By launching a game for the iPad, Tasmanian Tourette's sufferer Paul Wilkinson has done what he thought the disease would never allow him to.
In September 2010, Mr Wilkinson had electrodes inserted into his brain to control the debilitating and potentially dangerous tics that Tourette's triggered.
Since the treatment, the 29-year-old has started Subspark Entertainment, which launched its first game on Apple's App Store in March.
AstroPlasma is a digital version of air-hockey that gives the player a first-person, rather than top-down view, of proceedings.
"This game is the first to utilise so many of the iPad's features and it truly redefines our genre," Mr Wilkinson said.
"Multiplayer allows people across the world to challenge one another."
The game took nine people six months to make and since its launch it has received five-star ratings in Australian, American and Polish App Stores.
Mr Wilkinson said Tasmania was a great place to do business and
hopes to establish a full studio in Hobart.
He has co-ordinated with staff in and out of the state to create the game.
He said the only challenge was to find people with the right expertise in Tasmania and he hoped to work with the education facilities in Tasmania to tailor a course to suit.
"There isn't a fully integrated course to produce the kinds of skill needed," he said.
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