Flappy Bird Tutorial

I don’t know how many people have actually played this game but everyone that has I think we can agree that it is one of the most frustrating games out there. The game is very simple you just tap the screen and the bird flies and your goal is to go past obstacles without hitting anything. Many people are trying to get high scores or beat their friends and family high score and with the technology that we have we look at tutorials. Every Flappy Bird Tutorial I have seen so far do not end well. The person doing the tutorial usually tells you to delete the game or they just smash their phone. It’s interesting how the people that upload these videos, call it a tutorial to attract people who want to do well in the game to watch. But when they watch the video they don’t learn how to get a higher score. The video is more for entertainment than actual teaching purposes. I find that a lot of sources on the internet has the title of what you are looking for but when you click on it, it is not what you wanted. It is interesting that although it is not what we are looking for we sometimes still watch to the end. Why do we do that? Why don’t we get upset? Also I find it very interesting that the game has such a simple objective but many of us do poorly on it. We use our smart phones and tablets daily but it is hard for us to do well on such a simple game.

2 thoughts on “Flappy Bird Tutorial

  1. Heidi Tam

    Yes, the game is simple (and very annoying) but it’s not exactly easy. Timing is key. I haven’t watched the “tutorials” but judging from your post, it’s ridiculous how much impact this game has on some people.

    I also just came across this article: http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/08/flappy-bird-going-down/ (Sorry, I don’t know how to properly put a link in the comments section) I’m not sure if the source is reliable or if the content is true, but whatever the case may be, it’s pretty interesting. As some people have mentioned, it could be a scheme to generate more app downloads. What’s even more interesting is that the developer decides to “take Flappy Bird down” when an update JUST came to the iPhone…

  2. CAROLINE CHEUNG Post author

    Actually I just did a search for flappy bird and it is no longer in the app store. The developer might have taken it down but many people still have it on their phones. It is interesting how the developer removed it so easily. Although many of us have it on our phone we do not really “own” the game. Similar to what we were talking about in class. That when you have an ebook you have it as long as the company allows you to have it, like flappy bird.

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