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Fun with physics and collisions

Perhaps the most successful mobile game has been Angry Birds—a simple concept of sling-shooting cartoon birds to knock over the frame of a house. Angry Birds has several fundamental elements that make it a successful game, which are mentioned as follows:

• Identifiable characters that people hold an affinity toward. In Angry Birds, even the pigs playing the role of bad guys are fun and rather adorable.
• Physics and collision detection.
• Simple, easy-to-understand concept—one can begin playing in an instant.
• Easy user interface.
• Fun challenge.

An interesting fact is that all this applies equally to Pac-Man or Mario, who himself is now considered one of the most recognized characters in the world, right up there with Mickey ...