Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Flappy Bird creator set to release new game

MANILA -- Dong Nguyen, the creator of the phenomenal Flappy Bird game, is set to release his follow-up to the highly addicting game later this week.

According to a report from gaming website TouchArcade, Swing Copters will be available on app stores starting Thursday for free, with an option to pay a small fee to remove ads.

The game, which has several similarities to Nguyen's earlier hit, features a man wearing a propeller helmet instead of a flying bird as the main character.

The goal is virtually the same as Flappy Bird -- users have to navigate through a series of obstacles and score as much points as possible.




Nguyen, a game-maker from Vietnam, earlier made headlines when his first game, Flappy Bird, became the most downloaded free game in Apple's App Store.

It reportedly earned him over $50,000 in ad revenue a day but was controversially pulled from the online store in February.

Nguyen explained that the reason he removed the game was because of the "unwanted" attention he has been receiving since Flappy Bird's shot to fame.

He tweeted at the time: "I'm sorry Flappy Bird users, 22 hours from now, I will take Flappy Bird down. I cannot take this anymore."

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com