Simply days after we discovered that Flappy Chicken is ready to make a return later this yr courtesy of the fan-made Flappy Chicken Basis, the unique developer says he has “no relat[ion]” to the sport.
In a tweet posted to X/Twitter earlier immediately (fifteenth September), authentic developer Doug Nguyen publicly distanced himself from the challenge and its chief, confirming he has performed no position within the recreation’s revival.
“No, I’ve no associated [sic] with their recreation. I didn’t promote something,” Nguyen introduced on X/Twitter earlier immediately (Sunday, fifteenth September).
“I additionally do not assist crypto.”
It is thought Nguyen is probably going referring to the challenge’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 authentic creatives with the intention 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 Chicken will return this autumn, adopted by devoted cellular apps coming to iOS and Android subsequent yr, in addition to different platforms.
Flappy Chicken grew to large recognition with over 100 million folks taking part in it, however in 2014, Nguyen eliminated the sport from sale regardless of it producing a reported $50,000 a day in promoting income.