Why is Flappy Bird so hot?

Currently, the free Mobile apps list in iOS and Google Play App Store is also occupied by a hand tour named Flappy Bird, what kind of game is this? Why can we dominate the free application market?

Flappy Bird is a simple and difficult free phone game developed by the independent game developer Nanhadon (Nguyen Ha Dong) in Hanoi, Vietnam. However, it is puzzling that both the developers themselves and the Flappy Bird game, seems to have suddenly jumped red overnight.

Flappy Bird does not have any complex plot or manipulation skills, the player simply clicks on the screen to steer a bird away from obstacles like the green pipe in Super Mario. If the bird touches the pipe, the game ends immediately and the difficulty is higher.

One of the most important reasons for the game's attention is that it is extremely difficult. In fact, the game's appeal comes from its maddening difficulty. "I've been in mobile for so many years and I've never seen anything like this," said John Gargiulo, Bluestacks's John Jagiro. ”

Nanhadon operates a game development studio called Dotgears UBM, which has more than 240,000 4-star evaluations on iOS. Nanhadon a "passionate independent game producer" on Twitter, saying he lives in Hanoi.

According to AppAnnie, the game was uploaded to the App Store on May 24, 2013. It is unclear why the game suddenly became so popular last week.

Nanhadon also developed another two games: "Shuriken block" and "Super Ball juggling". The results of these two games are also good, ranked second and sixth place respectively.

Nanhadon likes to chat with gamers, but in addition to being low-key, he told a journalist on Twitter that he would be uncomfortable with an interview.

Although Flappy Bird may not have highlighted the bright spot, it once again proves that "in the hands of the world, everything is possible" this truth.

Zynga has just bought the developer NaturalMotion of Clumsy Ninja and CSR racing at a price of $527 million, which is said to be worth 600 million dollars for Dotgears UBM.

Bluecloud FX's Catetomas (Carter Thomas) believes that this kind of performance is a bit too good to be true, he believes that Dotgears must use the robot program to brush rankings. If that is the case, the rankings will certainly change dramatically once Apple and Google are involved.