Oh, and more importantly, Flappy Bird is itself a clone
Flappy Birdis still the top free downloaded game on Apple’s App Store as of this writing. It’s pretty horrible in a lot of ways, but this whole thing is also highlighting another plight that mobile gaming sees: Game cloning.
TumblrI Want a Cloneis highlighting all of the clones that have come about trying to capitalize on theFlapp Birdcraze.Flappy Penguin, Floppy Bird, Flappy Angry Bird, Flappy Bird – Fly Bunny, Flappy Bird Platinum— and so it goes. Not only that, but look at all the requests from people offering to pay for clone creations.
And now for the worst part:Flappy Birdis itself a clone.Piou Piou vs. cactuswas originally releasedin 2011for iOS and Android and shares quite the resemblance here.Piou Piou vs. cactusmay even just be a clone of another just like it for all we know. This all just highlights how the mobile gaming industry can come across as a big Human Centipede experiment with everyone trampling each other to make some easy money.
