Kristoffer Kindh
Welcome to my garden of inspiration that acts as my writing portfolio.
My name is Kristoffer Kindh, and I am an aspiring writer of interactive entertainment
What I do
A writer of short stories, scripts and games. I graduated from Skövde University with a bachelor degree in science with a major in Informatics, my final project was based around emotions in games with the element of choice. I have been for an independent game company called Epic Online Entertainment as a writer for their upcoming game and comic book series. In my spare time I’m continually striving to get better and better in regards of writing and learn as much as I can.
About Me.
During my childhood I was introduced to the gaming world with Doom and Wolfenstein 3D but those did not give any emotional depth. So I started to make my own worlds and characters’, having a wild imagination this was fairly easy for me. And when games with deeper storytelling such as Half Life, Deus Ex and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic came about I was inspired to not only to imagine more worlds but also write them down and create my own stories. When I later found out that one could study game design I saw the golden opportunity to get myself into game development. My first job involved a position as a QA tester at Pieces Interactive on their game Fret Nice. This was my first taste of game development and I craved for more, later I was recruited by Epic Online Entertainment and my writing carrier got started
Games have always been a huge interest to me along with films, this as I am focusing on story and story structure and find it highly interesting. My own take on storytelling is that one should not overdo it in terms of narrative and story. The story needs to be a satisfying experience, not something forced unto a player. It needs to have strong characters and emotional depth to engage the player in the world, that goes for all types of games.
Right now I am a QA Tester at Machinegames in Uppsala, Sweden.
Jobs:
Writer at Epic Online Entertainment
QA Intern at Starbreeze Studios
Associate Producer at Starbreeze Studios
QA Tester at MachineGames
Education:
Bachelor degree in computer science with a major in game design.
Extra University Courses:
Historical Novels Writing
Creative Writing I and II
Creative Writing in English
Skills:
Basic Knowledge of UDK and Unity
Good Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Visio and Word
Language:
Swedish: Native
English: Fluent
Contact: [email protected]