Michal Ždanský Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen's wildly popular game Flappy Bird will soon end on the App Store and Play Store. Despite the fact that the author has been earning more than a million crowns a day from advertising in recent days, Nguyen decided to withdraw it for personal reasons. He announced this on his Twitter account.
Flappy Birds has become a viral hit, and it is a very simple game in which you and your bird avoid obstacles, all in retro graphics. The biggest motivator, and probably the most addictive element, is the game's difficulty, where it's hard to get at least a double-digit score. Although the game is free, it is monetized through banner advertising, from which the author earns a whopping $50 in just one day. However, Nguen wants to give up the income, which would be a godsend for other developers, or its further growth. According to him, the game destroyed his peaceful life.
He didn't say exactly why he was pulling the game, but he assured on Twitter that it was not about legal issues (the game borrowed some elements from Super Mario) or selling the app. Nor does Nguen want to stop developing games. However, in his words, "he may see Flappy Bird as his own success, it ruined his simple life, so he hates it."
Dong Nguyen appears to be a very modest young man, and apparently his sudden fame and influx of money has brought him more worry than joy. The game should disappear around 6pm today, so if you don't have the game installed, this is your last chance to download it. So that concludes the Flappy Bird story, and we'll have to find another "dummy" game to waste our time on.
I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I can't take this anymore.
- Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014
it will definitely be a duck :D
Or Nguyen is an excellent businessman. Now everyone will download the crap out of curiosity and Dong will laugh in our faces ;).
Or maybe he just doesn't want to talk to every mobster about what share he deserves. I don't mean big voters.
someone here has bad nerves
Well, if they really lived in Vietnam, there may be other reasons than personal. i.e. personal reasons, that he simply assured his comrades of Uncle Ho.
I think it's because of copyright... :p Mario had those green "chimneys"... :D
or he said that.. so that people download more out of curiosity... when it's the last chance.. :D
You probably didn't understand that money can destroy things (for example, relationships) rather than build something.. And it certainly won't bring fulfillment to your empty lives, only momentary pleasures, which you get tired of quite quickly.. However, you only know when he has some extra money..
He is probably a much smarter person than most of the rich population..
I'm giving it a month or two at the most, before the squint understands :) and makes a big rollback :-D
Shit!!! A friend told me about her today and I'm so happy! :D
Great game, too bad he actually downloaded it! However, I also came across a flash version, so if anyone wants to play it, they can here – http://raketka.cz/h/flappy-bird
I have it on my iPhone :P