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Junk Jack Brings Minecraft Style Gameplay to 2D and iOS

Minecraft meets iPhone: Junk Jack emerges, blinking, into the 2D sunlight.

Junk Jack Brings Minecraft Style Gameplay to 2D and iOS
By Rob LeFebvre
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PixBits is a new indie mobile development software company. The two guys who are making this game met playing Minecraft, and decided to bring that game's particular vibe to a 2D side-scrolling platform/mining hybrid. The resulting game, Junk Jack, is shaping up to be a fairly significant 2D homage to the Minecraft and Terraria games, complete with chests, mining, building, doors and even mobs. We're pretty big Minecraft fans around here, so we're fairly excited, to say the least.

Just pause a minute and watch the video they just produced - it's all that's needed to see how amazing this game is looking.

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The game is currently in beta testing, only for iPhone and iPod touch (though an iPad and OSX version may be in the cards, according to their FAQ), and will most likely be launched for $2.99. Stay tuned right here for more details as we find them out, for sure.

Rob LeFebvre
Rob LeFebvre
Dad. Mac head. Ukulele nerd. Gamer. Rob lives in Anchorage, Alaska, and commutes daily to the intarwebs to edit and write about iOS, Mac, books, and video games. He is currently employed as the editor at 148Apps, the best gosh-darn iPhone site this side of Mars, and contributes freelance to various other sites, including Cult of Mac and VentureBeat. Somehow he still finds time to play in a Disco band, raise two amazing kids, and hang on to his day job.