![]() Some may be theorizing that successful iOS games should all feature retro graphics and birds, just as some console game makers used to believe that success on PlayStation in the US meant making games featuring ninjas, vampires or Nazis (true story). They’re probably adding categories into spreadsheets to model it against other genres. I have no doubt that developers and publishers from here to Timbuktu are now looking at Flappy Bird and trying to figure out what the “endless tapper” genre will look like. Yet if there’s one thing on which you can always rely, it’s that the industry will over-complicate what it means. Players still like to play a fun game that seems new compared to all the other stuff they’ve been playing lately. ![]() ![]() The repeated success of these games shows that there is always room for a new game mechanic. The game that seems to just pop, leaving many heads scratching as to how it did it. It’s another Dots, Temple Run, Ridiculous Fishing, Candy Crush Saga, Puzzle and Dragon, Tiny Wings or Fruit Ninja. Flappy Bird, if you don’t know, is the latest game-from-nowhere that’s taken over the App Store. It’s nice to know that the games industry can still surprise you and that – just when everybody thinks it’s been figured out – there’s room for a Flappy Bird. Is The Windows 10 Store The Next Step For PC Apps And Games?Įditor’s note: Tadhg Kelly is a veteran game designer and creator of leading game design blog What Games Are.
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