The original creator of Flappy Bird distances himself from the new version of the game, which is related to cryptocurrencies

September 16 (Portaltic/EP) –

He original creator of the mobile game Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, has pointed out that is not involved in the development of the new version, recently announced by the Flappy Bird Foundation, while sharing that it did not sell the trademark rights and that does not support cryptocurrencies with which the new title is related.

The smartphone video game Flappy Bird was a title acclaimed among players during the years 2013 and 2014. However, despite gathering millions of fans, its developer Dong Nguyen announced his withdrawal from app stores just a year after its launchwhen he shared that he could not bear the pressure that the success he had achieved was causing him.

In this context, as it was known last week, a group of fans of the video game announced the Flappy Bird returnsten years after its closure, through the company The Flappy Bird Foundationwith which they have partnered to, according to their statements, purchase the legal rights to the brand and relaunch the title.

In its announcement, the organization noted that to launch this remakedesigned for web browsersas well as for iOS and Android deviceshad acquired the official Flappy Bird trademarkwhich was owned by the American company Gametech Holdings LLC. It also indicated that they had worked with the “predecessor” of the video gamealthough they made no reference to Nguyen.

Now, the Flappy Bird’s original developer, Dong Nguyen, has been pronounced for the first time since 2017 on the social network X (formerly Twitter), with a publication in which he has assured that has not been part of the development project of the announced new version of the gameas well as to emphasize that has not sold “anything”, referring to the Flappy Bird brand.

No, I have no relation with their game. I didn’t sell anything.
I also don’t support crypto.

— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) September 15, 2024

In this sense, as shown by a lawsuit against the Flappy Bird trademarkcollected by media such as The Vergethe Video game developer Gametech acquired the rights to the mobile game, claiming it was abandoned and reclaiming the trademark after Nguyen failed to respond as its author to various warnings from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

As a result, this finally declared the Flappy Bird trademark abandoned and, following claims by Gametech Holdings LLC, it ended up being owned by them. Therefore, it is from this video game developer that the Flappy Bird Foundation has purchased the trademark rights.

It is for all this that the creator of the well-known video game of the flying bird has reiterated that it has not sold the Flappy Bird brand to anyone And yet, the Flappy Bird Foundation is appealing to the original version to announce the launch of the new title.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES INVOLVED

In addition to all of this, in the post shared by Dong Nguyen, the developer also points out that he does not support cryptocurrencies. This refers to a Possible use of Flappy Bird as part of the cryptocurrency market in the Solana blockchain platform.

This was announced by the cybersecurity researcher Varun Biniwalewho, after accessing hidden pages on the Flappy Bird Foundation website, found a page detailing that Flappy Bird could “fly higher than ever on Solana as it soars toward Web 3.0.”

In fact, as can be seen on the page in question (recovered by archive.org), it is indicated that users will be able to “build, create, play and bet.” Therefore, the New mobile game shows connection to cryptocurrency activitiessomething that Nguyen does not support, as he stated in his post.

However, it is unknown whether the Flappy Bird Foundation’s plans regarding cryptocurrencies are a project that has been deleted, that was being tested or which is planned to be launched in the future.