Famous Vietnamese developer tweets photo from his upcoming game

May 16, 2014 13:15 GMT  ·  By
New game being developed by Dong Nguyen shows a character with teleporting abilities
   New game being developed by Dong Nguyen shows a character with teleporting abilities

Dong Nguyen, the Vietnamese game developer who made and briefly sold the infamous Flappy Bird for iOS, has started working on a new game altogether and is advising everyone to just “forget about Flappy Bird for a while.”

Admittedly, we’ve taken his statement out of context for the sake of reporting. His full tweet, accompanied by the screenshot you see above, reads: “I am making a new game. So people can forget about Flappy Bird for a while.”

This doesn’t mean he’s not planning to return Flappy Bird to the App Store anymore. According to CNBC, Nguyen is launching a tweaked version of the avian puzzler in August. With the launch date set, it’s hard to believe Nguyen has scrapped plans for returning Flappy to our iOS Home screens.

But what about this new tantalizing screenshot he’s flashing on Twitter? Could it actually be the new Flappy Bird game? It pretty much looks like a spinoff of the game, featuring a humanoid character wearing a white helmet traversing through platforms.

From the screenshot we gather that players would beam their character from one platform onto another, escaping traps or falls (in what usually constitutes a platformer). What do you guys make of it? Sound off in the comments.