{"id":24691,"date":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/24691\/24-year-old-lebanese-behind-worlds-number-1-mobile-kids-game"},"modified":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"24-year-old-lebanese-behind-worlds-number-1-mobile-kids-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/24691\/24-year-old-lebanese-behind-worlds-number-1-mobile-kids-game\/","title":{"rendered":"24-Year-Old Lebanese Behind Worlds Number 1 Mobile Kids Game"},"content":{"rendered":"Bringing you the Tamagotchi of 2013 and the Sims for children, 24-year-old Beirut-based Paul Salameh is already making thousands off of his simple, yet brilliant iOS game, Pou.<br \/>  <br \/>  Reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wamda.com\/2013\/05\/the-24-year-old-lebanese-entrepreneur-behind-pou-top-mobile-kids-game\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Wamda<\/a>, the game has thus far hit the #1 most popular kids game for iPhones in the world. Salameh has also reportedly been offered $20 million for the games acquisition. <br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cPeople really relate to Pou, and they think it&#8217;s cute,\u201d Salameh told Wamda. \u201cI&#8217;ve even seen people tattoo Pou on their hand.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.beirut.com\/GetImage\/pout\/article\/24691\/490x300\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Basically, the game consists of a &#8220;pet&#8221; who you can feed, take care of, and clothe, as well as several mini-games that can earn you coins for other features. Hailed as addictive and entertaining, Salameh&#8217;s Pou is evident that talent in Lebanon really does make it big.<br \/>  <br \/>  Check out how the game looks like with a tutorial below.<br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IjR5meuCQB8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Pou is available for download for free on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=me.pou.app\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> and for $1.99 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/pou\/id575154654?mt=8\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone<\/a>.<br \/>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing you the Tamagotchi of 2013 and the Sims for children, 24-year-old Beirut-based Paul Salameh is already making thousands off of his simple, yet brilliant iOS game, 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