Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) Seated in a stylish living room of a home in a suburb of Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos, Basil Okpara Jr. is tapping away on his laptop keyboard.

The 9-year-old is building a hide and seek game, using a free programming application called Scratch 2

Scratch 2 allows users to create games, animations, and stories online or offline. So far, Basil has used it to generate more than 30 mobile games.

Today's game involves a bat he has programmed to hide. The player gets a point every time he catches the bat when it emerges from its hiding place.

"I learned how to build games at a boot camp. Now, I build to keep me busy when I am bored," Basil told CNN.