# Make-A-Wish Kid's PopCap Game! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 25, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish-kids-popcap-game/590313 "2011-07-25T21:21:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish-kids-popcap-game/590313/1 "2011-07-25T21:21:44Z")
PopCap Games have made a game called Allied Star Police in collaboration with a 9 year old kid called Owain Weinert. > [@](#): > > PopCap met Owain in April when Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Alaska & Washington told us about his wish to make a video game. Owain (which means “little warrior” in Welsh) was diagnosed with pre-B Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia last year and has gone through lots of difficult treatments. But his dad said that what he really wanted was to hang out with “real game designers”. So we volunteered to help Owain make his video game during PopCamp. How cool is that? [The game looks pretty good too](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwLucAp9Bo&feature=player_embedded)! > **[PopCap Studios - Official EA Site](https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/popcap)** > > Our games are sprinkled with a whirlwind of smile-inducing awesomeness and polished to a shiny sheen that keeps the world coming back again and again. And best of all, you’ll find our games on mobile, console, PC, and many other devices – you may... > **[Make-A-Wish Kid's PopCap Game Finished, Is Awesome](https://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/07/23/make-a-wish-kid-39-s-popcap-game-finished-is-awesome.aspx)** > > Little Owain, who was diagnosed with Leukemia last year, had a wish to make a video game. It is now complete and available for free.