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Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by wolfgke »

eriknstr wrote: post #80
wolfgke wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> flapp[y] bird made a LOT of people happy. Dong Nguyen, the creater of Flappy Bird thinks different about this topic - this is also the reason why he took the game down for the app stores: '"Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes when you are relaxed," the developer said "But it happened to become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it’s best to take down Flappy B…

He later put it back up though, didn't he?

> He later put it back up though, didn't he?

At least it is not on Google Play anymore:

> https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Flappy+bird&c=apps

and by

> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flappy_Bird&oldid...

it is also not on Apple's app store anymore. What happened is "As Nguyen had promised, August 2014 saw a revised version of Flappy Bird, called Flappy Birds Family, released exclusively through the Amazon Appstore for the Amazon Fire TV platform."

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by eriknstr »

wolfgke wrote: post #81
eriknstr wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He later put it back up though, didn't he?

> He later put it back up though, didn't he? At least it is not on Google Play anymore: > https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Flappy+bird&c=apps and by > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flappy_Bird&oldid... it is also not on Apple's app store anymore. What happened is "As Nguyen had promised, August 2014 saw a revised version of Flappy Bird, called Flappy Birds Family, released exclusively through the A…

You are right, it was not put back up by the original developer. I guess I just conflated it with the subsequent clones because by the time I heard of the game it had already been removed but then later I was able to play "the game" still.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by wwalser »

OhSoHumble wrote: post #43

Good lord, y'all are crotchety. This just seems like a fun little time waster that was probably developed internally by a very small group of people. I don't see it as a large marketing push or some kind of fancy technical demo. Just something... fun.

Some people are so strange with things like this[1]. It's as if anything that a major company would dare put their name near must be super polished and very serious. It's fun to ship. I clicked the same link as you. I saw the same domain name as you. I walked in assuming it'd be something pretty neat. I saw faux-8-bit and said, "golly I bet someone had fun for a day or so". I got over it and played the game a half dozen times noting the annoying GC pauses and slightly-off collision detection. Had fun, moved on.

Sometimes companies are chill about non-core stuff having their name on it and will let an individual who created a cute game during a hackathon show it off. "Is this video streaming related? No? Okay, just make sure it's not offensive and there's no way anyone could take it too seriously."

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12849828

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by dasil003 »

shorttime wrote: post #62
OhSoHumble wrote: post #43

Good lord, y'all are crotchety. This just seems like a fun little time waster that was probably developed internally by a very small group of people. I don't see it as a large marketing push or some kind of fancy technical demo. Just something... fun.

For real, anyone remember flappy bird? This is pretty similar and flapper bird made a LOT of people happy.

I gotta say though, Flappy Bird is a higher quality game than this. Even though it was graphics copied from Nintendo and an even simpler mechanic, the physics and hit detection make a huge difference.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by jayajay »

catacombs wrote: post #79

Trying to read the JavaScript that powers the game made my eyes bleed. Great concept, but the developer should really look into writing cleaner code.

Is this a bad joke about minification? Or is this a good joke about how the future will be run on true black boxes?

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by xtreme »

tn13 wrote: post #77
Shank wrote: post #6

Okay, perhaps I'm out of the loop. Is this created for marketing purposes, technical purposes, or something else? What makes this different from a random Ludum Dare-style submission, other than the Netflix logo?

I think besides the logo the characters that run are related to Netflix show. It struck me only after I read your comment. Marco Polo - from Marco Polo series The female - from Organge is new Apple Pablo - from some drug related tv series. (is he the math teacher who makes crack ?)

You are thinking about Breaking Bad, where a chemistry teacher starts to cook meth.

Pablo is from the show Narcos, which is based on the real-life story of the drug lord Pablo Escobar.

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