Flappy Chook has formally returned, now playable on Telegram — however issues aren’t precisely hovering for the 10-year-old viral recreation.
Previous to that message, it seems that Nguyen had not posted on X in seven years.
Although Flappy Chook Basis was clear in its information launch that it was a brand new staff that was not concerned initially, its tweets may very well be construed in any other case, writing as Flappy Chook itself: “I AM BACK!! Only a decade in the past, I used to be the discuss of the city and hovering to new heights with my 100 million pals. Sadly, I needed to go away the celebrity and highlight behind to go house and discover out who I actually am.”
As regards to crypto involvement in Flappy Chook, the Flappy Chook Basis has been imprecise on that, too — at the very least in its social media and information launch. Flappy Chook is at the moment playable solely on Telegram, a messaging utility, a element that was faraway from its Linktree. The Flappy Chook web site has additionally been scrubbed of any point out of cryptocurrency, Solana tokens, or Internet-3, although it’s not a secret it’s accessible on Telegram. An earlier model of the web site stated “artists, builders and creators can construct, play and earn from the legendary Flappy Chook IP,” and that “Flappy Chook will now be the world’s first open-source, neighborhood owned Internet 2 and Internet 3 recreation.”
The model of Flappy Chook on Telegram works on the TON blockchain, and gamers have the choice in-game of connecting to their crypto wallets, Polygon has confirmed. A crypto pockets isn’t required to play. Flappy Chook Basis is at the moment operating a rewards-heavy “Flap-a-TON” level mining occasion to generate hype for the sport, which incorporates entry to a brand new recreation mode referred to as Flappy Chook Rivals, the place it seems a bunch of gamers — 99, in line with the developer — play collectively; in Polygon’s check, the opposite gamers appeared on-screen like ghosts. Like tap-to-earn Notcoin, which is concerned with Flappy Chook on Telegram, gamers faucet to generate factors. There are additionally adverts a participant can watch to earn extra.
Flappy Chook doesn’t have a launch date for different platforms. Flappy Chook doesn’t seem to have launched absolutely on Telegram, both — the “Flap-A-TON” occasion is posited as a strategy to earn factors earlier than the complete launch.