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1. STONELOOPS OF JURASSICA FREE DOWNLOAD FULL VERSION UPDATE
2. STONELOOPS OF JURASSICA FREE DOWNLOAD FULL VERSION PC

Before helping launch Crunching Koalas they co-founded Codeminion, the studio behind games including Stoneloops! of Jurassica and Ancient Quest of Saqqarah. Combine elements of those two classics with just a dash of The Incredible Machine and some big ideas for the future and you end up with MouseCraft, a cute head-scratcher about a feline mad scientist and his team of experimental mice.Ĭrunching Koalas, the most-excellently-named developer of MouseCraft, is a new studio, but two of its founders, Konrad Olesiewicz and Maciej Biedrzycki, are actually old hands at the business of making games.

STONELOOPS OF JURASSICA FREE DOWNLOAD FULL VERSION UPDATE

Gamasutra has followed up with MumboJumbo to attempt to better ascertain the nature of the alleged factual inaccuracies in the original Codeminion report, and will update if any additional information is received.Tetris is one of the most famous puzzle videogames ever created, and the great Lemmings is right up there too. "While MumboJumbo has always supported and promoted free and ethical competition, MumboJumbo has the right and the obligation to protect itself and its intellectual properties from infringement and unfair competition." "As one of the first independent developers and publishers of casual games for all platforms, MumboJumbo has assisted the creation of many quality games from developers all around the world for almost a decade. It is replete with misleading statements and factual errors which do not accurately describe the events and circumstances leading to the removal of the infringing properties from the App Store.

STONELOOPS OF JURASSICA FREE DOWNLOAD FULL VERSION PC

In addition, Alexander Kiselyov of Playcreek, which created the iPhone version of Codeminion's original game, told Gamasutra, "We believe that StoneLoops! of Jurassica does not infringe anyone's IP rights and we hope that it will get back to the App Store very soon." He added that a longer public statement is being prepared.įinally, veteran PC casual game developer MumboJumbo provided an official statement to Gamasutra which reads as follows: "We are aware of the statement from Maciej Biedrzycki on the Codeminion website. Codeminion's Maciej Biedrzycki, who developed the original PC version of StoneLoops!, commented simply to Gamasutra: "Currently we are exploring various options and getting legal advice as we feel the need to defend our rights and our business."

StoneLoops! was released several months before the iPhone version of Luxor, and to date has been the more successful game, charting among the App Store’s top 10 sellers in the games category for its first two months of North American release.įollowing the weblog post and FingerGaming's report, Gamasutra followed up with all of the parties in question. Titles with similar gameplay styles like Tumblebugs, Blackbeard’s Assault, and Atlantis Sky Patrol are still available for sale. MumboJumbo persisted, and StoneLoops! was allegedly delisted as a result. On October 23rd, still allegedly with no reply or prior warning from Apple, StoneLoops! was removed from the App Store.Ĭodeminion claims Apple asked MumboJumbo whether Codeminion’s offer to remove the offending quote was sufficient to warrant dropping the complaint. MumboJumbo also claimed that App Store customers searching for " Luxor" (left-hand side of inset image) would find StoneLoops! (right-hand side of inset image) listed among the search results, due to Codeminion including a review quote that cited a similarity between the two games.īiedrzycki claims that Codeminion volunteered to remove the quote, but heard no further response from Apple. Gamasutra sister iPhone website FingerGaming covered the story shortly after it broke, adding the following context: "According to allegations from Codeminion's Maciej Biedrzycki, MumboJumbo accused the StoneLoops! developer of 'infringing Luxor copyright, confusing customers, stealing Luxor’s look & feel and even stealing their source code.'" Apple notified Codeminion of the complaint earlier this month. The controversy over Codeminion's and Playcreek's iPhone game StoneLoops! Of Jurassica was first surfaced due to a weblog post at Codeminion’s website discussing its disappearance from the App Store. Following the removal of iPhone puzzle game StoneLoops! Of Jurassica from Apple's iPhone App Store after a complaint by Luxor creator MumboJumbo, the casual publisher tells Gamasutra of "misleading statements and factual errors" in allegations against them.