Crafting: Exploration

Crafting: Exploration is a game similar to Mojang's sandbox where we have to explore a huge and pixellated world in order to build the house of our dreams.

A Minecraft tribute

At this stage there is not much more that we can explain about Minecraft. This adventure and construction sandbox game with pixels and characters definitely reminiscent of the world of LEGO has exceeded its initial expectations. In fact, it was such a hype that Microsoft bought the ownership and operating rights of Mojang for a price in the millions of dollars.

A disadvantage? Well, it's not free, and that's a problem for many users. What were the developers thinking? Charging money to develop a game and maintain the servers for online multiplayer? Inconceivably!

A free alternative to Minecraft

If you're one of those users who doesn't like paying for a game at all, you can always resort to downloading one of the free Minecraft alternatives without in-app purchases or similar surprises. There's Crafting: Exploration Survival, for example, which is a very well made game without reaching the level of its source of inspiration.

It's also a sandbox game in which we'll explore a huge world, using all kinds of tools and building elements to customize it to our liking: houses, farms, animals, fields with crops... And it also offers us one multiplayer mode.

How is that possible? I can't download Minecraft for free, but I don't have to pay for this version. Well, don't get too excited: it's a fun and worthy tribute, but it's nowhere near the original. So tinker as much as you want, but don't go crazy if it has a few bugs.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 2.3.
• Installing the app using the APK file requires enabling the "Unknown Sources" option in Settings > Applications.