Hacker News with Generative AI: Mobile Games

Marvel Rivals Director and Others Laid Off (kotaku.com)
Marvel Rivals’ game director and others from the development team behind the hit hero shooter have been laid off.

Gaming, Layoffs, Marvel, Mobile Games

18 points by bob1029 2 days ago | 6 comments

Show HN: Compete in casual mini-games (iOS app – free) (apple.com)
ink. is a casual collection of retro‑style mini‑games designed to help you unwind or indulge your competitive side.

Mobile Games, iOS, Casual Games, Competition

5 points by pompeii 3 days ago | 0 comments

Final Fantasy iOS game shuts down over unfixable bug (theverge.com)
Square Enix has shut down the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and removed it from the App Store following an unfixable bug that blocked people from accessing content they had paid for.

Gaming, Mobile Games, iOS, Bugs, Final Fantasy

29 points by latexr 7 days ago | 4 comments

The Deck: An open-source cross-platform multiplayer card game engine in Flutter (github.com/xajik)
🕹️ Mobile multiplayer offline card games aggregator 🚀 👨‍💻 Written 💯 in Dart and Flutter 🔨

Mobile Games, Flutter, Open Source, Dart, Cross-Platform

323 points by igor_st 12 days ago | 79 comments

Paper Apps (gladdendesign.com)
Delightfully simple and simply delightful, Paper Apps™ are a fun, smart alternative to screen time. Check out our solo games like DUNGEON, GALAXY and GOLF, as well as gamified tools like TO•DO and NUTRI•TRACK. For the full experience, we recommend grabbing a couple of Pencil Dice as well!

Mobile Games, Productivity, Design

673 points by bluebirdfirewin 14 days ago | 94 comments

Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok (theverge.com)
The divest-or-ban law aimed at TikTok is also taking down other ByteDance-linked apps, including the popular card game Marvel Snap.

Mobile Games, Social Media, China, Government Regulation, ByteDance

6 points by alpha_squared 32 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Block Sort, a mobile/PWA puzzle game without ads (matthijsgroen.github.io)

Mobile Games, Puzzle Games, Web Development, Open Source

20 points by thaisi 111 days ago | 13 comments

Google Play killed my game and won't tell me why (antiidlereborn.com)
Google Play has “terminated” me – Current situation

Google Play, Mobile Games, Business, App Stores

136 points by xy2_ 132 days ago | 69 comments

Interview with Arnold Rauers (Tintytouchtales) on mobile game architecture (gamedatapodcast.com)
Going deep on how Tinytouchtales consistently ships some of the most interesting games on mobile year after year.

Mobile Games, Game Development, Interviews, Podcasts

5 points by kkukshtel 135 days ago | 0 comments

Why my apps will soon be gone from the Google Play Store (frozenfractal.com)
The first real money I ever made from game development was on Android. It was in 2013, when Android was still the underdog compared to the iPhone, and was being touted as a great platform for developers. I’d taken two weeks to build Patchy, a retro arcade game revamped for touch controls, and published it on the Google Play Store without any hassle. Since then, I’ve also published Twistago, Rocket Mail, Bigcanvas, Radio Nul and Papageno.

Android, Mobile Games, App Development, Business

197 points by grodriguez100 141 days ago | 171 comments

Palworld is bound for mobile, thanks to the maker of PUBG (engadget.com)
Palworld could be on its way to a mobile device near you. Krafton, the publisher of PUBG: Battlegrounds, has agreed a licensing deal with the game’s maker, Pocketpair, to bring the smash hit to mobile.

Mobile Games, PUBG, Licensing Deals

12 points by thunderbong 141 days ago | 7 comments

I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound) (apple.com)
There are times in life, when we have to be present. We can't be seen looking at our phones, no matter how boring the activity in front of us may be. So we just sit there, losing brain cells by the second. At least, thats how things were BEFORE TIK!LIFE AFTER TIK:Boredom is a thing of the past! Tik has no sounds or visuals, meaning you can play it anytime, anywhere!

Mobile Games, Boredom, Productivity

381 points by appsDev 141 days ago | 259 comments

The Simpsons: Tapped Out is powering off servers after 12 years (eurogamer.net)
The end is in sight for The Simpsons: Tapped Out, EA's long-running and hugely successful free-to-play city builder. The publisher has announced it's removing the mobile game from app stores this October, some 12 years after its initial release.

Mobile Games, Gaming, Free-to-Play

21 points by popcalc 147 days ago | 5 comments

Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB (github.com/VadimBoev)
It all started in 2021. Then I came across the rawdrawandroid repository.

Android, Programming, Game Development, Mobile Games, C

394 points by lostmsu 152 days ago | 160 comments

J2ME-Loader: J2ME emulator for Android devices (github.com/nikita36078)
J2ME-Loader is a J2ME emulator for Android. It supports most 2D and 3D games (including Mascot Capsule 3D ones). Emulator has a virtual keyboard, individual settings for each application, scaling support.

Android, Emulators, Java, Mobile Games, Retro Gaming

108 points by flykespice 155 days ago | 67 comments

Original Flappy Bird creator disavows new version – and its possible crypto ties (slashdot.org)

Games, Mobile Games, Crypto, Controversy

5 points by MilnerRoute 158 days ago | 0 comments

Flappy Bird's original creator says he has nothing to do with the new game (theverge.com)
Last week, The Flappy Bird Foundation announced a game called Flappy Bird. But while the group has been framing it as the triumphant return of a classic mobile game, Flappy Bird’s original developer, Dong Nguyen isn’t calling it a comeback — in fact, he says he’s not involved at all.

Mobile Games, Gaming, Flappy Bird, Copyright

6 points by computerliker 158 days ago | 0 comments

There's something fishy about the Flappy Bird revival (varun.ch)
Ten years after its sudden disappearance, Flappy Bird is making a comeback—but something about this revival doesn't quite add up.

Gaming, Mobile Games, Nostalgia, Trends

9 points by varun_ch 161 days ago | 0 comments

'Flappy Bird' Is Coming Back to the iPhone (macrumors.com)
The iconic side-scrolling game Flappy Bird will apparently be returning to the iPhone soon, according to a website dedicated to the project.

Mobile Games, iPhone, Gaming, Nostalgia

3 points by tosh 161 days ago | 0 comments

Epic Games Store for iPhone and Android (epicgames.com)

Mobile Games, Mobile Devices

8 points by raytopia 188 days ago | 2 comments

A Man Who Has Spent $70k Playing a Mobile Game [video] (2018) (youtube.com)

Mobile Games, Gaming, Personal Finance, Entertainment

12 points by Bluestein 194 days ago | 9 comments

How Mihoyo's monetization works (moonbearmusings.com)

Monetization, Video Games, Business Models, Mobile Games

103 points by future10se 209 days ago | 59 comments

What's the deal with the blue "robins" in gacha games? (jgeekstudies.org)