The former grabbed the headlines but the latter is more deserving of them, and that is down to the approach of its developer.Īfter each road-crossing attempt you'll receive a free gift, which will either grant you coins (to spend on a prize drawn at random) or a new character to play as – with horses, ducks, wizards, robots and fish among the 49 unlockable avatars.īeing a free-to-play game players also have the ability to purchase new characters for 69p a pop. There's a base similarity, but whereas Flappy Bird is designed for optimal frustration, Crossy Road is calmer and more fun for it. Some of the game's characters, which can be bought at 69p a pop Hipster Whale Both are designed for short bursts of play and offer just enough of a reason to think you'll do better next time. It is most reminiscent of Dong Nguyen's Flappy Bird, and not just because its name is a riff on this year's world-conquering hit. In a stylised pixel world you play (initially) as a chicken whose aim is to cross as many roads, railways and rivers as it can without taking a plunge or getting squashed. This being such a busy time for the video game industry and its biggest names only makes the success of the small stature game all the more impressive, but what is it and why does it work so well?Ĭrossy Road best fits into the endless runner sub-genre of mobile games, but is best described as an infinite version of classic video game Frogger. At the time of writing it proudly boasts an impressive five star average rating from over 40,000 users on the Apple App Store. Why did the chicken cross the road? To get the high score! Okay, it's not a joke, but that's the basis of Crossy Road, one of the year's best and most important mobile games.ĭeveloper Hipster Whale has crafted a simplistic and addictive "endless arcade hopper" that the world is quickly falling in love with.
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