Flappy Chook has formally returned, now playable on Telegram — however issues aren’t precisely hovering for the 10-year-old viral recreation.
Previous to that message, it seems that Nguyen had not posted on X in seven years.
Although Flappy Chook Basis was clear in its information launch that it was a brand new group that was not concerned initially, its tweets might be construed in any other case, writing as Flappy Chook itself: “I AM BACK!! Only a decade in the past, I used to be the discuss of the city and hovering to new heights with my 100 million mates. Sadly, I needed to go away the celebrity and highlight behind to go residence and discover out who I actually am.”
Close to crypto involvement in Flappy Chook, the Flappy Chook Basis has been imprecise on that, too — no less than in its social media and information launch. Flappy Chook is at the moment playable completely on Telegram, a messaging software, a element that was faraway from its Linktree. The Flappy Chook web site has additionally been scrubbed of any point out of cryptocurrency, Solana tokens, or Internet-3, although it’s not a secret it’s out there on Telegram. An earlier model of the web site mentioned “artists, builders and creators can construct, play and earn from the legendary Flappy Chook IP,” and that “Flappy Chook will now be the world’s first open-source, group owned Internet 2 and Internet 3 recreation.”
The model of Flappy Chook on Telegram works on the TON blockchain, and gamers have the choice in-game of connecting to their crypto wallets, Polygon has confirmed. A crypto pockets isn’t required to play. Flappy Chook Basis is at the moment operating a rewards-heavy “Flap-a-TON” level mining occasion to generate hype for the sport, which incorporates entry to a brand new recreation mode known as Flappy Chook Rivals, the place it seems a bunch of gamers — 99, in accordance with the developer — play collectively; in Polygon’s take a look at, the opposite gamers appeared on-screen like ghosts. Like tap-to-earn Notcoin, which is concerned with Flappy Chook on Telegram, gamers faucet to generate factors. There are additionally adverts a participant can watch to earn extra.
Flappy Chook doesn’t have a launch date for different platforms. Flappy Chook doesn’t seem to have launched totally on Telegram, both — the “Flap-A-TON” occasion is posited as a approach to earn factors earlier than the total launch.