Crush the Castle is an action Flash game developed by Armor Games. The Flash version was released on April 28, 2009, and versions for the iPhone and iPod Touch were released on January 19, 2010. Notable for its "flinging" game mechanic, which influenced the popular mobile game Angry Birds, the goal of the Crush the Castle is to kill all inhabitants of various castles by using a trebuchet to fling large rocks or bombs.