An employee plays the game Flappy Bird at a smartphone store in Hanoi. The Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing that its runaway success had ruined his "simple life". Nam Hoang Dinh Ham / AFP photo
An employee plays the game Flappy Bird at a smartphone store in Hanoi. The Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing that its runaway success had ruined his "simple life". Nam Hoang Dinh Ham / AFP photo
An employee plays the game Flappy Bird at a smartphone store in Hanoi. The Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing that its runaway success had ruined his "simple life". Nam Hoang Dinh Ham / AFP photo
An employee plays the game Flappy Bird at a smartphone store in Hanoi. The Vietnamese developer behind the smash-hit free game Flappy Bird has pulled his creation from online stores after announcing t

Flappy Bird may fly again


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The Vietnamese creator of Flappy Bird might resurrect the smash-hit free game that he took offline a month ago — albeit with a warning about its addictive qualities.

In his first interview since he pulled the app, Nguyen Ha Dong told Rolling Stone magazine he feels a sense of "relief".

Asked if Flappy Bird will ever fly again on mobile devices, he said: “I’m considering it.”

He said any sequel would come with a warning to users to “please take a break”. With its 2-D graphics, Flappy Bird — in which gamers have to direct a bird between sets of pipes without touching them — was wildly popular.

*AFP