Jakarta is home to a lot of talented programmers, graphic designers and gamers. But you don’t hear too much about video games being developed in the Big Durian. Well here’s the story of one Jakarta game developer you’re probably going to hear about a lot more in the future (at least if you’re a gamer).

Touchten Games is a game development studio based out of an office in Thamrin. They’ve been around since 2009 and have made a lot of games that you might have seen in the App store or on Google Play, such as Fun Toilet Games: Panda Adventures, and Cute Kill.

But their most visible and most ambitious game so far is called Target Acquired. They describe their newest project, which is scheduled for release in January, as a cross between the hyper-popular, “Temple Run” games and the classic side scrolling Mega Man series.

The Touchten team says its members have been playing Mega Man since they were little, but there’s actually a more direct reason for Target Acquired’s connection to Capcom’s iconic “Blue Bomber.”

Originally, Touchten tried to persuade Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune to let them make a mobile port of “Mighty No. 9,” Inafune’s latest game and a spiritual to the Mega Man series. Unfortunately Inafune did not show any interest in doing a mobile version of his game, but the idea stuck with the Touchten team.

So they set about creating a game that would have a bit of the Mega Man spirit but with completely different characters, designs and gameplay. Ultimately, as they told Tech in Asia, “We just want to make a game that we would want to play.”

The result of those efforts is Target Acquired, in which “a Japanese Police Cat Girl tries to stop an Evil Genius Cyborg Mouse from world domination!” The team launched Target Acquired as a Kickstarter project which has already smashed its $10,000 funding goal, having been pledged over $15,000 from backers with 7 days left to go.

Touchten’s awesome, anime-inspired designs and promise of infinite gameplay were no doubt big factors behind their Kickstarter success, but they also had another ace up their sleeve to appeal to hardcore gamers. Even though they couldn’t collaborate with Mega Man’s creator, the were able to work with the legendary composer of the Mega Man series and Mighty No. 9, Manami Matsumae. Many gamers would agree she’s responsible for some of the catchiest chip-tunes in video game history and she’s was a huge get for the Touchten team.

To see lots more production art and video of Target Acquired, you can head to the game’s Kickstarter page. Even though the project is more than fully-funded, you can still contribute to get a copy of the game on early release or get some special rewards for helping them to reach their stretch goals and add more content to the game.

We love to see this kind of success in both Jakarta’s tech and creative industries and hope to hear (and play) a lot more from Touchten Games in the future.

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