The game became so popular overnight that within a year it was downloaded more than 90 million times and generated $50,000 a day from advertising. The income started coming in. The story of Flappy Bird's sudden success and disappearance is also the story of a developer who got caught up in the whirlwind of sudden success and gave up.
Dong Nguyen's journey into game development began with his love for the game Super Mario Bros. Because of Mario, the Vietnamese developer decided to develop his games and for this purpose, he graduated from Hanoi University of Science in Computer Science. Obtaining the degree inspired by table tennis, he developed this game in which a bird is seen flying on the fab screen. He developed this game in just 2-3 days which could keep people engaged like an addiction. It started being listed as the top game in the app stores, due to which it was downloaded more than 90 million times. complete the game. Parents, the game was heavily criticized by teachers and players alike for its addictive nature.
Also, the pressure of constantly updating the game and receiving too much attention hurt the developer's personality.
It was for this reason that in February 2014 they decided to remove the game from the app stores and stuck to this announcement despite the disappointment of millions of people.
The sudden disappearance of the game further increased its popularity and several copies were produced, but none were successful. On the last day of 2014, after the disappearance of the game, a Google Doodle featuring Flappy Bird was created by Google. was done which talked about the popular things of that year.
After that, Dong Nguyen lived a quiet life developing new games and staying out of the public eye.
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