This poor yellow bird doesn’t know it, but he’s already defeated, lying on the ground near the pipe into which he is about to crash. There’s no other possible outcome, yet he strives on.

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There is one other problem. The game of Flappy Bird gives a score if I just make it halfway through a pipe. This means that I could get a score of 1 after crashing into the second pipe.

Flappy Royale’s beta ended today and the game is now officially out on PC and mobile. Currently 10 million games have been played, with one in five never going past the first pipe.

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Flappy Bird is nothing if not frustrating. You’ll start by hitting the first pipe. After several Flappy Bird games you might be up to three or four points. Give it a few hours and you might top 20.