A young entrepreneur launched his own computer game at the age of 12, after endless hours of YouTube tutorials and studying books on coding. A little before his 13th birthday, 2012, Mohammed Ali created Project 2006. Charged at £5.99 per monthly subscription, the game attracted over 3000 registered members in the initial months of its release. “The feedback on my first game, Project 2006 was shocking! I had more than 100,000 website views and over 3000 members registered in just under a few months,” Mohammed said.
When asked what prompted him to develop a game of his own, he replied, “I used to play online games, a lot. In 2012, I really did get bored and thought thoroughly on how a game is made. The journey started in my bedroom, I watched YouTube videos to learn Java programming as that was the language that was required to develop the game.” The youngster soon mastered Java script, and delved more in books to learn the actual development of a game. The success of his video game had him juggle with other computer-based projects. Mohammed set up his own website-making business and started to bring in £600 per website design. From both his app and web-designing company, he has enough money to invest in his own app that he is currently working on. However, he also hopes to contribute towards ending world poverty and hunger with his money.
“My inspiration is Bill Gates, not only he has made a lot of money from Microsoft. But he has given a lot to the poor. I want to do the same, I want to end world poverty.”
Currently 15, Mohammed is taking his GCSEs at Batley Grammar School, and is highly appreciative of the support the institution has given him. He plans to study A-levels at a local college before going on to study computer science at university.
