Jonatan Söderström
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Jonatan Söderström, better known as "Cactus", is a Swedish
independent video game developer
noted for his quickly made video games. He is well known for having a steady output of games and has developed over forty games to date. He is often featured on websites, blogs, as well as game and art festivals all over the world. In 2008 his game Clean Asia!
was nominated for both Excellence In Visual Arts and Excellence in Audio at the Independent Games Festival
. At GDC
2009, he delivered a talk called "The Four Hour Game Design", describing the methods he uses in producing his games.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
independent video game developer
Independent video game development
Independent video game development is the process of creating video games without the financial support of a video game publisher. While large firms can create independent games, they are usually designed by an individual or a small team of as many as ten people, depending on the complexity of the...
noted for his quickly made video games. He is well known for having a steady output of games and has developed over forty games to date. He is often featured on websites, blogs, as well as game and art festivals all over the world. In 2008 his game Clean Asia!
Clean Asia!
Clean Asia! is a freeware vertical shooter video game by Jonatan "Cactus" Söderström, an independent video game developer from Gothenburg, Sweden.-Story:...
was nominated for both Excellence In Visual Arts and Excellence in Audio at the Independent Games Festival
Independent Games Festival
The Independent Games Festival is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry. It was founded in 1998 to assist and inspire innovation in video game development and to recognize the best independent video game developers...
. At GDC
Game Developers Conference
The Game Developers Conference is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking...
2009, he delivered a talk called "The Four Hour Game Design", describing the methods he uses in producing his games.
Games
Söderström has created a large number of games. These include:- Ad Nauseam
- BlockOn!
- Burn The Trash
- Clean Asia!Clean Asia!Clean Asia! is a freeware vertical shooter video game by Jonatan "Cactus" Söderström, an independent video game developer from Gothenburg, Sweden.-Story:...
- Decontrologic
- EVAC
- Fractal Fighters
- Fuck Space
- God Came To The Cave
- Hot Throttle
- Illegal Communication
- Insect Invade 2
- KrebsWelte
- Krytza
- Life Is A Race!
- Minubeat
- Mondo Agency
- Mondo Medicals
- MSoids
- Ninja Flu
- Norrland
- Precision
- Strings
- Protoganda II
- Psychosomnium
- Retro
- Retro II
- Retro 4
- Saru Ga Daisuki
- Seizuredome
- Shotgun Ninja
- Space Fuck!
- Stallions In America
- Ted's Wet Adventure
- The Birthday
- The Design
- This Is Infinity
- Unholy Stage
- Xoldiers
- xWUNG