GitHub - VadimBoev/FlappyBird: Less than 100 Kilobytes. Works for Android 5.1 and above
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Less than 100 Kilobytes. Works for Android 5.1 and above - VadimBoev/FlappyBird
  • addie@feddit.ukEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Super Mario Bros on the NES came in at 31 kB, and it was a bit more of a game. 100 kB for Flappy Bird isn’t all that impressive.

    • tiddy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Having to support one type of device allows for a lot more optimisation than supporting thousands

      • addie@feddit.ukEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Android has a massive built-in library of supporting functions that abstracts away most of the differences between devices, including support libraries for older versions of Android, and Flappy Bird is almost the “hello world” of gamws writing.