Pigs may naturally not fly, but flying pigs can earn users Bitcoin with a game from bitLanders (MTI USA, Inc.) called Flappig.

Launched late last week, the Flappy Bird style game revolves around a pig called Foo, who is said to be a golden pig that can fly.

According to the marketing on the Google Play page:

Foo likes digital gold and will do anything to collect more and more Bitcoins for his stash.
Even when he’s about to explode, through sweat and relentless flapping, his little wings will bring him to the goal!

Help Foo in his quest for gold and, like him, you will also have a chance to win real Bitcoin!

To earn Bitcoin users have to sign up for a free bitLanders account, and although it’s not made clear in the game details, it would be presumed that each game of Flappig would only be paying out small fractions of Bitcoin per play, however for players who are seriously into these sorts of games it would accumulate over time.

bitLanders launched in August 2014 and primarily offers a “Social RPG” that is said to offer a parallel universe that merges Bitcoin, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and WordPress into one content platform that pays users in Bitcoin based on something called a “BUZZ Score,” a proprietary algorithm that measures the users creation of and engagement with quality content, and the reach and influence to broadcast this content to a larger audience.

As of January 2015 the company claims to have 500,000 users with 125 million fans and friends, and has even gone as far as sponsoring Judo championships.

bitLanders has also moved into charitable giving, launching the site bitCharities back in May to encourage philanthropy through Bitcoin donations along with encouraging its own users to give.

Get paid to play

Rewards-based incentives to encourage people to undertake activities online are nearly as old as the world wide web itself, and variations on the theme over the years have come into the gaming space.

There are other mobile games that offer Bitcoin payments for play available, although as far as we can ascertain, Flappig is the first to feature a flying pig; the irony given what some of the critics of Bitcoin say about the cryptocurrency is undoubtedly intentional.

At a time where mobile games are in the tens of millions, if not close to a hundred million, defining one game to the next is becoming near on impossible; paid to play, particularly using Bitcoins which offer a cheap way to make those payments is a solid marketing strategy to help any app stand out from the crowd, let alone one like Flappig.

Flappig is available for Android and iOS.

Image via bitLanders