Nila is a bona fide leader, teaching her own art class at just eight years old! This Featured Maker is from California and her favorite subjects are science and art. When she\u2019s not in school, Nila loves to draw, read, watch TV, and of course code!<\/span><\/p>\n When Nila grows up, she would like to be an astronomer, because she loves space and has so many questions about it, or an app designer because of her affinity for coding, or an artist because she loves drawing cartoons, people, and animals!<\/span><\/p>\n How did you get introduced to Tynker and how long have you been coding? <\/b>I would say I\u2019ve been coding for a bit more than a year. And how I got introduced to Tynker is first I enrolled in this coding camp like two summers ago and they taught me Scratch. So one day, I found the app Tynker on my iPad and I started using it and realized it\u2019s a coding app. So, now I love code and I have no idea how many self-made projects I have but it\u2019s over 30, I love coding!<\/span><\/p>\n How did you learn how to use Tynker when you were first starting out?\u00a0<\/b>I just started looking and creating new projects. I just started playing around with the turtle star drawing thing. I kept doing it and changing colors. When I finished I just took pictures and played it again and again! What I like about the courses is that they\u2019re super specific and it teaches you exactly what you need to know to make it so you can alter it in different ways!<\/span><\/p>\n How have your coding skills improved since you started using Tynker? <\/b>From just doing Peep dance parties to dress-ups and interaction games. I think that\u2019s how my coding skills have improved!<\/span><\/p>\n How did you feel when you found out your project had been featured? <\/b>I was like, \u201cOhh my goodness. Dad! Dad! Dad!\u201d I was super excited and asked my mom and dad if I could do the interview!<\/span><\/p>\n What is your favorite project you\u2019ve made so far? <\/b>At the moment it would be “Rescue It.” So you have a cat and a little person, you\u2019re the person, and there\u2019s an animal control guy in the corner, and there are cars going across the screen. You have to get your person around the cars, and get the cat, then the animal control guy runs away and rescues the cat, but if you touch one of the cars going across, then it\u2019s game over, and you get run over by the car!<\/span><\/p>\n Where did you get the idea for your favorite project? <\/b>Well, I like cats, and I was doing this pony thing where you\u2019re flying and you have to get the princess out of the cage, so there are guys flying across the screen. You have to get through them and stop the evil guy’s plan and save the princess!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How do you get inspiration for your projects? <\/b>Sometimes I might do it about my interests, things like that, sometimes I just feel in the mood for that, or I go into the community and just look around and think, \u201cOhh this is cool!\u201d And I just look around and see what everyone makes. Sometimes in the community I like to save the projects. One of my favorite projects I’ve seen in the community is, \u201cWhat does the Fox Say?\u201d by Katie Cakes, so I saved it on mine. I like to listen to it with my cousins in the car!<\/span><\/p>\n Why do you like to code? <\/b>Usually, so far I\u2019ve made a lot of dress-up games, and the one that got the most likes is the one that got featured, which is “Dress Up (Summer).” So I did like swimsuits, beach balls, buckets, beach bags, I even did a snorkel and sunglasses with beach dresses and skirts! I drew them all myself! Before I used to pick something from the categories but then I figured out that I can draw my own.<\/span><\/p>\n \n\n