Ya'll doing it wrong .. copycats rarely if ever make money.. when was the last CopyCat App you see hit top 20 and sustain? Uhmm rarely.. cause why would anyone download a blatant rip that's just trying to cash in on an original idea that now has the popularity/support to improve. Also - Flappy Bird's main draw for the 'casual crowd' is the share to facebook function. I doubt any flappy bird's copies on here have / can do that..
Nothing wrong with taking ideas from various games and using them in your own 'original' game.. but replacing bird with say a goose or something -- I just don't see why it'd make any money, which would be the only reason you are doing it...?? If you doing something you enjoy or for fun - at least be original somewhat!!
Cloning is bad and all but jeez two of these clones are on the top of the Free games list already. IronPants have been climbing up the list for a few days now.
Ya'll doing it wrong .. copycats rarely if ever make money.. when was the last CopyCat App you see hit top 20 and sustain? Uhmm rarely.. cause why would anyone download a blatant rip that's just trying to cash in on an original idea that now has the popularity/support to improve. Also - Flappy Bird's main draw for the 'casual crowd' is the share to facebook function. I doubt any flappy bird's copies on here have / can do that..
Nothing wrong with taking ideas from various games and using them in your own 'original' game.. but replacing bird with say a goose or something -- I just don't see why it'd make any money, which would be the only reason you are doing it...?? If you doing something you enjoy or for fun - at least be original somewhat!!
Cloning is bad and all but jeez two of these clones are on the top of the Free games list already. IronPants have been climbing up the list for a few days now.
@mcrtom there have been a few games similar to Flappy Bird and no one gave a damn but because of all this hype from now on any game that is similar to Flappy Bird will be blacklisted.
Obviously that won't stop people from trying. But there are 2 types of trying...
1. Try make it their own style, unique twist, whatever you wanna call it. 2. Try and make a clone.
Like I said before, one of these can effect any future releases you may have. But thats a risk YOU (as a "developer" ) have to make.
The thing about Flappy Bird is that the build / mechanics / graphics are all relatively easy, any reasonably competent developer can clone Flappy Bird in a couple of hours (give or take), so I think it's reasonable to expect an avalanche of Flappy Bird copies in the coming weeks, months.
I'm working on my own version, it's subtly different to the original as I've made the sound when the bird hits the floor slightly quieter, I expect to make at least a million.
There is pretty much a clone of most stuff if you just go back far enough.. All I meant that if a game rockets to success , copying it and changing minor things like a graphic or something rarely if ever works -- not quite sure how iron pants did it but it's getting lots of negative reviews.
Ya'll doing it wrong .. copycats rarely if ever make money.. when was the last CopyCat App you see hit top 20 and sustain? Uhmm rarely.. cause why would anyone download a blatant rip that's just trying to cash in on an original idea that now has the popularity/support to improve. Also - Flappy Bird's main draw for the 'casual crowd' is the share to facebook function. I doubt any flappy bird's copies on here have / can do that..
Nothing wrong with taking ideas from various games and using them in your own 'original' game.. but replacing bird with say a goose or something -- I just don't see why it'd make any money, which would be the only reason you are doing it...?? If you doing something you enjoy or for fun - at least be original somewhat!!
my version has two birds to control going in opposite direction, should be a bit harder..
Too easy, I was thinking that the bird should be invisible, there should be 2 second delay between tapping the screen and the bird moving and there should be no gap in the approaching walls.
Honestly, this game appear in great 'reviewers' of youtube, some with more of 1.000.000 of visits, is normally have this downloads if appears in youtube channel with much visits. In my game I received reviews of users that they say "This game is better that flappy bird" but my game only be two days in TOP 500 of USA puzzle game, how is this possible? Marketing? What is the best marketing way?
Ya'll doing it wrong .. copycats rarely if ever make money.. when was the last CopyCat App you see hit top 20 and sustain? Uhmm rarely.. cause why would anyone download a blatant rip that's just trying to cash in on an original idea that now has the popularity/support to improve. Also - Flappy Bird's main draw for the 'casual crowd' is the share to facebook function. I doubt any flappy bird's copies on here have / can do that..
Nothing wrong with taking ideas from various games and using them in your own 'original' game.. but replacing bird with say a goose or something -- I just don't see why it'd make any money, which would be the only reason you are doing it...?? If you doing something you enjoy or for fun - at least be original somewhat!!
You should do some research before ranting.
Care to elaborate? People play games that are original not clones. Why would anyone play a watered down version of a popular game
Ok, this one is guaranteed to make at least a million, everything is the same as Flappy Birds except the approaching walls are banner ads .
Whichever poor you hit, that ad pops up. Brilliant.
LoL you guys crack me up. But seriously it amazes me how many unoriginal people there are. Soon as a game hits success, copy and paste.. Get real people!!
Ok, this one is guaranteed to make at least a million, everything is the same as Flappy Birds except the approaching walls are banner ads .
Whichever poor you hit, that ad pops up. Brilliant.
