Game Industry Expert
Jussi Autio
Twenty years of making games. Since 2009, also helping others make theirs – from first prototypes to whole game ecosystems.
Jussi is a game designer and developer who also designs game incubators, coaches studios on game design and business, and teaches and speaks about games from vocational colleges to universities and international conferences.
- 20years in the game industry
- 40+game companies founded by teams he has coached
- 8countries where his incubator model has been run
- 30+awards for Jussi and his teams
- 11countries where he has given talks
Work with Jussi
What brings you here?
Building a game incubator or education program?
Jussi created the Oulu Game Lab pre-incubator model, named the world's best innovation and entrepreneurship model in 2017 and since run in eight countries. He can help you design, launch and run your own.
Incubators & Programs →Running a game studio?
Game design, business models, funding, publishers and investors – advice from someone who has founded studios himself and shipped games with international publishers.
Studio Consulting →Looking for a speaker or trainer?
More than 50 conference and seminar talks in 11 countries. Dozens of ready talks and workshops on game design, game business and entrepreneurship, from a 10-minute Pecha Kucha to a full 15 ECTS course.
Speaking & Training →Selected work
Results, not promises
Oulu Game Lab
Founder of the pre-incubator model. 16 game companies founded in Oulu alone, four awards, and the model since run in eight countries including Japan.
Game Founders
Brought the model to Game Founders: 22 game demos in a single program, 15 of them continuing into the accelerator as new companies.
FakeFish
Advisor during the studio's first years. Their game Barotrauma has since sold over 3 million copies.
OGL was life-changing for me.– Oulu Game Lab alumnus, survey 2025
Have a project in mind?
Jussi is available for consulting, incubator programs, workshops and talks – in Finland and internationally.
Get in touch