- Flappy Bird was a mobile game developed in 2-3 days by Vietnam based developer Nguyen Ha Dong.
- Flappy Bird App was released on 24th May 2013 by a small and independent Vietnam-based GEARS Studios.
- Flappy Bird is a side-scrolling mobile game which featured 2D retro style graphics.
- Flappy Bird game’s objective was to direct a flying bird to move continuously to the right between each oncoming set of pipes without colliding with them, which otherwise ends the game.
- Flappy Bird game’s player is scored on the number of pipesets the bird successfully passes through.
- Flappy Bird game flaps upward each time the player taps the screen.
- Flappy Bird character was actually designed in 2012 for a cancelled platform game.
- Flappy Bird game was released with support for the iPhone5 in May 2013.
- Flappy Bird game was updated for iOS7 in September 2013.
- Flappy Bird game topped the Free Apps chart in US and Chinese App stores in January 2014.
- Flappy Bird game was touted as the “new Angry Birds” in January 2014 in UK App Store.
- Flappy Bird game was the most downloaded App on the App store in early 2014.
- Flappy Bird game earned around $50,000 a day in revenue through its in-game advertising.
- Flappy Bird game had received mixed reviews from critics.
- Huffington Post had addressed the game as “insanely irritating, difficult and frustrating game which combines a super-steep difficulty curve with bad, boring graphics and jerky movement”.
- IGN awarded Flappy Birds game with a score of 5.4 out of 10 stating the game was addictive and lacks ambition or creativity and is relentlessly repetitive.
- Amongtech.com suggested that Flappy Bird game due to its addictiveness could eclipse Candy Crush Saga as the most popular mobile game of 2014.
- Flashy Bird game has also been called as the “Drug of the App Store”.
- Flashy Bird game was easier to play on Android than on iOS.
- Flashy Bird game takes atleast half an hour to achieve a score a 5 points.
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