Flappy Bird's creator apparently has steeled himself. After withdrawing the maddeningly frustrating game from app stores earlier this year -- citing death threats, fear it was ruining lives, and angst that translated generally into "I just can't take it any more" -- Dong Nguyen has tweeted that the bird will be back. The game may seem dumb, but the marketing? Brilliant.
The mobile game Flappy Bird seemed dead and buried, but a tweet from its creator suggests it may yet rise from the ashes -- perhaps not quite like the phoenix.In response to a Twitter user asking whether the game would return to Apple's iTunes App Store, Dong Nguyen responded, "Yes. But not soon."Independent Vietnamese developer Nguyen released the game last May after creating it over the space of just a few evenings. It suddenly surged in popularity at the beginning of this year, soaring to the top of both the App Store and Google Play, with many gamers becoming fans of its quirky graphics and simple yet difficult-to-master game play.Nguyen was making as much as US$50,000 in ad revenue from the game every day, he claimed.
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