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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Samantha Lock

‘Broke our hearts’: autistic boy inspires relaunch of popular game

The game Joe Danger in a screenshot
A young boy with autism inspired the developer Hello Games to relaunch the mobile game Joe Danger (pictured) after it became defunct. Photograph: Hello Games

An eight-year-old boy has inspired a developer to relaunch a popular mobile game after it became defunct, leaving his father desperate to find a solution.

Jack, who was diagnosed with autism, became enamoured with the game Joe Danger – a motorbike-riding daredevil who takes players on a race across the desert – as a source of joy and a way to cope with stress.

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