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He wrote the Helicopter game when he was 16 years old and went through YC when he was 19 and you're criticizing him for making a clone of some other game? That
by adriand 14y ago
He wrote the Helicopter game when he was 16 years old and went through YC when he was 19 and you're criticizing him for making a clone of some other game? That's a hell of an achievement for anyone, let alone a teenager. And let's not forget that the best known game in the App Store, Angry Birds, is just an artillery game, which date back to the 70's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_game
- ekianjo 14y agoHuh... you are deeply wrong about Angry birds. You forget that they included physics in the game and that makes it a lot more elaborate that any of the artillery games or scorched tanks ever made before. It's not just about the angle and power, this time.
- talloaktrees 14y agoCrush the castle came first: http://armorgames.com/play/3614/crush-the-castle http://armorgames.com/play/3614/crush-the-castle
- praxulus 14y agoThe physics, while not dating back as far, were also present in flash games pre-Angry Birds, the most popular being Crush the Castle. Angry birds brought a slightly simpler aiming mechanism and (probably most importantly) a much more polished feel to the genre.
- ekianjo 14y agoThanks for the reference, I was not aware of that one.