Dong Nguyen

Designer

Dong Nguyen is a Vietnamese game developer, also publicly identified as Nguyễn Hà Đông.

Born 1985

Career

Nguyen began developing games at age 16.

He founded .GEARS Studios in 2012 and began publishing arcade games for smartphones.

Interesting Facts

  • Nguyen told Forbes that he coded Flappy Bird in two or three days.
  • He said Flappy Bird was intended for only a few minutes of play, but became addictive enough that he felt taking it down was the best solution.

Credited Games