Arkaneum Merchant was designed in 2010 by Emir Fithri Bin Samsuddin of Sungai Buloh, a town in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is a spiced-up Kalah variant for iPhone or iPod touch 2.2.1 or later. The game is also known as Space Mancala. Arkaneum Merchant is Samsuddin's first iPhone game and he spent about two months (not full time as he was also developing some other apps/games) to create it. The game features cool graphics and sound effects, two modes of play against the computer (novice and expert), a high score record and multi characters choices.