Johan Andersson (game developer)

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

Johan Andersson
Andersson at Retro Gathering in 2009
Born	(1974-08-28) 28 August 1974 (age 49)
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Studio lead of Paradox Tinto
Known for	Designing grand strategy games

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 Imperator: Rome.^[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]

References

1. "Interview: Johan Andersson On Hearts Of Iron 3". Rock Paper Shotgun. from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
2. "Paradox Development Studio - A Brief History". Paradox Interactive Forums. from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
3. "Inside Paradox, the strangest company in video games". eurogamer. 25 September 2013. from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
4. "Imperator: Rome is the next grand strategy game from Paradox". Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
5. . TrueGameHeadz. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
6. Sinclair, Brendan. "Paradox opening Barcelona studio". GamesIndustry.biz. from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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