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Flappy Bird’s original creator says he has nothing to do with the new game

A screenshot from the new Flappy Bird game, showing the bird as a basketball, flying over basketball hoops.
The new take on Flappy Bird will include alternate game modes. | Screenshot: The Flappy Bird Foundation

Last week, The Flappy Bird Foundation announced a game called Flappy Bird. But while the group has been framing it as the triumphant return of a classic mobile game, Flappy Bird’s original developer, Dong Nguyen isn’t calling it a comeback — in fact, he says he’s not involved at all.

Nguyen posted as much on X (for the first time since 2017!) this morning, saying he didn’t “sell anything.” The Flappy Bird Foundation wrote in the announcement it shared with press last week that it had “acquired the rights from Gametech Holdings, LLC,” which had secured the trademark from Nguyen, but it doesn’t appear as though that was the result of any dealings between him and the group.

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