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They demonstrated perseverance, slick coding skills and more all while having a blast making these amazing games!

SOLAR ESCAPE

Riley Jenkins

Riley has consistently shown a passion for learning, self-motivation, incredible focus, and a strong work ethic. Riley's game, Solar Escape, is not just a culmination of what he has learned and the work he put in, but also his unique creativity and ability to design fun, quality gaming experiences.

Parker, CO

BLACK BELT

SPACE ESCAPE

Jaden Hollenbaugh

Jaden has been at Code Ninjas for 3 years and is excited to finish his belts! He enjoys programming and developing games, and plans on continuing now that he has completed Black Belt. His game, Space Escape, is a platformer where you must escape a hostile, alien planet in 120 seconds. To escape, you must collect special gems to make it through each stage while avoiding UFOs and aliens that are after you.

West Katy, TX

BLACK BELT

PICTOMANIA

Shrika Iyer

Shrika has been at Code Ninjas for the past 3 years. She has enjoyed learning about Unity and coding in C#, and is proud to have created a game for others to enjoy playing. Shrika’s project Pictomania is a spinoff of Pictionary, and the first multiplayer Black Belt project! A group of 4 players can play together, taking turns drawing and guessing clues to win!

Powell, OH

BLACK BELT

SHURIKEN ATTACK

Eun Lee

Eun is an active participant at her Code Ninjas and is always calm and balanced while working on coding projects. Eun credits her parents for their support and strength as she worked through each belt. Her Black Belt project, Shuriken Attack, is a run and jump game, in which the player must jump over everything to win. Although it might not look tricky, it takes a lot of patience to win her game!

Rancho Bernardo, CA

BLACK BELT

SHODDY SANDBOX

Benjamin Xiao

Ben has been at Code Ninjas Franklin since their opening, and has been one of their most diligent ninjas. With the support and encouragement of his family, he has accomplished so much at Code Ninjas! Ben’s project, Shoddy Sandbox, is a fun take on a tower defense game in which the player must defend their sandcastle from waves of sand attacks. Ben is constant reminder of how Code Ninjas can shape young lives for a bright future.

Franklin, TN

BLACK BELT

GRAVITY TRAILS

Devin Deng

Devin is a hard-working ninja and a perfectionist who excels at his work. Devin's game, Gravity Trails, is a gravity-inversion platformer that contains many challenging obstacles across multiple themed levels, and is very entertaining.

East Gwillumbury, ON

BLACK BELT

NINJA PARKOUR

Bryan Castillo

Bryan has been a superstar ninja at his Code Ninjas location, rocketing to the top of the totem board in no time! Bryan enjoyed playing parkour games on Roblox, which inspired him to create Ninja Parkour for his Black Belt project. Other ninjas who have played his game have dubbed it “the keyboard breaker,” as it requires constant jumping with the spacebar!

Memorial City, TX

BLACK BELT

CUBIT'S DEFENSE

Virgilio Gombio Jr

Virgilio's game, Cubit Defense, is a tower defense game with endless waves of enemies. The game provides plenty of upgrades for the player to add to their towers to protect their city from the cubits. Virgil is part of the founding families at Code Ninjas Fleming Island and is now a Code Sensei helping ninjas learn coding just like he did.

Fleming Island, FL

BLACK BELT

VELO BALL

Elias Zoumberakis

Elias has always enjoyed coding and loves creating fun games for his friends. His Black Belt project, Velo Ball, is an entertaining “time waster” in which players go down an endless tunnel and try to survive for as long as possible. Elias learned a lot from testing his game with his friends in order to create a game that would keep them entertained for a long time!

Los Alamitos, CA

BLACK BELT

PROJECT ANNIHILATION

Vedant Kumar

Vedant Kumar has been programming and learning several coding languages at Code NInjas Hillsborough-Montgomery for the last 3 years. His Black Belt project, Project Annihilation, is an open-world game where the player controls a robot — and the occasional goblin — to try to eliminate all enemy life on a planet. Will your player be able to reclaim the planet which was overtaken by goblins?

Hillsborough - Montgomery, NJ

BLACK BELT

SPACE INVASION

Siddharth Kumar

Siddharth Kumar has been at Code Ninjas Hillsborough-Montgomery for the past three years and is currently working as a Code Sensei. Siddharth has always been fascinated by outer space, so that’s why he decided to make Space Invasion as his Black Belt project. In Space Invasion, the user commands a spaceship to try to stop an alien invasion that threatens humanity’s existence.

Hillsborough - Montgomery, NJ

BLACK BELT

ROBOT CLICKER

Xander Bell

Xander Bell has been at Code Ninjas for 4 years. His Black Belt project, Robot Clicker, was very dull and grey at first, but later became colorful and exciting after implementing changes based on feedback he received from others! Xander has two dogs, the bigger being younger.

Hilliard, OH

BLACK BELT

SOARING SQUIRREL SHIPMENT

Ethan Marks

Ethan was one of the first ninjas at his Code Ninjas center, starting when he was just 7. He is fascinated by aerodynamics and logistics, so he combined the two in his game, Soaring Squirrel Shipment, where flying squirrels deliver packages. Ethan also enjoys reading and learning about architecture, astrophysics, and science in general.

Gateway Commons - Wake Forest, NC

BLACK BELT

PLANET DEFENDERS

Preston Rigsby

Preston has been at Code Ninjas for 2 years, and he loves to code his own games in a variety of different programming languages. He also enjoys Roblox and even helped with Roblox camps at his center. Everyone at his center is proud of Preston’s hard work on his Black Belt project, Planet Defenders, and wishes him the best in his future.

Friendswood, TX

BLACK BELT

DOOM GUY IN SPACE

Jack Cherniawski

Jack has been coding for 6 years. He began his coding journey in Scratch by first tinkering with the blocks until he figured out what they did, then he explored other’s projects and became inspired by the amazing things that could be achieved with code. His parents signed him up for Code Ninjas when they learned about his passion for coding, and now that he has accomplished his Black Belt, he will become a Code Sensei!

O'Fallon, MO

BLACK BELT

These are just our first Black Belts, we look forward to helping many more Ninjas achieve this level of excellence.

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