Video game developers will often go to great lengths to help players understand the basic mechanics of their games. Tutorial missions, pop-up hints, on screen guides even paperback manuals back in the day are all tools used to help teach players on how to play the game. Games like Final Fantasy take this concept to the extreme with nearly half the gameplay comprising of tutorials. Even Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon went as far as the send up the modern trend of video game tutorials with a satirical opening mission. Continue reading
Just as the games mechanics compel the bird to rise and fall, Flappy Bird has risen from obscurity before coming crashing down amongst a media circus. How and why a small indie game coming out of the game design wilderness of Vietnam has caused such a furore in such a short period of time.