Flappy Bird

phongtt

I think everyone has already seen this fever on the Internet during the last couple of days: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flappy_Bird

Journalists, game design experts, gamers, almost everyone are discussing about its huge mysterious success.

What do you think about this case?

phongtt

ArtLeeApps

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its amazing how the "simple" games go far.
i only just got hooked on Clash of Clans lol

gorkem

There's a nice study of this game (but still no explanation to its success):

http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/5/5382450/flappy-bird-is-proof-that-no-one-knows-what-the-audience-is-looking

mehmetuysal

http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/32762#Comment_32762

unlying

Gideros-based clone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.debia.flippycube

unlying

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/210380/App_Stores_latest_craze_Flappy_Bird_taken_off_the_store.php

jdbc

I do not understand both issues:

- How an almost demo game was more successfull game in 2014 and
- Why has it been taken off the store by its programmer?

ar2rsawseen

So he could sell the devices with preinstalled Flappy Bird on ebay for thousands of dollars

OZApps

or sell the source code for slightly lesser and then everyone could compile their own flappy bird with a highscore table holding their names as top players

john26

According to the Telegraph

"Speculation is rife that bots have been deployed to download the app thousands of times and falsely propel the game up the download charts. "

Is this what we call "app store optimization"?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10630198/Flappy-Bird-resurfaces-on-eBay-for-150000.html

john26

It's not limited to flappy bird:

"Inside Mobile Apps noted back in early 2012 that it was a "well-known secret" that many top apps got there with the help of such a bot network. One app marketer reportedly admitted this quite openly:"

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/02/pay-to-rank-gaming-the-app-store-in-the-age-of-flappy-bird/

Unknown

Hi,
Now the pigs can flapp and fly -Happy Piglet - same gameplay but more atractive graphics.
Try it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsisart.testreleasekey

ernzo

pure work of evil!