Flappy Bird creator, Dong Nguyen, taking down game; "I can't take this anymore"

Post by eropple » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 1:16 AM UTC

bigje54 wrote: post #113

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Flappy bird can make it possible for him to fund his next adventure (or next 10), whatever he chooses that to be. He should think forward a bit more. It's extraordinarily rare to be in the position to take advantage of opportunities like that. What he'd be effectively doing is just handing the money off to Clumsy Bird instead. If he has any dreams for the future, he should view it as funding those dreams; which could…

The disappointing part is that he apparently has such poor self-esteem, he thinks that he will not be able to create anything more popular than this game, even with all the money he's generating. Regardless of what he builds, what industry he is in, there will always be people there to criticize. Why throw away opportunity that most people wish they had due to something that will occur regardless of the revenue? Bein…

Post by derefr » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 1:41 AM UTC

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I respect his morals but the people over using the game are just going to move on to some other game and get addicted to it. If he feels bad about profiting from the game, he should donate it to a charity. That amount of money can do a lot of good.

And if a drug dealer decides to stop selling meth, you'd discourage him since addicts can just buy it down the block? Note: I'm not saying Flappy Bird is like meth, but just pointing out your logic.

Post by derefr » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 1:44 AM UTC

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It's not noble to waste opportunity like that. If he doesn't like money, he should take the money then give it away. A lot of poor people would kill to have that money to feed themselves and their families, or send their kid to school - if he feels so inclined he should take it and give it to them. If not, he's wasting a huge opportunity to either be very rich or very charitable out of some poorly thought-through rig…

So you advocate doing things you find morally objectionable while telling yourself that it is the right thing to do because you can give the money away afterwards? That sounds insane to me.

Post by derefr » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 1:50 AM UTC

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even if you actually hated money , it seems strange to turn your back on your passion because it came with a shit ton of money .

I don't buy the premise of either of those hypotheticals. Where is he turning his back on his passion? It doesn't sound like the way people are responding to Flappy Bird are the embodiment of his passion he wants. And his passion is in game dev, not an oddly specific passion for riding only the Flappy Bird app to success. Taking it down doesn't mean he can't build different games. I also reject the idea that it was b…

Post by derefr » Sun, Feb 09, 2014, 2:03 AM UTC

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kin wrote: post #51

If this is because of harassment then I feel really bad for him. The game may be super simple and silly but it shouldn't be ridiculed by those who are jealous of its luck and success. My personal score is 102 and I appreciate the game for what it is.

There was a Polygon article on HN recently about how the audience has no idea what it wants. It used Flappy Bird as the example, mentioning how it was an overnight success, but repeatedly slammed it: "Not only is the visual language of Flappy Bird almost entirely re-appropriated from early NES games, but it seems to be engineered and designed by someone still learning how to create games. There are frequent slowdowns…