It is possible that the hugely popular Flappy Bird game, withdrawn from the App Store in 2014, will return in the form of an interactive macOS notification.
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Using the new UserNotificationsUI framework added to macOS Big Sur, designer and developer Neil Sardesai has been able to put a clone of the game created by PlayCanvas creator Will Eastcott in a notification. Presented on Twitter, Sardesai has used interactive elements within the notification to recreate the game, with mouse clicks representing taps.
For those unfamiliar with Flappy Bird, the game is about guiding a bird through as many pipes as possible without hitting them. The bird, named Farby, moves up with each touch and users must make sure that Farby does not touch any obstacles along the way, or the game ends.
The app grew very popular in 2014, even at one point generating $ 50,000 a day thanks to in-app ads. Despite their removal from the App Store, to this day they continue to create various games and play inspired by Flappy Bird. You can learn more about Flappy Bird’s interactive version of Sardesai notifications on Twitter.