{"id":3374,"date":"2015-04-28T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T18:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2019-01-11T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T02:27:49","slug":"hey-listen-wake-up-lonk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/hey-listen-wake-up-lonk\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey! Listen! Wake up, Lonk!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/hey-listen-wake-up-lonk\/lonks-awakening-icon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Icon.png?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lonk&amp;#8217;s Awakening Icon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Icon.png?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Icon.png?resize=175%2C175\" alt=\"Lonk's Awakening Icon\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Icon.png?w=175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Icon.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Icon.png?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is currently a Flappy Bird-esque game on the App Store called <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/lonks-awakening\/id981153752?mt=8&amp;uo=6&amp;at=10l5GG&amp;ct=zbl\">The Legend of Zeldo: Lonk&#8217;s Awakening DX<\/a>. No, that is not a typo. This is an actual game someone developed, because of <em>reasons<\/em>. It&#8217;s not terrible, as far as Flappy Bird clones go. It has a unique inventory system where you can collect items as you go which affect the game play (Pelican Boots let you dash ahead a short distance, Irony Boots increase the speed with which your character flies), which\u00c2\u00a0almost alleviates the frustration of the core gameplay conceit. Almost.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/hey-listen-wake-up-lonk\/lonks-awakening-gameplay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay.jpeg?fit=1136%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1136,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lonk&amp;#8217;s Awakening Gameplay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay.jpeg?fit=676%2C381&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay-1024x577.jpeg?resize=540%2C304\" alt=\"Lonk's Awakening Gameplay\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay.jpeg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay.jpeg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay.jpeg?resize=900%2C507&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Gameplay.jpeg?w=1136&amp;ssl=1 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s free, though. And it will likely only exist for a short period of time before the developer receives a cease &amp; desist (even though it is clearly parody and protected, the dev likely isn&#8217;t willing to pay a lawyer to prove that), so if you think it might even be slightly interesting, you should <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/lonks-awakening\/id981153752?mt=8&amp;uo=6&amp;at=10l5GG&amp;ct=zbl\">pick it up now<\/a> before it&#8217;s gone forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is currently a Flappy Bird-esque game on the App Store called The Legend of Zeldo: Lonk&#8217;s Awakening DX. No, that is not a typo. This is an actual game someone developed, because of reasons. It&#8217;s not terrible, as far as Flappy Bird clones go. It has a unique inventory system where you can collect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,136],"tags":[345,76,127],"class_list":["post-3374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone-ipad","category-video-games","tag-link","tag-nintendo","tag-zelda","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lonks-Awakening-Title.jpeg?fit=1136%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2971,"url":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/best-of-the-best-ios-apps-free-to-celebrate-app-stores-5th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":3374,"position":0},"title":"Best of the best iOS apps free to celebrate App Store&#8217;s 5th Anniversary","author":"Jared Cash","date":"July 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"To celebrate the iOS App Store's 5th anniversary, several app developers have decided to make their apps free for a short period of time. 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