Comment on Is Flappy Bird a good game?
yamper@piefed.social 1 week ago
yes, i think flappy bird had a really elegant onboarding/tutorial: 1. main menu screen, tap to start 2. the tap flaps the bird 3. you fall to the ground, learning that you need to repeatedly tap to fly 4. before any obstacles appear, you get some time to calibrate your rhythm 5. obstacles start appearing and the game starts
queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
That’s a good point, I too think it nailed one of the requirements of “simple” single-mechanic games, which is getting the player up to speed and into the fun part as quickly as possible.