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		monos on March 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular? Angry Birds is a poster child for the way "modern indies" design there games: `* evergreen mechanic * cute visuals * generated content`

statictype on March 8, 2011 [–]

Not sure what you mean by generated content here.

In Angry Birds, all the levels are designed. Not generated algorithmically (as opposed to a game like Canabalt, where the entire level is generated on the fly).

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