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Re: Massively multiplayer online Flappy Bird

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Post by coherentpony »

alistairSH wrote: post #30

Really? This is what all the flap is about? This is awful. It's almost impossible to get passed the first set of pipes because the a single click makes the bird jump half the height of the screen. Is the mobile app just as unusable?

What mobile app?

Re: Massively multiplayer online Flappy Bird

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graedus wrote: post #31
bluetidepro wrote: post #3

The phenomenon of this game absolutely boggles my mind. I've read all the articles about this game, and just can't seem to get how it got so popular so quickly. I feel like it's a just a giant troll or something, although I know that's not the case. Also, I still haven't understood the whole "Super Mario World" graphics rip of it?

> just can't seem to get how it got so popular so quickly The #1 most subscribed-to youtuber[0] (PewDiePie) did a video on this game right around the time its popularity skyrocketed. [0] http://www.statsheep.com/pewdiepie

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Re: Massively multiplayer online Flappy Bird

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Post by apitaru »

bluetidepro wrote: post #3

The phenomenon of this game absolutely boggles my mind. I've read all the articles about this game, and just can't seem to get how it got so popular so quickly. I feel like it's a just a giant troll or something, although I know that's not the case. Also, I still haven't understood the whole "Super Mario World" graphics rip of it?

I think Flappy Bird is a wonderfully well-tuned game. I've yet to see a clone that implements the finer details which made the original shine.

Many games introduce difficulty through complexity. Here's a game that's simple to grasp, hard to play, yet not boring or frustrating.

I wish this was acknowledged more often, as it might have made the developer feel more comfortable being associated with his game's meteoric success.

Re: Massively multiplayer online Flappy Bird

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Post by arn »

graedus wrote: post #31
bluetidepro wrote: post #3

The phenomenon of this game absolutely boggles my mind. I've read all the articles about this game, and just can't seem to get how it got so popular so quickly. I feel like it's a just a giant troll or something, although I know that's not the case. Also, I still haven't understood the whole "Super Mario World" graphics rip of it?

> just can't seem to get how it got so popular so quickly The #1 most subscribed-to youtuber[0] (PewDiePie) did a video on this game right around the time its popularity skyrocketed. [0] http://www.statsheep.com/pewdiepie

your timeline is wrong. pewdiedie did it well after it was the #1 app on the app store.
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