Games By James Plafke Apr. 23, 2014 5:46 pm
Even the most hardened, jaded gamers played Dong Nguyen’s*Flappy Bird*more times than they’re willing to admit (even if that was only once); the same goes with Gabriele Cirulli’s power-of-two-em-up*2048. Both games are clones themselves, and have had their share of clones;*Flappy Bird had so many that Apple began rejecting them from the App Store, and 2048 even has a*Hearthstone-themed clone. Both games are addictive, but almost disturbingly simple. So, thanks to the games’ wild popularity and simple mechanics, internet law decrees that they must be mashed up into a single game.
The name of the game,*Flappy48, instantly describes exactly what you’ll be doing — flying the power-of-two number through the now-iconic*Flappy Bird*columns. In between each segment of columns, a new number awaits your growing chain of numbers — just like in*2048, two of the same number will combine to form a bigger number in a single box. The farther you progress in the game, the larger your*Flappy Bird-style trail of numbers will be, making it more difficult to effectively flap through the columns.
In*Flappy48, you can either use the space bar or left click to flap your box. Unlike*Flappy Bird and most of its clones, the physics are a little floaty rather than quickly adhering to gravity. However, this seems to maintain*Flappy Bird‘s maddening difficulty curve, so fans of Nguyen’s game will feel at home. The*2048 aspect of the game doesn’t really require your attention nearly as much as flapping your boxes does, but the growing chain of numbers does make it increasingly difficult to progress.
The game, which you can try here, runs in Unity, so you might need to install the player in your browser. You should be prompted to install it, but if not, you can grab it here.
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The name of the game,*Flappy48, instantly describes exactly what you’ll be doing — flying the power-of-two number through the now-iconic*Flappy Bird*columns. In between each segment of columns, a new number awaits your growing chain of numbers — just like in*2048, two of the same number will combine to form a bigger number in a single box. The farther you progress in the game, the larger your*Flappy Bird-style trail of numbers will be, making it more difficult to effectively flap through the columns.
In*Flappy48, you can either use the space bar or left click to flap your box. Unlike*Flappy Bird and most of its clones, the physics are a little floaty rather than quickly adhering to gravity. However, this seems to maintain*Flappy Bird‘s maddening difficulty curve, so fans of Nguyen’s game will feel at home. The*2048 aspect of the game doesn’t really require your attention nearly as much as flapping your boxes does, but the growing chain of numbers does make it increasingly difficult to progress.
The game, which you can try here, runs in Unity, so you might need to install the player in your browser. You should be prompted to install it, but if not, you can grab it here.
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