Flappy Bird

Flappy Bird
Flappy Bird
Developer(s)	dotGears
Publisher(s)	dotGears
Designer(s)	Dong Nguyen
Platform(s)	Android, iOS
Release	May 24, 2013
Genre(s)	Arcade
Mode(s)	Single-player

Flappy Bird is a mobile game developed by Vietnamese video game artist and programmer Dong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Hà Đông), under his game development company dotGears. Flappy Bird was released on May 24, 2013.

The game also generated some criticism because of the similarities it had with popular videogame franchise Mario, the one by which Flappy Bird was accused of plagiarism and lack of originality.

Gameplay

The point of the game is for the titular bird to fly between columns of green pipes with the player controlling the bird making it fly higher.

Removal and new version

On Valentine's Day 2014, Nguyen announced on Twitter that he was going to remove the game from app stores. This was because he became too guilty that the game had been seen as an addiction. In September 2024, it was announced that a new version was being made by Gametech Holdings, under the name "The Flappy Bird Foundation".

References

↑ Williams, Rhiannon. "What is Flappy Bird? The game taking the App Store by storm". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
↑ "Flappy Bird – Android". IGN. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
↑ Totilo, Stephen (10 February 2014). "The Flappy Bird Fiasco". Kotaku. Kotaku. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
↑ Dong Nguyen [@dongatory] (February 8, 2014). "I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2014-02-09 – via Twitter.
↑ Nguyen, Lan Anh. "Exclusive: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Says App 'Gone Forever' Because It Was 'An Addictive Product'". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2024-09-12). "10 Years After It Was Pulled Offline, Viral Mobile Game Flappy Bird Is Coming Back". IGN. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
↑ McWhertor, Michael (2024-09-12). "Flappy Bird to return a decade after its viral rise and fall". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[telegraph-1] Williams, Rhiannon. "What is Flappy Bird? The game taking the App Store by storm". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

[2] "Flappy Bird – Android". IGN. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

[fiasco-3] Totilo, Stephen (10 February 2014). "The Flappy Bird Fiasco". Kotaku. Kotaku. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

[4] Dong Nguyen [@dongatory] (February 8, 2014). "I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2014-02-09 – via Twitter.

[forb-5] Nguyen, Lan Anh. "Exclusive: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Says App 'Gone Forever' Because It Was 'An Addictive Product'". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.

[:0-6] Yin-Poole, Wesley (2024-09-12). "10 Years After It Was Pulled Offline, Viral Mobile Game Flappy Bird Is Coming Back". IGN. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

[7] McWhertor, Michael (2024-09-12). "Flappy Bird to return a decade after its viral rise and fall". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-09-13.