LoL you guys crack me up. But seriously it amazes me how many unoriginal people there are. Soon as a game hits success, copy and paste.. Get real people!!
I think most of the people made it for a template (I did) I am not going to publish the remade version and I think most won't.
Ok, this one is guaranteed to make at least a million, everything is the same as Flappy Birds except the approaching walls are banner ads .
Whichever poor you hit, that ad pops up. Brilliant.
LoL you guys crack me up. But seriously it amazes me how many unoriginal people there are. Soon as a game hits success, copy and paste.. Get real people!!
You're just jealous that we are all going to make a million dollars and you won't.
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Ok, this one is guaranteed to make at least a million, everything is the same as Flappy Birds except the approaching walls are banner ads .
Whichever pipe you hit, that ad pops up. Brilliant.
So if we can somehow figure out what the players like(for example, baseball or soda) we could display ads related to that. That way they may try to die and have an ad pop up. Best idea ever, if I do say so myself. The player gets to see what they like, and we get to see what we like($$$!)
Ok, this one is guaranteed to make at least a million, everything is the same as Flappy Birds except the approaching walls are banner ads .
Whichever pipe you hit, that ad pops up. Brilliant.
So if we can somehow figure out what the players like(for example, baseball or soda) we could display ads related to that. That way they may try to die and have an ad pop up. Best idea ever, if I do say so myself. The player gets to see what they like, and we get to see what we like($$$!)
You're missing a trick here, all the ads should be for Flappy Bird templates, that way we can create a kind of Flappy Bird feedback loop and everyone will make at least a million dollars including the player and the bird*
*Not worked the actual maths out yet, but it will definitely work.
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edited February 2014
Ok, this one is guaranteed to make at least a million, everything is the same as Flappy Birds except the approaching walls are banner ads .
Whichever pipe you hit, that ad pops up. Brilliant.
So if we can somehow figure out what the players like(for example, baseball or soda) we could display ads related to that. That way they may try to die and have an ad pop up. Best idea ever, if I do say so myself. The player gets to see what they like, and we get to see what we like($$$!)
You're missing a trick here, all the ads should be for Flappy Bird templates, that way we can create a kind of Flappy Bird feedback loop and everyone will make at least a million dollars including the player and the bird*
*Not worked the actual maths out yet, but it will definitely work.
Such a simple game, is its ranking organic? bot based...a bit of both? who cares. This could have been made in gamesalad as all the templates show with ease
It wouldn't even make gamesalad break a sweat. For anyone who thinks gamesalad can't make a no1 game this shows it could (and yes, i know it wasn't made with gamesalad).
But its taken a top slot in the app store and it should give people inspiration that you can have success. Such a shame he didn't add revmob, chartboost or applovin in there (yet). He's left a big pay cheque on the floor lol
@dayofjackal -- for the most part yes.. But the most drawing feature, posting score to facebook with push of a button has yet to be done in Gamesalad as far as I know.. and I think is part of the reason it's so popular
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Nothing wrong with taking ideas from various games and using them in your own 'original' game.. but replacing bird with say a goose or something -- I just don't see why it'd make any money, which would be the only reason you are doing it...?? If you doing something you enjoy or for fun - at least be original somewhat!!
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Obviously that won't stop people from trying. But there are 2 types of trying...
1. Try make it their own style, unique twist, whatever you wanna call it.
2. Try and make a clone.
Like I said before, one of these can effect any future releases you may have. But thats a risk YOU (as a "developer" ) have to make.
The thing about Flappy Bird is that the build / mechanics / graphics are all relatively easy, any reasonably competent developer can clone Flappy Bird in a couple of hours (give or take), so I think it's reasonable to expect an avalanche of Flappy Bird copies in the coming weeks, months.
I'm working on my own version, it's subtly different to the original as I've made the sound when the bird hits the floor slightly quieter, I expect to make at least a million.
And @Socks … hope you're being sarcastic
IGN did an article and the author of the game, Dong, said he didn't even want success for the game .. lol go figure!
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In my game I received reviews of users that they say "This game is better that flappy bird" but my game only be two days in TOP 500 of USA puzzle game, how is this possible? Marketing? What is the best marketing way?
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Excellent !
It would also be good to make a Flappy Bird Template . . .
It's a template of a Flappy Bird game flying along and the 'pipes' are the grabbing hands of iOS developers trying to grab the Flappy Bird template.
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LoL you guys crack me up. But seriously it amazes me how many unoriginal people there are. Soon as a game hits success, copy and paste.. Get real people!!
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*Not worked the actual maths out yet, but it will definitely work.
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It wouldn't even make gamesalad break a sweat. For anyone who thinks gamesalad can't make a no1 game this shows it could (and yes, i know it wasn't made with gamesalad).
But its taken a top slot in the app store and it should give people inspiration that you can have success. Such a shame he didn't add revmob, chartboost or applovin in there (yet). He's left a big pay cheque on the floor lol
How does revmob or chartboost differ from iads?