The World of Angry Birds - Chapter 1 - Angry Birds Invasion

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The World of Angry Birds introduces the story-world behind the popular mobile game, opening with a scene of playing on a tablet as friends, familiar characters, and everyday products come together. It explains how people spread Angry Birds across devices and then traces the game’s origins to three students in Finland who entered a 2003 contest with a winning prototype. After early struggles, Rovio formed and later sought a breakthrough game inspired by the appeal of strong characters.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages40

Reading Time1 h 2 min

AccessFree to download

Angry Birds Invasion

Hatching a Hit

More Angry Birds, Please!

Total Take0ver

The Future Looks Feathered

Bonus Points

Glossary

Learn More about Video Games

Index

ORLD ◎F GAMING WELLS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 32791004459760 The World ofAngryBirds Heather E.SchwartzLerner THIS BOOK IS NO LONGERPROPERTY OF THEWELLS COUNTYPUBLIC LIBRARY MAY012018 The World of Heather E.Schwartz This book is dedicated to Nolan Schwartz.Thank you for introducing me to Angry Birds-and for being an amazing kid who can answerall f my gaming and tech questions! Copyright G 2018by Lerner Publishing Group,Inc. Allrights reserved.International copyright secured.No part of this book may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise—without the prior writtenpermission of Lerner Publishing Group;Inc.,except for the inclusion of brief quotationsin an acknowledged review. # Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group,Inc.241 First Avenue NorthMinneapolis,MN55401 USA For reading levels and more information,look up this titleat www.lernerbooks.com. # Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names:Schwartz,Heather E.author. Title:The world of Angry Birds/Heather E.Schwartz. Description:Minneapolis,Minnesota:Lerner Publications,[2018]I Series:SearchlightBooks—The World of Gamingllncluides bibliographical references and index.Identifiers:LCCN 2017032397I ISBN9781512483123(Ib)I ISBN 9781541511965(pb)IISBN 9781512483161(eb pdf) Subjects:LCSH:Angry Birds(Game)—Juvenile literature.Clasification:LCC GV¹469.35.A64S352018IDDC794.8—dc23 LC record avalable athtps/cn.loc.gov/2017032397 Manufactured in the United States of America1-43329-33149-9/28/2047 Chapter 1 ANGRy BTRDSINVASION...4 Chapter 2 HATCHING A HIT...11 Chapter 3 MORE ANGRY BTRDS,PLEASE!...15 Chapter 4 TOTAL TAKE0VER...20 Chapter 5 THE FUTURE LOOKS FEATHERED...25 Bonus Points·29Glossary·30 Learn More about Video Games·31Index·32 # ANGRY BIRDSINVASION Youre playing Angry Birds on a tablet when you hear thedoorbell over the sounds of the game:wood breakingand pigs laughing.You open the door and see your friendwearing a T-shirt showing the game's characters.Youhead to the kitchen to grab a box of Angry Birds crackers.Then it's back to your tablet and the world of Angry Birds.Or did you ever leave it? People playAngry Birdson tablets,phones,andother devices. was a top officer at the company. You probably know something about Angry Birds.Characters from the game appear everywhere!Butwhere did these creatures come from? It all started with three students at the Helsinki University of Technology,in Espoo,Finland.They entereda contest in 2003 to create the best mobile game.Intheir game,King of the Cabbage World,players controlledmoles that threw exploding vegetables. The students won the contest,and they soon formeda company called Rovio.Rovio was packed with talentedpeople—but that wasn't enough for success.By 2009,itlooked as though the company might go out of businessThey needed to create a popular game. One night,a Rovio designer was playing around on hishome computer.Jaakko lisalo knew the best video gameshad interesting characters.That was where he needed tostart.

FAQs

What starts the Angry Birds story in the book?

A game moment on a tablet turns into a real-life encounter with Angry Birds characters when the doorbell rings and a friend arrives wearing a T-shirt.

How did the Angry Birds concept begin?

It began with three students at the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland who entered a contest in 2003 to create a mobile game.

What problem did Rovio face, and how did it respond?

By 2009 the company seemed at risk of going out of business, so it needed to create a popular game and find the right starting point.

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