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Handseeing creates online games titles based on Chinese folklore, using Java rather than Flash.

The game was tested on a group of 10- to 12-year-old girls who had never done any programming before. After an hour of gameplay, the girls had mastered some of the basic components of Java.

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi says one legendary programmer behind the first three JRPGs "was like a god" to him.