A game developed by a 14-year-old has knocked Angry Birds from its perch as the top free game in iTunes.
The game, called Bubble Ball, is a physics puzzler developed by Utah teen Robert Nay. Nay wrote the 4,000 lines of code using Corona SDK. He did have had a little help from his mom, Kari, who lent a hand with the graphics. Although he’s only in the 8th grade, Nay has been programming for six years and currently codes in languages including HTML, PHP, AJAX and Java Script.
Bubble Ball launched December 29, shortly after iTunes announced that Rovio’s Angry Birds ruled the roost as the top paid and free game.
Nay’s game has had some three million downloads since launch.
What’s it like?
Players try to move a bubble from point A to point B. To keep things moving along, players use geometric shapes to create ramps, platforms and catapults to send the bubble to its destination.
Simple, but perhaps that is what catapulted it to the top of the crowded gaming heap on iTunes.
I haven’t played it yet, but looking forward to checking it out: I’ve got three versions of Angry Birds on my phone already.
Source: IB Times