Flappy Birds ethered my soul.

[Remote]

This article captures it perfectly:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/5/538...hat-no-one-knows-what-the-audience-is-looking

The game doesn’t seem like something that would capture the hearts and fingers of millions of gamers, as it has no marketing, no story, no established IP, no viral hooks, no levels, no candy, no visual sophistication, no cross promotion and no achievements.

 

[Desirous]

I got up to 29. Love this game.

 

[DuncanWebayama]

 

[hood b. goode]

creator out here earning 50,000 a day

The enigmatic and oppressively difficult mobile game Flappy Bird has turned into quite the cash cow for Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen. In an interview with The Verge, Nguyen revealed that the game, which has been sitting atop the App Store and Google Play Store charts for nearly a month, is earning on average $50,000 a day from in-app ads.

The app has been downloaded 50 million times, and has accumulated over 47,000 reviews in the App Store — as many as apps like Evernote and Gmail. Mobile games studios generally spend months coding up deliberately addictive and viral titles, but Nguyen did it by spending a few nights coding when he got home from work.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/5/5383708/flappy-bird-revenue-50-k-per-day-dong-nguyen-interview

 

[awkwardblackgirl]

fukk that game.

 

[MoneyTron]

Yall still on Flappy Bird? Move over to a real man's game. Iron Pants.

Makes Flappy Bird look like child's play.

 

[Token]

Aye this is really pissing me off. I'm finna cry.

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

i hate this fukking game

 

[Medio]

my high score is 157

i feel it's easiest to get a high score by not playing for a day or two then playing again, some reason I do good like that

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

 

[Data-Hawk]

I cannot believe this damn game is so successful.. the core mechinics would take less than a day to program..




























yes im hating

 

[cleanface coney]

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/nowa...e-playing-with-his-phone-all-day.90706/page-7

 

[Medio]

I cannot believe this damn game is so successful.. the core mechinics would take less than a day to program..




























yes im hating

the developer makes $50,000 a day

 

[Illuminatos]

I beat my high score of 8 with a 9. It's a celebration over here. :wowzers:

 

[Data-Hawk]

the developer makes $50,000 a day

lol... Ya i just read that... looking at a couple of game programming forums. Theres a couple of clones on the way.