It is a relief that after years of game cloning that have sparked so many game disputes (Candy Crush Saga creator had sued the creator of CandySwipe, an eerily similar game that came out two years earlier), the app stores are finally doing something about the app clones. Google Play is also looking significantly better, with Nguyen’s original game taking the first spot, and the clones that made it through the review net looking quite different from it’s source of inspiration. According to an article on TechCrunch, the clones are caught and rejected during the Apple review process.
#Dong copter free
Sure, it isn’t free from clones, but it is arguably better. A search on Swing Copters today on the ITunes Store is not as likely to look as chaotic as on Thursday, when the game was launched. Many have noticed that a few days after the initial flood of ‘Swing Copter clones’, the app stores look significantly different. This ‘viral leech’ problem only serves to discourage real innovation in the app game community, especially when game developers put in serious thought into game design and original titles only to get ripped off by the hundreds of people trying to make a quick buck. Not only were majority of these games also named ‘Swing Copters’, but some developers even attempted to make their names similar to Dong Nguyen’s, with ‘Dong Developers’ or ‘Nguyen Ha Dong’ amongst the many culprits. It wouldn’t really come to a surprise to you that when creator of Flappy Bird Dong Nguyen released his new game, Swing Copters, the app stores instantly flooded with shameless app clones. The world of game development is so accessible that people could even replicate these simple games at the drop of a ball.
The parade of app clones with names like Splashy Fish and Flappy Crocodile began to pick up steam, with every other developer creating low quality versions to ride on the coat tails of these simple but addictive games. We don’t have to look too far for examples – earlier this year games like Flappy Bird and 2048 plagued our minds and, soon after, our app stores. The sneaky (and sometimes flimsy) replications of popular games always seem to flood the app stores after the games go viral. With every successful app, there will be app clones.
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