Thirteen-year-old Ningthoujam Baldeep Singh found himself stuck at home during India's recent COVID-19 lockdown and decided to use the free time to learn to write code.

With help from YouTube, the bright youngster from Imphal in Manipur not only learned to programme but also quickly developed a game based on the pandemic called "Coroboi".

His creation has already scored more than 40,000 downloads on Google Play Store and has a rating of 4.4 out of five stars.

The game sees a boy trying to get home during coronavirus lockdown and dodging police along the way.

The official description on Google Play Store reads:
"A boy from India is stranded and wants to return home. Wearing a traditional cloth and a mask, he will run towards his goal. He will be earning points during his journey. If the police caught him, a fine of 5000 points will be deducted."

Due to covid 19 everyone was stucked and straded in their homes after lockdown imposition.
A 13 year old boy named Ningthoujam Baldeep Singh who is a resident of Imphal in Manipur developed a game themed on covid named 'Coroboi' . Ningthoujam says due to lockdown he has lot of free time at home , my uncle suggested me to develop a game related to covid 19 , so i learnt it via youtube about the basics for 3-4 weeks and started working on coding , on 20th august i launched this game . I had a lot of intrest in gadgests and coding .
The game has already scored over 40,000 downloads on the Google Play Store with a rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars.
There are some unique features in the game ‘Coroboi’ is the scarf around the player’s neck — the signature white and red Manipuri cloth known as ‘Leirum Phee’. Other challenges along the player’s path include dodging police, who can get him in trouble for violating the lockdown.
He tells the name ‘Coroboi’ is taken from the coronavirus’ itself