<p>Rahul Bhatia, Akshay Narayan and Rohan Agarwal, all aged 17, began with the idea of app in June and went over brainstorming ideas and worked through the summer, Oakland Tribune, a local newspaper, reported.<br /><br />The app, called Galactic Odyssey, was sent to Apple a week and half ago and it became available on Monday. The app is priced at 99 cents and can be downloaded from Apple.<br />The trio plan to come up with contests on the game, to help the app popularise. They also plan on launching a sequel to the game app.<br /><br />Pete Murchison, Principal, Irvington High School in Oakland, California where the trio study was quoted as saying in Oakland Tribune, "This is unbelievably difficult.<br /><br />"They (Apple) get a gazillion of these applications, and for these kids to do it, it's absolutely amazing. Now they're dealing with the biggest, most powerful company in the world."<br />The three study computer science and AP physics in school. They used physics concepts they learn in class to build the app. However they say one doesn't need a science background to play the game.</p>
<p>Rahul Bhatia, Akshay Narayan and Rohan Agarwal, all aged 17, began with the idea of app in June and went over brainstorming ideas and worked through the summer, Oakland Tribune, a local newspaper, reported.<br /><br />The app, called Galactic Odyssey, was sent to Apple a week and half ago and it became available on Monday. The app is priced at 99 cents and can be downloaded from Apple.<br />The trio plan to come up with contests on the game, to help the app popularise. They also plan on launching a sequel to the game app.<br /><br />Pete Murchison, Principal, Irvington High School in Oakland, California where the trio study was quoted as saying in Oakland Tribune, "This is unbelievably difficult.<br /><br />"They (Apple) get a gazillion of these applications, and for these kids to do it, it's absolutely amazing. Now they're dealing with the biggest, most powerful company in the world."<br />The three study computer science and AP physics in school. They used physics concepts they learn in class to build the app. However they say one doesn't need a science background to play the game.</p>