SPANISH FORK, Utah, Jan 20 (Reuters Life!) - The world' most frequently downloaded free iPhone application, a engrossing mini-video game called "Bubble Ball," is th creation of a 14-year-old boy who spent weeks developing it a a public library in Utah.
Eighth-grader Robert Nay, who also happens to be a youn musical prodigy -- he plays piano, trumpet and mandolin -- sai he was inspired by his enthusiasm for electronic games i general and his interest in tinkering with computers.
"I just wanted to make an iPhone app. I thought it would b cool. And I wanted to see if I could do it," Robert said in recent interview with Reuters. "I played games that wer similar to it. I just took what I liked from different games and, like, add my own stuff."
But Robert's "Bubble Ball," a puzzle and game of strateg that involves the principles of physics in moving a floatin bubble from one point to another, is anything but a knock-of of other apps.
"He spent countless hours working on it, and the fina product includes more than 4,000 lines of code. He sent it t the Apple app store on Dec. 22. It appeared for download at th app store Dec. 29," said his mother, Kari Nay.
Robert first began working on his invention in November.
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