Why the Flappy Bird App is so Controversial
Flappy Bird is an app that quickly gained popularity in a matter of months. The creator of the app developed a game with simple, linear play that the general public loved to play. One of the advantages of the game was the fact that the controls were simple to use, and the difficulty could be punishing, which kept players engaged in the game. The app was released in May, and by the end of the year it climbed the charts and became one of the most popular game apps. According to the stats, the game has been downloaded over 50 million times.
How to Play the Flappy Bird App
If you have Flappy Bird downloaded on your phone or tablet, then you probably understand that the goal of the game is to keep the bird in the air. You watch the bird flying through the air, and you need to control the flying by touching the screen to flap it’s wings more so that it can rise to dodge obstacles, or stop flapping to sink lower in order to move though gaps in the pipes. Anytime the bird touches something, such as the ground or a pipe, then the game is over.
Controversies of the Game
One of the first controversies that came to light was the fact that the pipes in the game looked very similar to the graphics in Nintendo games. Some players were critical that the game’s creator copied the Mario games that everyone is so familiar with.
Because of the popularity of the game, the owner, Dong Nguyen, was bringing in quite a bit of money from ad revenue. It is estimated that the app was earning as much as $50,000 a day. Despite the profits of the app, the owner suddenly pulled it off the market, because he said that the app was having a negative impact on his life.
He claims that the game was too addictive. He created the game with the goal to entertain people for a few minutes at a time, but began to see that people were spending quite a bit of time playing, which indicated that it might be too addictive.
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