9gag recently launched its first game, Redhead Redemption, under the brand new 9gag Game banner. Just as exciting as the Hong Kong-based humor website moving into gaming is that Redhead Redemption is a rehash of an Indonesia-made game titled Cute Kill by Touchten Games.
Until this month, the closest 9gag has ever come to mobile games has been through its ever-famous memes. So just how did Touchten and 9gag cross paths and align their futures?
Becoming the first 9gag game
Touchten CEO Anton Soeharyo is a big 9gag fan. He says the collaboration is a dream come true for him, adding that an item on his bucket list has always been to make the “Hot” section of the website. So when he met 9gag co-founder Ray Chan at an event in Jakarta, he wasted no time in making friends with him.
From there, Soeharyo says all it took was a Facebook chat for the first 9gag game to take seed.
I couldn’t believe what I saw before my eyes in that little chat box in Facebook, told me that he liked our work, and he wants to schedule a Skype call soon, I was so excited I couldn’t sleep for days […]
And a Skype call later, Touchten games “immediately” executed the idea. Chan acknowledges that the partnership sprang up very quickly, adding that it was because both Soeharyo and him trusted each other.
“That’s what I love about Ray and his team,” Soeharyo says. Touchten’s CEO says he finally understands what 9gag’s secret sauce is: they waste no time, and they execute quickly with perfection in mind. “No time for talk,” he says. “Just do it.”
The unique 9gag game
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