Flappy bird is officially back and now playable on Telegram — but business isn’t exactly booming for the 10-year-old viral game.
Before that post, Nguyen apparently hadn’t posted anything on X for seven years.
Although the Flappy Bird Foundation made it clear in its press release that it was a new team that was not originally involved, its tweets could be interpreted differently, with Flappy Bird himself writing: “I’M BACK!! Just ten years ago I was the talk of the town and soaring to new heights with my 100 million friends. Sadly, I had to leave the fame and spotlight behind to go home and find out who I really am.”
Regarding crypto’s involvement in Flappy birdThe Flappy Bird Foundation has also remained vague about this, at least in social media and the press release. Flappy bird is currently playable exclusively on Telegram, a messaging application, a detail that has been removed from the Linktree. The Flappy bird website has also been removed from any mention of cryptocurrencySolana Tokens or Web-3, although it is no secret that it is available on Telegram. An earlier version of the website said: “artists, developers and creators can build, play and earn on the legendary Flappy bird IP,” and that “Flappy bird will now be the world’s first open-source, community-curated Web 2 and Web 3 game.”
The version of Flappy bird on Telegram will run on the TON blockchain and players will have the option to connect their crypto wallets in-game, Polygon has confirmed. A crypto wallet is not required to play. Flappy Bird Foundation is currently hosting a reward-heavy “Flap-a-TON” points mining event to generate hype for the game, which includes access to a new game mode called Flappy bird Rivals, where it appears as if a group of players — 99, according to the developer — are playing together; in Polygon’s test, the other players appeared on-screen as ghosts. Like tap-to-earn Notcoin, who is involved in Flappy bird on Telegramplayers tap to generate points. There are also ads that a player can watch to earn more.
Flappy bird has no release date for other platforms. Flappy bird also doesn’t appear to have fully launched on Telegram — the “Flap-A-TON” event is seen as a way to earn points before the full launch.