TicBits

TicBits Ltd.
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	2010
Founder	Fredrik Wahrman; Niklas Wahrman
Headquarters	Turku, Finland
Key people	Marcus Alanen; CEO
Products	iAssociate; Crazy Kings; Crazy Defense Heroes
Owner	Animoca Brands
Number of employees	10
Website	ticbits.com

TicBits Ltd. is a mobile game development company based in Turku, Finland, founded in 2010 by cousins Fredrik and Niklas Wahrman.^[1]^[2]^[3] The company specializes in both original games, mainly for the iOS platform, as well as its own interpretations of classic games. In Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Finland 2013, TicBits was placed third in the Rising Stars 2013 list.^[4] In July, 2016 Ticbits was acquired by ASX-listed mobile game developer Animoca Brands for 5.4 million AUD.^[5]

Games

In addition to developing classic games for mobile devices such as mahjong, minesweeper, solitaire, freecell, Sudoku, Ticbits has developed interpretations of other games, such as its match-three game Cruel Jewels, word games Jewel Words and Word Strike, and tower defense games Crazy Kings and Crazy Defense Heroes.

Current games

Crazy Defense Heroes
Crazy Kings
Cruel Jewels
FreeCell :)
iAssociate 2
iAssociate 3
Jewel Words
Mahjong :)
Minesweeper!
Solitaire :)
Solitaire Gold
Sudoku :)
Toon Match
Unblock :)
Word Strike

iAssociate 2

TicBits’ most popular game is iAssociate 2, the second version of iAssociate, a word association game developed by its CEO Fredrik Wahrman. The game was one of TUAW's favorite apps of 2009.^[6] The game was also mentioned on ABC’s Good Morning America.^[7] In addition, actress and talk show host Ricki Lake noted on Ustream in 2012 that iAssociate 2 was her favorite app at the time.^[8]

References

^ "Completion of TicBits Acquisition". animocabrands. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
^ "Dataspelsbolaget TicBits säljs till Kina". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-08.
^ "Ticbits acquired by mobile publisher Animoca". Good News from Finland. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
^ "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Finland 2013" (PDF). Deloitte. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.
^ "ASX game developer Animoca Brands acquires Finland's TicBits for $5.4 million". 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
^ "Our Favorite Apps: Stuff that stayed on our phones in 2009". The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Dec 29, 2009. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.
^ "iAssociate 2 Fuels TicBits Steady Growth". ArcticStartup. Jan 25, 2011. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.
^ "Ricki Lake Live at Ustream HQ". Ustream. Aug 17, 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.

External links

[1] "Completion of TicBits Acquisition". animocabrands. Retrieved 2020-07-08.

[2] "Dataspelsbolaget TicBits säljs till Kina". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-08.

[3] "Ticbits acquired by mobile publisher Animoca". Good News from Finland. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-08.

[4] "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Finland 2013" (PDF). Deloitte. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.

[5] "ASX game developer Animoca Brands acquires Finland's TicBits for $5.4 million". 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-10-06.

[6] "Our Favorite Apps: Stuff that stayed on our phones in 2009". The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Dec 29, 2009. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.

[7] "iAssociate 2 Fuels TicBits Steady Growth". ArcticStartup. Jan 25, 2011. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.

[8] "Ricki Lake Live at Ustream HQ". Ustream. Aug 17, 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved Oct 16, 2014.

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