{"id":3936,"date":"2018-11-02T22:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/shop-accidentally-deletes-game-built-by-12-year-old-boy\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T22:22:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T22:22:19","slug":"shop-accidentally-deletes-game-built-by-12-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/shop-accidentally-deletes-game-built-by-12-year-old-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop accidentally deletes game built by 12-year-old boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A Malaysian 12-year-old boy who spent almost a year developing a computer game before it was deleted by mistake has been praised for his persistence by a government minister.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Thaqif was working on his game at an internet cafe, but it was deleted by staff who thought it was a virus. <\/p>\n

Thaqif, who didn’t have his own computer at home, planned to sell his game for RM1 ($0.24; \u00a30.18). <\/p>\n

Youth and Sport Minister Syed Saddiq said his determination was “brilliant”.<\/p>\n

“There needs to be more young people like him,” said the 25-year-old minister on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The shop’s staff later managed to recover the game. <\/p>\n

Mr Saddiq posted a follow-up a few days later that he had had meeting with Malaysia’s “youngest game developer”. <\/p>\n

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Bersama developer game termuda, Thaqif yang belajar di Tahfiz.<\/p>\n

Beliau pernah cuba menjual game beliau sendiri dengan harga RM1 yang dibangunkan di kafe siber.<\/p>\n

The industry is expected to be worth around USD4.5Billion by 2021. I want to position Malaysia as the leader in ASEAN. pic.twitter.com\/1Ifi0QsbmD<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thaqif had in September posted in a Facebook group called PC Gaming Community Malaysia, saying that he was working on a first-person zombie shooter game he wanted to sell for just RM1.<\/p>\n

In October, he posted again saying that the game had been deleted.<\/p>\n

“I’ve spent close to a year on this game,” he said on Facebook, asking whether anyone had suggestions for laptops that were priced under RM350 ($84; \u00a365). <\/p>\n

His plight won both sympathy and praise from social media users. One tweet detailing his situation on Twitter gaining more than 10,000 retweets.<\/p>\n

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“It’s awesome that he has such good computer skills. He also responded very maturely for his age. Good job!” said one user on Twitter.<\/p>\n

“It’s clear to me that he’s very talented. He’s going to go a long way in life,” another Twitter user said.<\/p>\n

Thaqif began receiving donations and was eventually given his own computer by an imam. <\/p>\n