As you might have heard, Flappy Bird, the once-in-a-lifetime mobile game hit from a decade ago, will somehow make a comeback in 2025. Flappy Bird‘s creator Dong Nguyen recently took to Twitter to assure everyone he has nothing to do with the “revival”, and to show his distaste for it with the simplicity and discretion we’ve grown to expect out of him.
When someone speaks out against the use of their creation — and whether or not they’re in the right — money is usually a part of the issue. If there’s one thing we know about Dong Nguyen, however, is that he doesn’t put money above his integrity.
Long story-short, Flappy Bird originally became the most popular game in the mobile gaming world overnight. Out of nowhere, nobody could unglue their eyes from a game that was equal parts simple, challenging, and pointless.
Nguyen found himself making tens of thousands of dollars a day, but that didn’t make him feel good about the whole thing. The pressure and notion that he was responsible for something that had people wasting so much of their time took a toll on Nguyen and led him to pull the game from stores, not even a full year after its release.
The news of Flappy Bird’s revival is baffling for many reasons. Nu-Flappy Bird isn’t the result of Nguyen coming up with a cool idea for a follow-up to the original game.
It came about when a dubious company named “Flappy Bird Foundation” acquired the rights, after they seemingly went up for grabs. The game will, unsurprisingly, have a bunch of microprogression features that nobody is very keen on. Moreover, Flappy Bird never really left, as dozens of clones and variations have always been available to the public.
The new version is, at best, something that Nguyen wants nothing to do with. Also, does anybody even still care about Flappy Bird?
Published: Sep 16, 2024 10:37 am