How 'Flappy Bird' Went From Obscurity to No. 1 App

The developer behind Flappy Bird, a simple but rage-inducing game that recently went viral, says his success was just luck.

Flappy Bird, which first launched in May 2013, is currently the number-one free app in Apple's App Store and the number-one free game in the Google Play Store.

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The game became an overnight success after a wave of hilarious tweets, YouTube videos and expletive-filled reviews in iTunes and Google Play went viral in the past week

Dong Nguyen, the Vietnam-based indie developer who created Flappy Bird, said he never did any promotion for the game. "The popularity could be my luck," he said in a recent interview with Chocolate Lab Apps. Read more...

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