Swing Copters
Swing Copters is an action video game released for iOS and Android on August 21, 2014. It was developed by Vietnamese video game developer.Gears, best known for Flappy Bird (2013). The player controls a character wearing a helmet with helicopter rotors, and the player changes the direction of the character by tapping the screen.
Swing Copters
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- 2014
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Key facts
• Title — Swing Copters • Developer —.Gears • Publisher —.Gears • Released — August 21, 2014 • Platforms — Android, iOS, Windows Phone • Genre — Action • Modes — Single-player • Designer — Nguyễn Hà Đông
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — A game in progress The easy-to-learn-but-hard-to-master gameplay consists of the player's tapping the screen to change the direction of the character. The game has a comparable high score system and is similar to Flappy Bird, but it is even more difficult to control the rapid, horizontal movements of the protagonist. If a player touches an obstacle, the game is over.
Reception
Reception
Swing Copters received generally "mixed or average" reviews, holding a Metacritic score of 56/100.
Legacy
Legacy
A sequel, Swing Copters 2, was released worldwide on December 16, 2015.
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- 1.Dewey, Caitlin. How to beat the Flappy Bird sequel Swing Copters? Don't play it. The Washington Post. August 21, 2014.
- 2.McWhertor, Michael. Google cleans up Google Play store, removes dozens of Swing Copters clones. Polygon. Vox Media. August 22, 2014.
- 3.CBS Interactive. Swing Copters Critic Reviews for iOS. Metacritic.
- 4.Swing Copters 2 on the App Store. App Store. April 2024.
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