Welcome!
Nordic Tales Interactive is a Sweden-based indie game studio that specializes in new wave detective games - an exciting new subgenre of detective games which have emerged over the last decade. Within this niche, our main focus is the "Deduction Style" segment, popularized by titles like Return of the Obra Dinn, The Case of the Golden Idol and The Roottrees Are Dead.
Our unique Gamecrime formula aims to bring Deduction Style to a mass audience, by leveraging the proven mass appeal of the true crime genre. As a member of the East Sweden Game cluster, the studio is closely connected to the booming game development communities of Linköping and Norrköping.
We are currently developing the title Startle Response: The Bay State Killings.
Startle Response: The Bay State Killings
Background
In short, I'm a former professional-level adventurer turned Unity Developer and game studio founder.
My past work life has mainly been within the social sector, working in different roles with teenagers and children. In may 2017 I quit my job at the youth center to go solo-cycling around the world, and it was after my homecoming in september 2018 that I felt that I wanted to make a change in my life and explore a whole new career path. At the time I also considered becoming a leadership coach, but ultimately my passion for games had a stronger pull on me, and I decided to start studying towards a degree in computer science.
I came up with the Gamecrime concept when I was simultaneously studying game design and criminology, and then kept working on it throughout the pandemic. I joined East Sweden Game in 2022 and have been working full-time as CEO/Founder of Nordic Tales Interactive since I finished my Computer Science degree in June 2023.
While programming is my main focus, I have a long and diverse academic background with a total of eight and a half years of university studies. I was really just following my interests in the moment when I studied art, music, communications, film theory, psychology and literature - but as it turns out, all of these subjects are highly useful when doing game development!
Team
Erik Lindholm
CEO/Founder & Unity Developer
Johan Dahlskog
Narrative Designer
Consulting services
I'm available for hire as a consultant - get in touch if you believe my skillset matches your needs!
Aside from game development, I also do both frontend- and backend web development. My main programming languages are C#, Java and JavaScript, but I'm always happy to learn new languages and technologies.
Check out my LinkedIn page or my resume if you want to know more about my background, or take a look at my GitHub portfolio.
Company culture
• Our long-term goal is to build an empathic company culture by implementing the guidelines in organizational psychologist Adam Grant's Give and Take study.
• We aim to maintain a politically neutral company culture and work environment.