Ilokivi, Keskussairaalantie 2, 40100 Jyväskylä
Speakers
Ilari Kuittinen
Studio Head
Housemarque
Topic: “Strategic decisionsof an independent studio”
Ilari Kuittinen is the co-founder and Studio Head of the award-winning game studio Housemarque. Ilari started his career in 1993, when he co-founded one of the first game studios in Finland, before co-founding Housemarque with Harri Tikkanen two years later. After 26 years of full-time entrepreneurship and running an independent game studio, Housemarque joined PlayStation Studios family in 2021.
The studio’s most recent game “Returnal” released in 2021 on PlayStation 5 was a critically acclaimed title with a metacritic score of 86. The game also won several prestigious game awards such as Best Action Game at The Game Awards and many game of the year awards including Bafta Best Game Award.
The company is currently focusing on developing the next game production under the PlayStation Studios umbrella and has grown to a 120 people strong company. Our purpose is to create unique game experiences and our system goal is to create a product-focused learning organization that is optimized for adaptiveness, learning, and customer value.
Salla Hakkola
Composer, Harpist, Performance Artist
Founder of Tonally Oy
Topic: “Quality music in games – what’s the point, what it takes and how to make the most of it”
Salla Hakkola is an award winning harpist-composer and performance artist focusing in Game & Film music and experimental electric harpism.
She worked as a composer and music consultant at Rovio Entertainment in 2011-2019, and her recent works include soundtracks for Clash of Clans and Merge Mansion, to name a few. She has worked with ensembles ranging from top symphony orchestras (Helsinki Philharmonic, Avanti!, Seattle Symphony Orchestra) and contemporary chamber groups to jazz and indie-pop combos.
Hakkola won the best soundtrack prize in Game Audio Awards 2016 (the Fruit Nibblers by Rovio), the NYX Game Awards 2023 the Best Music in Mobile (Merge Mansion by Metacore), and NYX Game Awards 2023 for the Best Original Game Soundtrack (Friends & Dragons by Playsome).
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