By Lora Jones & Laura Heighton-Ginns, BBC business reporters

Ben and Matt Horton
When identical twins Ben and Matt Horton began making serious money from creating video games, their parents couldn't believe it.
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As it turned out, the brothers had produced their first big hit - a game called Boat Ride, Career Early launched on the online gaming platform Roblox - and they were just 13.
Seven years later, Ben and Matt work full-time on gaming, with Ben specialising on the software side and Matt doing video production.
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It all began as a hobby when the pair had some free time over the Christmas holidays. They were already enthusiastic gamers on Roblox and found it easy to start developing their own games.
"Anyone can learn, a 10-year-old kid can learn to make a game," says Ben.
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"We're not telepathic, but I kind of know what he's thinking and he knows what I'm thinking," says Matt. "In our whole life, we've not spent more than two days apart from each other."
Despite their new-found wealth, the two say they are "not big spenders" and are "not very materialistic".
Treating the family to a holiday and helping to pay off their parents' mortgage have been their biggest items of expenditure, with most of their income invested.
"We just want to be able to live comfortably for the rest of our lives," says Ben.
'More than just a game'
Roblox has seen huge success built on the work of developers like Ben and Matt.
It's already the world's largest user-generated games site, and its value rose 60% to $47bn after its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Versatility is one of the key reasons it's been a hit, says Candice Mudrick, head of market analysis at gaming data company Newzoo.

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Quinn Byron-Dyer started playing Roblox when he was just 10 years old.
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"I got more seriously into developing stuff about 2015 onwards and from then, the money just built up from there I guess," he says.
A recent graduate with a degree in computer games design, he believes that Roblox is popular because it's "really easy to get into".
"You don't need any requirements, you can start making stuff for free, you don't have to have any qualifications."
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How much has he earned from Roblox? He says he's not sure.
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