Philip, age 7, his game and his review of the Raspberry Pi

15th of August 2012 by liz

A little reminder of what it’s all about. Philip, who is seven years old, reviews the Raspberry Pi and shows off the first game he’s ever written in Scratch. Dad Spencer says proudly that Philip had very little help with this. We’re really impressed and very proud too; well done, Philip, and thanks, Dad!

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20 comments

Magnus on
August 15, 2012 at 3:58 pm said:

That’s beautiful.

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- Dawid on
  August 16, 2012 at 9:35 am said:
  
  Congrats
  
  Good work!
  
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james on
August 15, 2012 at 4:32 pm said:

wow that is just amazing great job phillip and his dad

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Paul Sheard on
August 15, 2012 at 5:11 pm said:

Well done Philip! an inspiration to all our trail blazing young coders out there!

I’m still awaiting with anxious anticipation for my Raspberry Pi to be delivered.

Keep up the good work!

Paul (aged 42 and a half).

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Matt Hawkins on
August 15, 2012 at 5:17 pm said:

Great to see this sort of project. As well as teaching kids it’s also a great opportunity for kids to create something with their parents. Computer games, tree houses or paper aeroplanes it’s all high quality interaction. It helps teach kids that with the right tools and some learning you can create something. A brilliant life lesson for Philip and sadly something many kids out there are missing.

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Ravenous on
August 15, 2012 at 5:42 pm said:

That’s one small step for a man, and time for the older coders among us to plan our retirement! Truly priceless. And remember kids, “Do not touch the blew worms”!

Ask that man if he has a job – if not perhaps we could get him working on the GL optimisations or something. Come to mention it, find out what his folks give him for breakfast, maybe I could try the same stuff.

“Philip has left the building”.

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sean keegan on
August 15, 2012 at 6:40 pm said:

brilliant stuff. Congratulations Philip, and well done to your dad too!

As stated, this is what it’s all about.

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Jeff on
August 15, 2012 at 9:52 pm said:

Well done, Philip! Excellent job!

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MINKIN2 on
August 15, 2012 at 10:14 pm said:

This is brilliant work Phillip, well done in your first venture of game development

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Jamie on
August 16, 2012 at 12:14 am said:

If he really didn’t get help then I’m ashamed of how far I got with the software. I didn’t even know you could do as much as he did with scratch. Kids today, they are only here to make us look bad.

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- Nathan Bookham on
  August 17, 2012 at 9:39 am said:
  
  I made a password generator in 5 hours!
  http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/NathanBookham/2581159
  
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Josh C on
August 16, 2012 at 6:19 am said:

Congrats from Canada, keep at it!

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Philip Thompson on
August 16, 2012 at 8:30 am said:

Thanks for sharing your great game and your enthusiasm Philip
Very well done, looking forward to the next one…

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Chris on
August 16, 2012 at 10:33 am said:

Superb work Philip, you put me to shame. I love the idea of the help as a character on the screen with the speach bubbles.

Keep up the good work and see how you can Improve the game. Maybe some different types of worms?

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Rich on
August 16, 2012 at 9:01 pm said:

Just awesome!

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Joefish on
August 16, 2012 at 9:10 pm said:

Congratulations Philip!
I was three years older than you when I tried to write my first Pac-Man game, and it was nowhere near as interesting as yours. Keep at it – you’ll be teaching your teachers a thing or two before long!

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matty on
August 16, 2012 at 11:19 pm said:

Well done Philip!
You are an inspiration to others and put some of us older pi owners to shame.

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Davros on
August 17, 2012 at 8:43 am said:

“Children are our future. Unless we stop them now.” -Homer Simpson.

I like how the game has in-game help that is helpful and consice. Seven year old with a Pi unit 1, most adult software developers with millions of of dollars of backing, 0.

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matthias on
August 20, 2012 at 11:52 am said:

Hi Philip,
I love the game you programmed!! keep on playing and creating with the raspberry pi!
Computers are fun!
Good work!!!

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Peter Pimley on
August 20, 2012 at 11:02 pm said:

This is great, well done! I’m working on a game too but I’m nowhere near that far.

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