Koukoi Games

Koukoi Games focuses on producing original and licensed IP mobile games with exceptional production values and memorable experiences.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Gaming
  • Location Oulu, Finland
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded July 2015
  • Employees 15
  • Incorporation Type Other
  • Website koukoi.com

Company Summary

Koukoi Games is a mobile game company located in Oulu, Finland. Koukoi focuses on producing original and licensed IP mobile games with exceptional production values and memorable experiences.

Team

  • Co-Founder, CEO & Executive Producer

    M.Sc. (Tech.) and experienced entrepreneur with strong IT industry background. Bringing innovation, technology, startups and games to life. Strong knowledge of technology and business, and passion towards building super talented and passionate teams that make great things happen. Knows that the best game experience is when you spend the whole day playing the game you love and you want to get back to playing it on the next day.

  • Jani Pohtila
    Technical Director

    Leading a room full of skilled coding professionals – it is a tough job but somebody’s got to do it. Specialized in speaking with coder-dialect, a skill achieved by working a decade at Nokia. Believes that great games are made by great people who together come up with great ideas that hold no boundaries and bring those ideas to life with ultimate passion.

  • Lead Front-End Developer

    Bachelor of Engineering with an interest on everything that has something to do with technology. Actually, lets just put it this way: addicted to information technology. Years of experience with front-end and mobile development and eager to sketch own projects. Says that the best games are replayable, have a sensible learning curve and posses clear UI & controllability.

  • Jani Alatyppö
    Lead Back-End Developer

    Dedicated and tireless programmer with fear of non-black clothing. Bachelor of Science at Oulu University of Applied Sciences. Back-end and bit devouring guru. Believes that in a good game player can pass time and that a great game is a game where player can self-improve a lot over time.

  • Oskari Hyvönen
    Art Director

    Graphic designer from Lapland and Bachelor of Culture and Arts. Experience with freelancing from numerous projects with producing 2D & 3D graphics and poster illustrations as well as designing and implementing card games. Is responsible for the so called creative vision and cohesion of graphics. Believes that a good game is whole, functional and entertaining, has spot on audiovisual elements and gives you a new point of view to the life itself.

  • Game Designer

    Game industry talent with an entrepreneurial experience and mindset. Studies game design and game production at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences. Thinks the best games are social experiences that you can play with your friends for hundreds of hours and games that you cannot get out of your mind for a second. Those are the kind of games that you will remember for years and those are the kind of games Petrik wants to bring to life.

  • Lead 2D Artist

    Studied visual art at Liminka Art School, The Vocational College Lappia and Lapland University of Applied Sciences. Loves drawing and learned to sketch before walking. Was introduced to the game business while working at companies of the branch in Oulu and Ireland. When playing, she spends hours to create and modify characters.

  • Lead 3D Artist

    Studied at Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences. Experience from game industry at local and global level. Works on all 3D related content and is at his best at character modeling and animation.

  • Martti Similä
    Lead Artist

    Holds master’s degree in information processing science. However felt that programming was boring and chose to do art instead. With previous experience from Rovio Entertainment, current job as a lead artist at Koukoi allows Martti to do what he likes the most: drawing and painting. Believes that a good game has to have a mighty amount of immersion.

  • Marketing Specialist

    Master of Arts in English with a bit of comms on the side from the University of Oulu. Believes honesty is the best policy. Also believes in correcting typoös & grammar. Plays all sorts of games on PC & mobile but the ones that offer good immersion are the best.

  • Petri Paananen
    Producer

    Qualified project leader with over 12 years of experience in managing software projects. Playing games all his life, starting in 1980’s with the ZX Spectrum and steadily moving forward with C64 & MSX-> Amiga & Atari-> PC & Consoles-> Mobile.

  • Game Programmer

    Master of Science with some doctoral studies in Information Processing Science, a true believer in that code is an artform. Plays games, develops games (for living and as a hobby), researches games and particularly game usability – pretty much breathes games. You’ll hear “it can be done” more often than anything else when requesting features, although often followed by “sometime in the near future”.

  • Game Programmer

    Determined video game enthusiast who enjoys programming and developing games. Strives to create high quality experiences for players that are fun and engaging. Has studied information processing in both Oulu University and Oulu UOAS. Likes efficiency and is always looking to improve upon things. Enjoys games with interesting challenges and high replay value.

  • Anssi Paaso
    Game Artist

    Bachelor of Culture and Arts from Lapland UAS. Has been playing games from a young age. Enjoys working on all aspects of the art pipeline from concept paintings to finished 3D models with rigging and animation. Dives into a zen state when working on retopology and UV mapping. Believes that a good game keeps you in its grasp with the story and in the end leaves you with a roller coaster of emotions.

Advisors

  • Chairman of the Board, Advisor
    Jari Talvinen
    International Business, Advisor
    Unconfirmed

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