes it'll got crazy and more and more people add their cube. Nice crazy music !
f7f525 Dec 2013, 20:40
Is it possible to export a Linux version? There's no Web player for Linux...
commanderstitch
commanderstitch30 Dec 2013, 07:20
awesome SONG, NAILED the theme. not much else. Colors look bright brilliant and beautful!! nice!
diegocbarboza1 Jan 2014, 22:22
Interesting collaborative idea! It would be nice with navigation was easier. Maybe you could use Q/E for direct vertical movement.
Conflei
Conflei3 Jan 2014, 00:58
Mono mono mono (8)
BradleySmith
BradleySmith6 Jan 2014, 17:55
Cool idea, I lost where I placed my block though. D: Music is awesome too! Rated highly. :)

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