Simply days after we realized that Flappy Chook is about to make a return later this yr courtesy of the fan-made Flappy Chook Basis, the unique developer says he has “no relat[ion]” to the sport.
In a tweet posted to X/Twitter earlier at present (fifteenth September), authentic developer Doug Nguyen publicly distanced himself from the venture and its chief, confirming he has performed no function within the sport’s revival.
“No, I’ve no associated [sic] with their sport. I didn’t promote something,” Nguyen introduced on X/Twitter earlier at present (Sunday, fifteenth September).
“I additionally do not help crypto.”
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It is thought Nguyen is probably going referring to the venture’s chief, Michael Roberts, who’s related to crypto agency 1208 Productions.
“Between generative AI scraping and stuff like this, this actually has turn out to be the age of petty scumbag artwork thievery from professional creatives with a view to generate unearned revenue,” commented Midway Home’s animator, Tommy Millar.
“It is a gross time to be an actual artist, however a good time to be morally void human-shaped viruses.”
Flappy Chook will return this autumn, adopted by devoted cellular apps coming to iOS and Android subsequent yr, in addition to different platforms.
Flappy Chook grew to great reputation with over 100 million folks enjoying it, however in 2014, Nguyen eliminated the sport from sale regardless of it producing a reported $50,000 a day in promoting income.
