Johan Andersson (game developer)

Johan Andersson is a Swedish video game designer and studio manager for Paradox Tinto, a division of Paradox Interactive based Sitges, Spain near Barcelona.

Johan Andersson
Andersson in 2009
Born	(1974-08-28) 28 August 1974 (age 50) Sweden
Occupation	Studio lead of Paradox Tinto
Known for	Designing grand strategy games

Career

Before working for Paradox Interactive, he was an employee of Funcom where he worked as a programmer for Sega Genesis games, such as Nightmare Circus and NBA Hangtime.^[1] He began working at what would later become Paradox Interactive in 1998, joining the original team that had been developing Europa Universalis.^[2][3]

Although he began his career as a programmer, Andersson later became a designer and producer at Paradox Development Studio, working on grand strategy games such as Hearts of Iron III, Crusader Kings II, Victoria II, Europa Universalis IV, Stellaris, Imperator: Rome, and Europa Universalis V.^[4]

Andersson's design philosophy is "to create believable worlds."^[5]

In June 2020, he became the lead of Paradox Tinto, a newly established Paradox studio planned to be based in Barcelona, Spain.^[6] However, Tinto was eventually established in nearby Sitges as many Tinto developers lived there.^[7]