.Gears | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Dong Nguyen |
Headquarters | , Vietnam |
Key people | Dong Nguyen |
Products | |
Number of employees | 5 [1] (2022) |
Website | dotgears.com |
DotGears Company Limited ( trade name: .Gears) is a Vietnamese video game developer based in Hanoi that specialises in mobile games. The company was founded in 2005 by Dong Nguyen, [2] [a] and is best known for developing the 2013 game Flappy Bird, which became popular due to its simple mechanics but high difficulty. [4] As of December 2015, the company employs six people, including Nguyen. [4]
After releasing multiple games that copied the Flappy Bird mechanics, .Gears partnered with Japanese developer Obokaidem, which the developer maintained would be .Gears' only partner "for the foreseeable future". [5] In January 2017, the two companies released their first co-developed game, Ninja Spinki Challenges!!, which is nothing like its previous titles and is composed of different mini-games. [6] It uses different mechanics compared to Flappy Bird but is still considered by critics to be equally difficult. [7] [8]
.Gears | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Dong Nguyen |
Headquarters | , Vietnam |
Key people | Dong Nguyen |
Products | |
Number of employees | 5 [1] (2022) |
Website | dotgears.com |
DotGears Company Limited ( trade name: .Gears) is a Vietnamese video game developer based in Hanoi that specialises in mobile games. The company was founded in 2005 by Dong Nguyen, [2] [a] and is best known for developing the 2013 game Flappy Bird, which became popular due to its simple mechanics but high difficulty. [4] As of December 2015, the company employs six people, including Nguyen. [4]
After releasing multiple games that copied the Flappy Bird mechanics, .Gears partnered with Japanese developer Obokaidem, which the developer maintained would be .Gears' only partner "for the foreseeable future". [5] In January 2017, the two companies released their first co-developed game, Ninja Spinki Challenges!!, which is nothing like its previous titles and is composed of different mini-games. [6] It uses different mechanics compared to Flappy Bird but is still considered by critics to be equally difficult. [7] [8]