In 2010, Robert Nay, a 14 year old, invented a mobile game called “Bubble Ball” and launched it in the Apple app store. Nay’s app was downloaded over 1 million times in the first two weeks of its launch. Within that time it passed “Angry Birds” as the number one downloaded game in the app store. This may all seem pretty incredible, but the most inspiring thing was that previously Robert had no coding experience. Tired of playing the same games over and over again, Robert decided that he was just going to make his own game. He went to his local library and researched how to do coding for apps. Within just one month he was able to come up with 4,000 lines of coding to create his physics-based puzzle game.

As a young kid enjoying all the benefits of creating a successful app, you may think that Robert would have stopped here. This was not the case. Robert has continued to create new games off of his “Bubble Ball” game including “Bubble Ball Pro” and “Bubble Ball Curiosity”. Not only has he created games off of his first one, he has created an app that can help young students learn sight words and spelling.

The story is truly inspiring  that a kid as young as Robert was able to something this large without having any experience in his field. This shows that with all the technology we have, it is possible for anyone to set goals and work to achieve them. Robert shows his innovation skills in a field that is being changed everyday, and is very hard to crack into. This did not stop him from working hard to achieve his goal. I think myself and others can all take something from this young innovator in that if we have an interest in something, but don’t know much about it, it is still possible for us to make a difference.