Flappy Bird creator returns with game called Swing Copters

Hanoi/Tokyo: Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen, who pulled that mobile game from the market because he said its popularity was ruining his life, released a new game on Apple Inc. and Google Inc. online stores called Swing Copters. Dong Nguyen shot to fame after Flappy Bird jumped to the top of rankings charts and removed the game from stores in February, writing in a Twitter post that the title “ruins my simple life.” Ouriel Ohayon, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and co-founder of Appsfire, estimated the title had earned at least $20,000 a day and as much as $50,000. Flappy Bird, without any marketing, was a global sensation, becoming the No.1 free Apple iOS app download in 137 countries, according to App Annie Ltd, an analytics and marketing service. Independent developers “Flappy Bird’s instant success, which relied solely on a developer’s clever ability and the global platform app stores provide, inspired young Vietnamese technologists,” Lam Nguyen said.