In the Beginning

Most people thought that Paper Ninja got the idea from Fruit Ninja but that was wrong. To be fair, I need to give credit to actual game that inspires me: Zoo Lasso. Here's the story.....

On December 2009, I brought an iPod Touch for my son 4 years old birthday. He was very happy when he received the present. My wife give him an account so that he can download free games and if he want to buy any paid games, he will need to ask for permission.

Somewhere in February, when I was playing with my son's iPod Touch, I came across this game called Zoo Lasso. I thought it looks interesting, opened it up and played for a short while. I was amazed how responsive the iPod Touch is able to follow the finger movement. The smoothness of the touch leave a deep impact on my mind and a few days later while driving, I got the idea of a slashing game might be really fun.

That day after I reach home, I searched the App Store to see if there is any slashing games and to my surprise, there was none (I not sure I searched thorough enough, correct me if I am wrong)! So, this got me thinking about it for a few days and I think it will be interesting to build a slashing game. I thought of all sort of crazy ideas and I am confident that this unique way of gameplay will be a hit.

To keep it short, on March, I quit my full time job as a Senior Consultant in a respectable company to fully concentrate on developing this game.