Games

Twenty years of making games

From grand strategy to stunt physics. Jussi has worked on PC, mobile, online, board and card games, and on game solutions using embedded systems and printed electronics. Strategy games are his favourite genre.

Screenshot from Grey Legend Survivors
PC · Base-building RPG · Early Access late 2027

Grey Legend Survivors In development

CEO, Silver Legend · supports the design team

A base-building RPG that mixes the brotherhood of Band of Brothers with the everyday life of The Sims.

Screenshot from Great Houses of Calderia
PC · Grand strategy · 2024

Great Houses of Calderia

Creative Director & Game Director

A feudal grand strategy game about families and dynasties, published by the Franco-Swedish publisher Firesquid.

Nominated for Finnish Game of the Year

Screenshot from Company of Crime
PC · Turn-based tactical strategy · 2020

Company of Crime

Creative Director & Game Director

Organised crime in 1960s London, published by 1C Entertainment (now Fulqrum Publishing).

Nominated for Best Debut at the Nordic Game Awards

The studio, Resistance Games, was named Finnish Game Startup of the Year and Startup of the Year in Oulu

Screenshot from Urban Empire
PC · Political city builder · 2017

Urban Empire

Lead Designer

A city builder that spans 200 years of history, with the player leading a single city through politics and change. Published by Kalypso Media.

Nominated for Best Simulation at Gamescom

Screenshot coming
Mobile · Stunt game · 2014

Fail Hard

Studio lead & design coach

A wacky stunt game by Viima Games, published by Fingersoft.

Over 40 million downloads

More games

Earlier work

Mobile · Serious game · 2018

Antidote

Producer

A game for a vaccine campaign, made by Psyon Games with GSK.

Mobile · 2012

Zombie Cruise

Lead Designer

A romantic zombie survival game set on a leisure cruise.

PC · Transport strategy · 2011

Cities in Motion

Game Designer

Handled game design as an outsourcing partner while Colossal Order was looking for a new lead designer.

Online · Serious · Board game · 2009–2011

Modern Society games

Lead Designer

A family of games where players manage the development of modern societies. Silver Medal at the Nordic Serious Games Conference.

Board game 2008 · Mobile 2009

The Club games

Lead Designer

Two games about nightclub life, where the player tries to get dancers to pair up. The board game version was the first Finnish board game to get an American publisher.

Browser game · Card game · 2007

Oil Field

Game Designer

A two-player game in the spirit of the Commodore 64 classic Pipeline, made as both a browser game and a card game.

Experimental projects

Games and new technology

Between 2008 and 2011, alongside commercial games, Jussi worked on experimental game technology with research and industry partners.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Touchless game controller

A touchless game controller developed with VTT, and a prototype game built for it.

Ludowaves (later Pelion)

Board games with motion sensors

Board games with built-in accelerometers, combining physical play with electronics.

Need a designer or game director?

Jussi is available for design work, from a short design review to joining your production.

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