Johan Andersson (game programmer)
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Johan Andersson is the lead game programmer
for Paradox Interactive
, the Swedish-based game company which created Europa Universalis
series, Victoria series, Crusader Kings, and the Hearts of Iron
series. The majority are historical grand strategy
games, featuring control of a country or faction, both economically and militarily.
Before working for Paradox, he was an employee of Funcom
where he worked as a programmer on the Sega
Mega Drive console with games like Nightmare Circus
and NBA Hangtime
. Although he began as a programmer, Andersson became the lead designer for Hearts of Iron III
. His design philosophy is "to create believable worlds."
Game programmer
A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebase for video games or related software, such as game development tools. Game programming has many specialized disciplines all of which fall under the umbrella term of "game programmer"...
for Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive
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, the Swedish-based game company which created Europa Universalis
Europa Universalis
Europa Universalis is a grand strategy video game released on March 14, 2000 by Paradox Interactive and distributed in North America by Strategy First...
series, Victoria series, Crusader Kings, and the Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron
Hearts of Iron is a grand strategy computer game developed by Paradox Interactive and published by Strategy First, set in the years 1936-1948. In the game you can control any one nation as World War II unfolds. It was released for Windows-compatible PCs in 2002. A Macintosh version was also...
series. The majority are historical grand strategy
Grand strategy wargame
A grand strategy wargame is a wargame that places focus on grand strategy: military strategy at the level of movement and use of an entire nation state or empire's resources.-Scope of games:...
games, featuring control of a country or faction, both economically and militarily.
Before working for Paradox, he was an employee of Funcom
Funcom
Funcom Productions A/S is a Norwegian video game developer specializing in online games. It is best known for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game titles Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, and its The Longest Journey series of adventure games...
where he worked as a programmer on the Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
Mega Drive console with games like Nightmare Circus
Nightmare Circus
Nightmare Circus is a video game which was released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis platform.The game includes a multiplayer option. The two player games are as a follows: a fighting game, and the regular game itself with both players present on the screen at the same time, though it is very easy...
and NBA Hangtime
NBA Hangtime
NBA Hangtime is a basketball video game developed by Midway and released in arcades in 1996. Home versions followed for Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES, and Windows. A version for Game.com was cancelled....
. Although he began as a programmer, Andersson became the lead designer for Hearts of Iron III
Hearts of Iron III
Hearts of Iron III is a grand strategy wargame developed and published by Paradox Interactive that is the sequel to the previous Hearts of Iron games. It was announced on August 20, 2008 and was released on August 7, 2009....
. His design philosophy is "to create believable worlds."