Johan Andersson (game developer) explained

Johan Andersson
Birth Date:28 August 1974
Nationality:Swedish
Occupation:Studio lead of Paradox Tinto
Known For:Designing grand strategy games

Johan Andersson is a Swedish video game designer and studio manager for Paradox Tinto, a Barcelona-based division of Paradox Interactive.

Career

Before working for Paradox Interactive, he was an employee of Funcom where he worked as a programmer for Sega Genesis games, such as Nightmare Circus and NBA Hangtime.[1] He began working at what would later become Paradox Interactive in 1998, joining the original team that had been developing Europa Universalis.[2] [3]

Although he began his career as a programmer, Andersson later became a designer and producer at Paradox Development Studio, working on grand strategy games such as Hearts of Iron III, Crusader Kings II, Victoria II, Europa Universalis IV, Stellaris, and .[4]

Andersson's design philosophy is "to create believable worlds."[5]

In June 2020, he became the lead of Paradox Tinto, a newly established studio based in Barcelona.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview: Johan Andersson On Hearts Of Iron 3 . . 31 May 2009 . 2012-11-17 . 9 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101109022327/http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/05/31/interview-johan-andersson-on-hearts-of-iron-3/ . live . Contributor . Tim Stone . Stone . Tim .
  2. Web site: Paradox Development Studio - A Brief History. Paradox Interactive Forums. 30 July 2012 . 17 June 2021. 5 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305170001/https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/paradox-development-studio-a-brief-history.623146/. live.
  3. Web site: Inside Paradox, the strangest company in video games. eurogamer. 2013-09-25. 20 March 2015. 9 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150409004441/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-25-inside-paradox-video-games-strangest-company. live.
  4. Web site: Imperator: Rome is the next grand strategy game from Paradox. 19 May 2018. 7 December 2019. https://archive.today/20191207002055/https://www.pcgamesn.com/imperator-rome/imperator-rome-release-date. live.
  5. Web site: Dev Box Interview: Paradox Interactive's Producer Johan Andersson : TrueGameHeadz .:Video Game Previews, Reviews, Videos and News For Gamers Everywhere . TrueGameHeadz . 2012-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20090502204624/http://www.truegameheadz.com/blogheadz/dev-box-paradox-interactives-producer-johan-andersson/. 2009-05-02. dead .
  6. Web site: Sinclair . Brendan . Paradox opening Barcelona studio . GamesIndustry.biz . June 2020 . 1 June 2020 . 6 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200606043855/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-06-01-paradox-opening-barcelona-studio . live .

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