Finally, the Vietnamese media began turning up at his home, hoping to get an interview with this mysterious character about whom little was known.ĭong hated all the attention, but mistakenly thought that by pulling the game from the iOS and Google Play app stores – which he did on February 9 – he might get his quiet life back. Teachers started contacting him, too, lambasting Dong and his creation for distracting students during class. Fifty million downloads later, and with Hanoi-based Dong reportedly making $50,000 a day from in-game ads, the game developer started to feel pressure from bloggers and others accusing him of ripping off Nintendo art for the game’s graphics. The super-simple but annoyingly addictive side-scroller had millions of players around the world pulling their hair out in blind frustration as they tapped manically away on their mobile devices in an effort to get the ‘bird’ safely through the green-pipe obstacles.Īlthough the game landed in the iOS app store in May 2013, it wasn’t until last month that it went viral.
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