Flappy Bird is a mobile game that originally came out in 2013, created by Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen. It really took off because of its super fun gameplay and easy-to-pick-up mechanics, but it also stirred up some drama and buzz because the tough and frustrating it can be.

In Flappy Bird, you take a little bird through certain channels with gaps in them. The goal is to navigate through the gaps without bumping into the pipes or touching the ground, which takes some good timing and coordination. Every time you make it through a gap, you score a point, and the aim is to rack up the highest score you can.


Flappy Bird is recognised for being totally challenging. The game is pretty tough, with players ordinarily finding it hard to keep the bird in the air and dodge the obstacles. A lot of players ended up developing a dependency on the game, pushing themselves to top their own or their friends' high scores, and posting their wins on social media.


Flappy Bird stole people's eye with its simple graphics, using pixel art and basic animations that brought back that retro vibe. The guy who made Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, ended through pulling it from the app stores back in 2014 because he thought it was too addictive and it was messing with his life. But the game stayed super popular and left a mark, throughout the process to a bunch of clones and spin-offs made by other developers.