FlappyBirdle
Games
word game
SHOW HN2023
232points
93comments
#226of 3,109 in 2023
Top 8%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
11 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 26 critical, out of 52 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Design: 1 for, 8 againstExecution: 2 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 5 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, stressful and absurd concept
From 4 comments
I’ve never felt so anxious and unhappy when playing a game. In a horrible way I love this so much. It’s like Chessboxing if you were to play both simultaneously. There’s such a…
Waterluvian on HNThis was incredibly fun -- my wife and I played as a team where I am the flappy bird and she calls out ideas for the Wordle part. Highlight of our day!
trykondev on HNIt’s crazy and I love it.
binarymax on HNGood god. This is absurd. Congrats!
dnadler on HN
Easy mode makes it accessible
From 2 comments
Great game! It could help to initially show a sample word along with a beat/pulse to show the user they can enter the letters "slowly".
psyklic on HNI won on hard mode once! That's my achievement for the day. Great job.
ismokedoinks on HN
Objections
Too hard or frustrating without easy mode
From 4 comments
Even with easy mode, this is way impossible. I like the idea but it's way too hard. Maybe turn it into a typing game where you simply keep the bird from falling into the ground.
johnla on HNI got to 327, but then suddenly lost without seeing why. That was horrible, thanks!
jtolmar on HNThere's no way I'm ever going to win a round of this.
yreg on HNYou just... die instantly unless you get the very first letter right? Huh?
movedx on HN
Easy to exploit by spamming letters
From 4 comments
you can just spam the keyboard to stay afloat, memorizing green letters until you crack the word.
bil7 on HNNo collision on the pipes makes it trivially easy to just keep pressing the same letter to stay alive. Don't need to care about wordle progress, and hardly even on the flappy…
chungy on HNYour hit detection is wrong fyi. Just spam letters to go above the pipes until you find the right letter and move on. AAAAAAA BBBBBBB CCCCCCC etc. Fun idea though!
Sarkie on HNYou can fly over the pipes by going off-screen. If you type fast enough you don't have to worry about collisions :)
jonny_eh on HN
Hard to play on mobile or with fast key input
From 3 comments
I just kept pressing H rapidly and this leads to a seemingly infinite score. There is no way to actually type fast enough on mobile to legitimately play this.
bagels on HNThis is a really great idea, but unfortunately not usable on mobile, even though the site is responsive.
Thurys on HNThis doesn’t display nicely on iphone 12 mini :-/
d--b on HN
Hit detection and pipe collision issues
From 2 comments
Your hit detection is wrong fyi. Just spam letters to go above the pipes until you find the right letter and move on. AAAAAAA BBBBBBB CCCCCCC etc. Fun idea though!
Sarkie on HNNo hit detection?
quickthrower2 on HN
Requests
Add backspace and earlier key registration
From 1 comment
Two QoL things I noticed within 1 minute of playing: please add backspace and start registering key presses as soon as someone starts typing! Having the text "type to start", and…
methodical on HN
Add a slower speed or reduced gravity option
From 2 comments
i need an option for like 0.25x speed, my brain clock speed is not fast enough to play this game
swyx on HNReduce gravity and slow down time about 2x each and I think this would actually be entertaining. The way it is now I can’t even type the correct letters without bombing
twodave on HN
Add a ranking, timer or single word mode
From 2 comments
It would be cool to have a timer and a single word mode so you could play it competitively with someone.
fwungy on HNI'd love a separate easy mode / hard mode top score
wheelie_boy on HN
Add a colour-blind or high contrast mode
From 2 comments
Love this concept! Game mechanics work we'll, but I'd need a color blind mode to ever have even a chance of winning.
jwm20 on HNhmmm maybe a high contrast mode would solve?
jeanmayer on HN
Questions
Why did the word change or the game end unexpectedly
From 3 comments
After about 3 screens (like 18 guesses), I almost had it but then the word changed on me, and so I died.
Humphrey on HNThis happened to me too, and I probably spent way too long trying to recreate it. Truth be told, nothing in the code really looks like it would cause this issue. My best guess is…
lofatdairy on HNI got to 327, but then suddenly lost without seeing why. That was horrible, thanks!
jtolmar on HN
Alternatives named
Snordle (Wordle with Snake)
From 1 comment
That's awesome! I did something similar a while ago, but instead of Flappy Bird I merged wordle with Snake https://ivan.engineering/projects/snordle/
ivankuz on HN
2048 Birds (2048 with Flappy Bird)
From 1 comment
Reminds me of this other game that my friend made, which combines 2048 and flappy bird: https://2048birds.ravenblack.net/ The description says "A game combining Flappy Birds and…
omoikane on HN