Who am I?

I’m Karoliina Hiidenheimo and I recently got my bachelor of arts degree in game design and graphics from Uppsala University, Campus Gotland. Now I am located back in Helsinki and working as a game design trainee

Games have been a big part of my life ever since I was young. Due to lack of spare time, I prefer to play casual mobile games like SimCity BuildIt, Pocket Camp and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite but overall I really enjoy Horizon: Zero Dawn, Dishonored II, The Last of Us, Journey and WoW. Besides gaming, I spent a lot of time drawing and painting when I grew up and I guess it’s no surprise that I ended up studying both game design and art!

What can I do?

I am quite comfortable with almost every aspect of game development (except programming..). During my studies, I have created a few games, including board games. I have familiarized myself with different methods such as Scrum, MDA framework and AARRR. I have created quite a few game design documents, prepared pitches together with different teams and written a post-mortem by the end of every game project. I have also practised narrative design by using Twine and visualised cutscenes by using Storyboarder. I also know a little bit of 3D. I am good at modelling in Maya and sculpting in Zbrush. Surprisingly, I consider UV-mapping fun and relaxing. Textures I prefer to do in Substance Painter. I know the basics of rigging and skinning. I have done both keyframe and motion capture animation. I am also acquainted with 3DsMax, MotionBuilder, Optitrack Motive and Affinity Designer.

What about my life besides all things game-related?

I like reading books and watching all kinds of movies and TV shows, even the lousy ones. I like alpine skiing a lot. I have been introduced to hiking this year and it has been awesome so far. Other than that, I sometimes golf and go to yoga.