Tom Hedberg

Tom Hedberg

I work as a developer and designer at Thunderkick where we make slot games with a new and quirky touch. The gambling segment brings a unique challenge when it comes to game design since it is a very rigid framework to work in, and you have to get the player to feel like they are winning and want to keep playing even when they are losing. But I am a firm believer that limitation fosters creativity.

I live for smart and innovative games in all forms, but in particular asymmetrical games, and when people make games out of stuff that we usually wouldn’t see as “game material”. Before games I worked in film production, until I realized the vast possibilities that interactivity brings when it comes to immersion and conveying feelings and messages. I also happened to love the problem solving that programming brought.

Apart from digital development I am also engaged in Queernördarna, a organization that work for giving HBTQ+ people a place to play board games, table top RPGs and all other things nerdy.

Come talk to me about: feedback, innovative ideas and the gambling segment.