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Alien Hack! Profile of an 8 Year Old Bitsboxer

8 year old Aaron fanning out his supercards

Here at Bitsbox HQ we're always so blown away by the amazing, and sometimes hilarious, apps that Bitsboxers create. One of our coders, Aaron, recently shared his app, "Alien Hack," where he created a simulated experience where your iPhone gets hacked by an Alien! We caught up with Aaron to ask him a little bit about what inspires him.

A screenshot of the Alien Hack Bitsbox app

1. Your name:

Aaron

2. Your age:

EIGHT. 8

3. How long have you been coding?

Two months (:

4. What's your favorite Bitsbox stamp?

Obama

5. Any secrets to your coding success? Where do your app ideas come from?

Well I was thinking about a surprise when you use the app where you get hacked ):

Usually I try to use my imagination to see what will make it the most fun.

6. Anything else you'd like to share with us!

I used the coordinates to know where I wanted to place the text, and I used copy & paste to say "you are hacked" over and over again. I think you guys should also add gaming characters to the stamp library, like a Ghast from Minecraft.

Play Alien Attack here: https://bitsbox.com/run-app.html?q79xq

Zach Vollink
About the author: Zach is an avid mountain biker, passionate coder, and the webslinger at Bitsbox. His love for Cheez-its seems to have created an office-wide addiction.
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