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Playgama is highlighting a remarkable contribution from Damir Buldakov, an 11-year-old programmer from Vietnam. Working independently, Damir authored an extension that enables games created on MIT’s Scratch platform to be distributed across multiple web and social platforms via Playgama, reaching a potential audience of 300 million users worldwide.
Image credit: The family of Damir Buldakov.
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“Damir’s solution solved a tricky routing problem we’d been working on for a while,” said Dmitry Kachmar, founder of Playgama. “His contribution met every technical standard, integrated flawlessly with our release pipeline, and most importantly, made it easy for millions of young coders to reach millions more players.”
What Damir built
Damir developed and implemented the SDK extension for Playgama’s platform, collaborating with adult developers but writing the core functionality himself. The result is a technically complex, production-ready integration that helps Scratch projects pass moderation and operate at scale across multiple destinations. The tool is released under a non-commercial license, enabling a broader community of developers to bring their projects from learning spaces and hobby platforms into real-world gaming ecosystems.
“Age doesn’t mean anything; what really matters is knowledge. I hope other kids feel like they can build cool things too,” said Damir.
Why it matters
Through this extension, Damir has become a bridge connecting millions of young creators on Scratch with vast new audiences across popular platforms. More than 2,000 developers already rely on Playgama’s technology to efficiently publish and grow their games on major platforms. Expanding the open-source software development kit through initiatives like Damir’s extension aligns with Playgama’s vision to empower web developers globally — helping them reach wider audiences, increase visibility and unlock new revenue streams.
About Scratch
Scratch is a free, online coding platform developed by the MIT Media Lab. It’s a visual, block-based programming language designed to be easy for beginners, especially children aged 8–16. Scratch is used in every country in the world and is available in 79 languages, it has more than 130 million users. Children create more than 500,000 Scratch projects every day.
About Playgama
Playgama.com is a global game tech platform helping developers publish, grow, and monetize their games through a unified multi-platform infrastructure. Playgama was founded in 2023 by Dmitry Kachmar, a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur and Harvard Business School graduate. Headquartered in Dubai, the company has a distributed team of 35+ employees across the U.S., Europe, and Southeast Asia.
