It’s been more than a decade since a little yellow bird flew between those green pipes and somehow managed to break the internet.
Yes — I’m talking about flappy bird, the tiny mobile game that made millions of people laugh, rage, throw their phones, and then… hit “restart.”
It wasn’t just a game. It was a moment.
In 2013, when flashy 3D games were dominating app stores, Flappy Bird came along like a digital prank — pixelated, minimalist, and unapologetically hard. And somehow, that was exactly what we needed.
The Unexpected Rise of a Pixel Bird
The story of Flappy Bird is the kind of underdog legend you can’t make up.
Created by Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen, it was just a side project — a quick experiment built with simple graphics and old-school vibes. No marketing. No launch event. No investors.
And then, out of nowhere, it exploded.
Everyone from school kids to CEOs was tapping away, trying to beat impossible scores. Memes flooded the internet. YouTube rage compilations went viral. Phones were literally flying across rooms.
All for one reason: Flappy Bird was absurdly, hilariously difficult — and people loved it.