Jani Penttinen

My background is in the Finnish "demo scene". That's how I learned how to code. In the early 90s, I was one of Finland's first professional game developers. It's now over 30 years since my first game was released so I guess I can be considered a veteran game maker. Click here to read my full history as a game developer.

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I was born in Finland. During my life, I have lived in the USA, China, Switzerland, and for a while even in Singapore. The longest time I've lived in one place as an adult has been in my favorite city - Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently, I live in Austin, Texas with my wife and kids.

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I am a co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Bitmagic. We're building a platform that allows anyone to create games by just saying what kind of game they'd like to play! 

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I'm also the founder of Utopos Games, an indie studio focused on retro-style games. Utopos has some exciting projects coming out in 2023 and 2024, so stay tuned...

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My latest indie game Guntech 2 was released in 2022 for Nintendo Switch (previously for PC, Xbox and Atari VCS).