"Flappy Bird" creator Dong Nguyen comes out with the new game "Swing Copters," which is now ready for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
This new mobile app lets players tap their smartphone screens to guide their character through hurdles. The character wears a head gear that has propellers. The players need to navigate through the game by flying vertically and consistently avoiding the swinging obstacles.
Jon Blistein from Rolling Stone described "Flappy Bird" creator Dong Nguyen's new game "Swing Copters" as somewhat similar in design and feel as Dong Nguyen's first hit game.
"The game shares Flappy Bird's old-school aesthetic, and boasts an equally simple premise: Guide a small helicopter-man through a series of gates outfitted with swinging hammers."
Review site TouchArcade had the opportunity to get an exclusive hands on review of the game before it rolled out last August 21 to Apple and Google stores worldwide.
"'Swing Copters' captures all the "just one more try" of 'Flappy Bird,' and seems even more brutally difficult. In the game, you play as a little dude who has a propeller on his head.'Swing Copters' coaxes you to tap the screen, at which point you're airborne, wildly flying to one side. Tapping changes your flight direction, and the goal is similar: Fly through as many gates and get as high as you can. Sort of similar to 'Flappy Bird,' but going up instead of to the side," the report said.
"Flappy Bird" creator Dong Nguyen became famous after releasing what reports have described as a "highly-addicting game," only to pull it out shortly after. Dong Nguyen pulled out the game and tweeted that "[Flappy Bird] ruins my simple life."
But this time around, "Flappy Bird" creator Dong Nguyen's new game "Swing Copters," which users can download for free, spells like another success for the game developer.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Lam Nguyen, the Ho Chi Minh City-based country director of International Data Corp believed that Dong Nguyen is better prepared for his second game. "The challenge is to come out with an even better product," he said.
