13-year-old Hungarian programmer donates money earned with his apps
Change language:
He’s only 13, but Dániel Kiss has already developed several apps for Android, origo.hu writes. The boy from Miskolc donates the money earned to UNICEF. His latest project is an e-register where students can monitor their progress in the different subjects.
Kiss Dániel created his first game in 2014. The C3 Foundation held their <19 computer competition for the 12th time that year, where computer-based programmes could be submitted by anyone under 19. The then 12-year-old boy entered the competition, and won. The winning game was made with the PowerPoint presentation making software. The player has to arrive from the red dot to the yellow star on a green path where rotating arrows obstruct the way.
“Looking back, it was quite lame, but at least it’s mine. A year later, in 2015, I still thought there was potential in it, and I made an upgraded PowerPoint Game Pack but that one didn’t win,” said Dániel Kiss. “If it had won, I would never have started developing apps.”
[button link=”https://dailynewshungary.com/tag/technology-2/” type=”big” color=”red” newwindow=”yes”] Read more articles about TECHNOLOGY[/button]
The idea came this February, and Dániel began to learn, thought YouTube videos and tutorials, how to develop an Android app. He’s using the Unity3D game engine, which has a huge community around it.
Half of the ad revenue he earns from his games goes to the charity organisation UNICEF. “I’ve read it that they help refugees, and they also work directly at the source, that’s where the idea came from.”
There are no in-app purchases, the money comes from the ads placed in the games, but after playing for a while, these disappear as well.