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Revision as of 17:59, 2 September 2021
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| Born | May 5, 1999 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | badcc, badccvoid |
| Occupation | Video game developer |
| Known for | Programmer and co-creater of the Roblox game Jailbreak |
Alex Balfanz (born May 5, 1999) is an American video game developer who is most known as the programmer and co-creator of the Roblox game Jailbreak.
Early life
Born in 1999, Balfanz began to code games using Roblox Studio at the age of 9.[1] Balfanz's father worked as a programmer, which Balfanz cites as one of the main reasons for his early interest in coding.[2] He attended high school at the Trinity Preparatory School.[3] Prior to releasing Jailbreak, Balfanz had made several other games on Roblox, which he stated had made him "maybe a couple thousand" dollars.[3]
Career
In January 2016, Balfanz and his business partner, who goes by "asimo3089", created the game Volt, an open-world game in which players complete minigames.[3]
In January 2017, Balfanz, along with asimo3089, uploaded Jailbreak, a cops-and-robbers game, to Roblox. On its first day of release, it reached 70,000 concurrent players, a number which Balfanz later said had shocked him.[1] It quickly became one of the most popular games on the platform, and made Balfanz a millionaire.[4][3]
Personal life
Balfanz attends Duke University, where he is able to pay off his college debt using funds from his games.[2][5]
References
- ^ a b Browning, Kellen (August 16, 2020). "You May Not Know This Pandemic Winner, but Your Tween Probably Does". The New York Times. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Fang, Shannon (December 10, 2018). "How the Jailbreak computer game made sophomore Alex Balfanz millions". Duke Chronicle. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Huddleston Jr., Tom (September 23, 2019). "This 20-year-old is paying for college (and more) off an amateur video game he made in high school". CNBC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Power, Ed (August 19, 2020). "Roblox: The booming video game that's now bigger than Minecraft". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ Lufkin, Bryan (March 24, 2018). "How video games turn teenagers into millionaires". BBC. Retrieved September 3, 2020.