Epic Games launches Tappy Chicken to show off cross-platform Unreal Engine 4

Tappy Chicken may very well be the silliest game that Epic Games has ever published. The mobile game is a satirical version of the surprise hit Flappy Bird, but its real purpose is to show off how easy it is to publish games with Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 game programming tools.

Tappy Chicken was made in Unreal by one artist, Shane Caudle, with no programming experience. Epic says it demonstrates the engine’s flexibility and ease of use for budding indie game developers. The game is debuting today on iOS, Android, and HTML5. The latter means it will function as a web game or a mobile web title, accessible via web browsers on any supporting device.