Team Jolly Roger

Team Jolly Roger is a group of Finnish nerdy people with a passion for creating games. Many of us have known each other since high school and worked together for years on both commercial and just-for-fun projects. Our curiosity for game development was turned into profession at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences. Our specialties so far have been mobile games and XNA, but right now we are independently developing our first PC title, called Interplanetary.

Niklas Saari - CEO

Favourite Game: Cave Story Special Skills: Turning otherwise useless information and cat videos into inspiration and game ideas. Niklas is the guy tasked with the job of keeping the TJR machine rolling as smooth as possible. Sometimes this means wrench work and pirate language, but usually lubricating the gears with coffee is enough.

Antti Tikkakoski - Lead Programmer, COB

Favourite Game: Deus Ex Special Skills: Cynical cat person. Single-player hardcore PC gamer. Never have, never will buy a game console (will accept gifts to tinker with, however.) Also likes Sci-Fi stuff.

Tarita Tammela - Graphic artist

Favourite Game: Baldur's Gate Special Skills: Overthinking, turning into a bookworm on full moon.

Teemu Tammela - Programmer

Favourite Game: Dark Souls, Ace Attorney series Special Skills: Surreal logic, catlike curiosity.

Jussi Hyttinen - Programmer

Favourite Game: Final Fantasy VII, Silent Hill 2 Special Skills: Vivid daydreaming and remarkable skill to forget everything that doesn't relate to gaming.

Jukka Kivijärvi - Graphic artist

Favourite Game: Changing by the month. Currently, Kerbal Space Program Special Skills: Jumping from one thing to the other, learning it as he goes.

Olli Leinonen - Programmer

Favourite Game: Avoid Writing Your Profile Info and MTG Special Skills: Not writing his own profiles, numerous club memberships. Olli is a member of the Team Jolly Roger Code Wizards-gang, the spiritual leader of the I-Don’t-Feel-Like-Writing-About-Myself – cult and a frequent member of the quite popular in TJR “Facial Hair Appreciators” club.

Valeriya Paykacheva - Community manager

Favourite Game: Katamari Damacy Special Skills: Being amazing, complementing herself, pronouncing her last name correctly. Valeriya is our absolutely fantastic marketing contributor, who enjoys spending her time with boring and tiring people with continuous eager talks about movies, rocking Trivial Pursuit and not caring about Olympic Games. Has never been bitten by a shark.

Sasu Kemppainen - Designer

Favourite Game: Grim Fandango Special Skills: Great at making pizza and eating it. Sasu is our designer extraordinaire, who enjoys talking about Star Wars, playing stupid games and eating bread whenever possible. Determined to either design a genius game or to become a blitzball someday.

Riku Leinonen - Programmer

Favourite Game: Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney Special Skills: Breaking the repository, playing Super Mario eyes closed. Code monkey likes tea and Dr. Pepper. Code monkey likes immersion and emergent gameplay. Code monkey very simple man. With a taste for silly hats.