Karoliina Korppoo

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Karoliina Korppoo
Game Designer
Notable workCities in Motion
Cities in Motion 2
Cities: Skylines

Karoliina Korppoo (born 1984) is a Finnish game designer who has worked at Colossal Order and now runs her own start-up company called 10th Muse. She is known as the lead designer of the Cities: Skylines city building video game, which has sold more than 6 million copies[1] as well as being one of the two Finns who have ever been invited to speak at a TED main conference.[2] Korppoo's current main project is Sana Stories, a platform for writing and reading interactive stories.[3]

Korppoo is a well-known defender of

inclusiveness and equality and often speaks in public about changes in the gaming industry.[4] She is one of the first women to become well-known in the field of game design in Finland, both in role-playing games and video games. Korppoo was the main character in the 2015 episode of the Finnish Yle's Tekijajäna documentary.[5]

Biography

Korppoo has graduated from

tester, game producer and graphic designer
.

GDC Europe
session

Colossal Order

She started working with

lead designers on Cities in Motion. She was also a lead designer for Cities in Motion 2 and Cities Skylines
, including all DLCs until Industries.

10th Muse

After leaving Colossal Order in 2018, Korppoo started work on her own start-up company called 10th Muse. She is currently the CEO and creative director at the 10th Muse startup.[3] There, Korppoo has self-published digital and physical story card games. Her works include Aulos(2008) and Invitation to Love(2010), which borrows its name from the Twin Peaks television series.[6]

Events

Korppoo has been a speaker at the

GDC Europe (2015), Pocket Gamer Connects (2018, 2019 and 2020), Aalto University Games Now lecture series (2016) and Visual Forum (2015).[8]

Games

Further reading

External links

References

  1. ^ "Cities: Skylines Celebrates Fourth Anniversary and Six Million Copies Sold - Paradox Interactive". paradoxinteractive.com. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  2. ^ Cawley, Conor (2017-03-28). "5 Notable Upcoming TED Talk Speakers in 2017". Tech.co. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ a b "Interaktiivisen kaunokirjallisuuden mobiilisovellus Sana: Interactive Stories julki - taustalla Cities: Skylines -suunnittelija Karoliina Korppoo". Findance.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  4. ^ "Pelejä on tehty miehille ja kun ala muuttuu, alkaa ulina – pelien vaikutusta pitää pohtia, sanoo yksi maan tunnetuimmista pelisuunnittelijoista". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. ^ "Karoliina Korppoo | Tekijänä | Yle Areena". areena.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  6. ^ Kontio, Soile. ""Halusin luoda pelisysteemejä" – oman roolipelin julkaiseminen | Nörttitytöt". Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  7. ^ "Connection and community: The talks of Session 7 of TED2017 | TED Blog". 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  8. ^ Karoliina Korppoo, Colossal Order - Visual Forum 2015, retrieved 2024-03-02
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