Game designer Karoline works in Iceland - but it all started in Skövde
Karoline Forsberg grew up in Stockholm. But her studies in game development took her to Skövde, and then out into the world. She has worked in the USA, Sweden, England …
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Seiedeh Nahid’s game development dream took her to Skövde
Seiedeh Nahid Moosavi grew up in Iran. After studying Software Engineering, she realised she wanted to work with games and applied for the Game Development Master’s Programme at the University …
The Swedish Minister for Culture learned about games in Skövde
On Thursday 21 October, Sweden’s Minister for Culture, Amanda Lind, visited the University of Skövde. The visit was part of a visit to the Skaraborg region, and in Skövde, games …
More applicants than ever for this year's DONNA DAY
Gender equality in the games industry is an important issue, which not only shows in the number of applications to DONNA DAY. The event is arranged for the fifth year …
Shanghai student back in Skövde for the third time
Kaiyuan Yang at Sweden Game Conference in Skövde. When students go overseas to study they usually do it for a semester or for a year. But that is not the …
Flamebait Games announces Passpartout sequel
One of the earliest game companies to join the Sweden Game Arena community, Flamebait Games, just announced their upcoming sequel, Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist. A burnt-out artist must reclaim …
Sweden Game Arena collaborates with virtual platform ifairs
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sweden Game Arena has organized digital events to introduce the global games market for Swedish startups and the Sweden Game Arena community in different …
Valheim: From 5,000 members to 185,000
Sweden Game Arena's conference, Sweden Game Conference, catched Lisa Kolfjord interest regarding Skövde’s growing game development community. Since then, she began a journey to start her own game company which …
Former Skövde students behind the global success Valheim
They started their own game company, Iron Gate Studio, through Science Park Skövde startup program within games. Before that, they studied Game Development at the University of Skövde. Now, Iron …
DONNA is working to get more women into the game industry
The game industry is a male-dominated industry. The DONNA network, founded at the University of Skövde, works for equality in the game development educations and the game industry. DONNA has …