Flappy Bird's the first app with onscreen banner advertising I've happened upon for years and my god it's disgusting to have these crappy looking ads constantly sliding onto the top of the screen. I sincerely hope paid or otherwise bankrolled apps continue to be prevalent.
Flappy Bird by the Numbers
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Re: Flappy Bird by the Numbers
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
The possible subtext is that he is shutting it down in fear of bad repercussion - like being exposed for gaming the app store rankings - or to simply avoid such accusations.
The 'satan' frequency in the reviews vs. the rest of the app store is a smoking gun. https://sensortower.com/flappy-bird-scripted-reviews-analysi...
"There is no concrete conclusion drawn in this post"
" I'm not sure if that is due to genuine virality & copy cat ommentors, an army of keyword-fed reviewers, or an advanced spintax generator. "
"I still have no idea whether or not Flappy Bird gamed the system"
Not much of a smoking gun there.
Re: Flappy Bird by the Numbers
#113What disturbs me most about this is the complete lack of empathy people have for the guy. Just look at the comments on the link explaining that Flappy Bird was removed from the app store. Our culture is so completely and utterly obsessed with money that everyone says he's an idiot for taking down an app without realizing the chaos one goes through in a situation like that. They hurl insults like "weak" and "fragile"…
Your post was brilliant but you ruined it with this.. >>only to be puzzled when having a large number in their bank account fails to actually solve any of their problems. I'm not sure what kind of utterly broken philosophy propagates this idea. Do people actually believe that some one starving, unable to afford any kind of medical care, who doesn't have a proper home, clothes or anything for that matter is far more h…
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Re: Flappy Bird by the Numbers
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your post was brilliant but you ruined it with this.. >>only to be puzzled when having a large number in their bank account fails to actually solve any of their problems. I'm not sure what kind of utterly broken philosophy propagates this idea. Do people actually believe that some one starving, unable to afford any kind of medical care, who doesn't have a proper home, clothes or anything for that matter is far more h…
Yeah seriously. My grandma died and left me enough money to not have to work for like ten years, even without investing it. I live relatively simply to try and stretch it out, but god damn if it hasn't removed a ton of stress from my life and made me a lot happier. I've got the freedom to spend my days writing and drawing a comic about a lesbian robot with reality problems instead of scrambling for crappy web dev wor…
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Re: Flappy Bird by the Numbers
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
The possible subtext is that he is shutting it down in fear of bad repercussion - like being exposed for gaming the app store rankings - or to simply avoid such accusations.
That's what I think. Those are just way too much reviews, I would like to see this numbers stacked up against angry birds in its prime.
I actually think that the way the game works. Throwing you back to the home screen every time you loose, makes it more likely that users write a review. They are already outside of the game.
Re: Flappy Bird by the Numbers
#116What disturbs me most about this is the complete lack of empathy people have for the guy. Just look at the comments on the link explaining that Flappy Bird was removed from the app store. Our culture is so completely and utterly obsessed with money that everyone says he's an idiot for taking down an app without realizing the chaos one goes through in a situation like that. They hurl insults like "weak" and "fragile"…
Yeah ... welcome to capitalism
Re: Flappy Bird by the Numbers
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Average monthly salary for a software developer in Vietnam is, what, $600/mo? Nguyen was making around seven years' salary per day for two weeks. A lot of the doors that could be opened with money were already opened at that point.
Shouldn't he still be making ad revenue even if the app can't be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play? I'm sure those ad $$$s are still rolling in...
I saw reports that he removed the ads from the application.
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#118I don't know if I agree with this. I was just talking to my friend about Flappy Bird reviews. When I first got Flappy Bird in early February, the button to rate the game was in the same place where I usually tapped to make the bird fly. Since the "Rate this App" button appeared so quickly after losing the game, I almost rated the app like 5 times in just a couple of minutes. I would like to see the different versions…
He's left handed (https://twitter.com/dongatory/status/431336238985920513).
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#119The most important number about Flappy Bird is 4.
From dying you can be back flying again in less than 4 seconds and be back at the first obstacle in less than 8 seconds. There are many games that should learn from that.
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#120I get it. Here you have a developer who just wanted to make games, and maybe a bit of money. He creates a hit, by accident, with a game that has addicting gameplay (and it is, I personally love it). Then everyone in the media calls his game crap and accuses him of cheating the system (without producing any proof). I'd quit too.
I'm still wondering if culture has a bit to do with this.
Eastern (Asian) culture is a bit different than western attitude and way of approaching things.