I am really looking for some clever games I could play on my phone (WITHOUT being online all the time) but everything I find and people seem to like a popping bubbles and this. This can't be it...please...
I would really like to see the user engagement metrics for Flappy Bird and Badland, compared to install base.
There is nearly nothing original in this game, not only was the core game play stolen, but most of the assets too. It really angers me that it has done so well when a lot of other game developers who worked a lot harder can't succeed.
Nobody wants to think that success is due to luck. For the wealthy, that means that they are not as great as they think they are (damages ego), and for the poor, that means that there is no sure way to become wealthy.
Of course reality is a bit more complex, hard work can lead to wealth, but it's not a guarantee. Luck factors into everything in varying amounts. Aside from extreme cases like this, luck comes into play in terms of where you were born, who you met and became friends with, or even when you live or whether or not you were first to some arbitrary line.
To me, all of this means that people should be a hell of a lot more humble and realistic than they are. I get the impression that the author of Flappy Bird might realize this, so props to him.