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] 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!

[6] It uses different mechanics compared to Flappy Bird but is still considered by critics to be equally difficult.

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