Oh, Flappy bird. It's been a long time since I last thought about the game-turned-cultural phenomenon that briefly had us all in a chokehold a decade ago. At least, that was the case until this morning, when I ran into a reddit publication announcing a flappy bird tribute for Playdate and without a moment's hesitation, I downloaded it to my device. Now here I am, absolutely hooked on this maddening little game once again. And using the crank to control that silly-looking bird is even harder this time. FlappyBird by Chibisuke is free and available to download for Playdate on itch.io. You're welcome… or I'm sorry.
FlappyBird It's like the OG game, but in grayscale. You can play using the up button on the D-pad, the 'A' button or the crank to guide the bird between the pipes, but I've opted for the latter for the extra challenge it adds. It also feels like a perfect use of the crank, and I like to make the most of the original Playdate design whenever I can. There are other games inspired by flappy bird that you can get for Playdate, like moody bird and flutter ballbut Chibisuke's FlappyBird is a direct clone of Dong Nguyen's infamous side-scrolling game.
It's definitely a way to get your heart rate up on a Sunday afternoon. Just please don't ask me about my high score, I… I don't want to talk about it.
