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Questions tagged [flappy-bird-clone]

Questions about implementing 'Flappy Bird' game mechanics & features, and variations thereof.

Flap, flap, flap. Game Over. Gnnnnn...

Creating a Flappy Bird clone may be a good starting point to learn (mobile) game development. The popularity of the app has certainly inspired many to copy and adapt the concept, and many questions evolving out of making a Flappy Bird clone revolve around common game development techniques and issues.

Note: This is a semi-serious tag. SO is getting swamped with questions of users trying to create a Flappy Birds clone - since there are recurring mechanics and gameplay issues it may make sense for users trying to create a game like Flappy Birds to be able to look up their peer's questions and answers.

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jQuery spawning div and collision detection

So im almost at the end of my school homework project im just missing two major things i can't seem to figure out: 1.How to spawn the pipe obstacles with a random position for the gap so the bird can fly through (tought of using a function which…
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Xcode5 how to add sound effect every time I touch the screen?

I made an app to fool around with that is basically a flappy bird clone. I need to know how to make the sound when I touch the screen. I tried using a button but the sound would only play as a touched the button, not the whole screen. When I touched…
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Using `sleep()` for a time delay

I an trying to delay program execution for 200ms and then test if a key was pressed during the delay. How do I do this? I am tryint to create a simple computer game similar to flappy birds, using C. I want the user to have tiny bit of time (~200ms)…
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Enter State error, Slick2d

I am creating a flappy bird esque minigame. For some reason there is an error when I try to enter my actual "playing" state from the "menu" state and the "level" state holds it all together, a new error is thrown as it was working before. Any help…
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Best way to learn objective-C?

My aim: My ultimate aim is to make an iPhone game. I'm talking about something like Flappy Bird, nothing incredibly complex, but simple, addictive games. About Me: I'm 24 and have a little Python experience, but I understand that knowing a bit of…
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How to add an overlay start scene in swift?

can someone code for me please how to add an overlay start scene in swift? I want to add a startMenu like in Flappy Bird, and then when you click play it just moves/fades away and the game begins. Can someone help me achieve this effect? Looking to…
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Tap to start Image

Hello I am trying to add a tap to start image like the one in flappy birds but I cant really find what I'm looking for on the webs so I came here. I have tried using UIImageView to do this but it doesn't work. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Game over pop-up like Flappy Bird

How can I make a game over pop-up like Flappy Bird in cocos2d-iphone 3? I tried to add a new Scene, but it adds a new screen on the game, I just want a rectangle with some buttons inside it. I also search how to add multiple scene, but didn't find…
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how do you make flappy bird flap?

So I was just trying to make a replica of flappy bird. But, I was wondering how to achieve a bird flap? I thought of using the method - (void) touchesBegan: (NSSet *) touches withEvent: (UIEvent *) event but I noticed that if you use this method…
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Add child + hittest?

AS3 Flash - Hey, I made a game like "Flappy Bird". Can someone help me how to check "character" hitted a wall? This game generate every 2.5 seconds two walls. (Wall and Wall2) How to check that character hitted it? function newWall():void { var…
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Make an SKSpriteNode fall when the screen is not being tapped

I would like to have an SKSpriteNode start to fall when the screen is not being tapped(like in flappy bird). I have SKActions that move the object up which are called in the touchesBegan method and I would like the object to fall until the next tap…
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Flappybird game using Unity errors from script

I want the sprite to make an impulse everytime I click the left button mouse but I'm getting errors from the script. using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using UnityEngine; public class Aviao : MonoBehaviour { …
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Unity - How To Spawn Obstacles at Different y levels

I am trying to make a game that has similar pipe spawning methods as flappy bird, although I cannot find a useable script as every "Tutorial" I see either is not modular AT ALL so it is extremely difficult to edit to fit my game, or could help but I…
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NetLogo Flappy Bird Scoring

Edit: Codes: http://pastebin.com/cGAxmNVC If you look at the Pipe Part, "if pxcor = 14 [set num num + 1]" this is the scoring. However, it is flawed. As the pipes move toward the bird, the patch num property is set to 0. Because the pxcor is no…
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Would someone fix my Pygame collision code?

I have a school project for Pygame over the winter break, as a summative. I made the basis of the game (Flappy Bird), but the problem is that the collisions aren't working properly. The problem is that it counts going through the pipes as a…
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