Skitso Productions

Skitso Productions is a small Finnish video game development team founded in Turku in 1995. The group operates as a private sole proprietorship (yksityinen elinkeinonharjoittaja), selling the games it creates. The team consists of two core developers: Teppo Lähtinen, who creates the graphics for the games, and Antti Haapakoski, who programs them. The music for the games is composed by freelance artist Olli Attila. The team's action game Mine Bombers (1995) is one of the best-selling shareware games in the Finnish video game industry. The game is currently distributed as freeware. In 1997, the group created Down by the Laituri, a business management game commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the festival of the same name. After the 2003 platformer Pac Brothers, the team has been developing a sequel to Mine Bombers. Skitso Productions remains a small independent developer, with its official website hosted on a Finnish ISP's personal pages service. The team's games are notable for their shareware distribution model and their place in Finnish gaming history.

Skitso Productions was founded in Turku, Finland, in 1995. The team operates as a private sole proprietorship, selling the games it develops. The core team comprises two developers: Teppo Lähtinen, responsible for graphics, and Antti Haapakoski, responsible for programming. Music for the games is provided by freelance artist Olli Attila. The team's first game, the action game Mine Bombers (1995), became one of the best-selling shareware games in the Finnish video game industry. It is now distributed as freeware. In 1997, the group developed Down by the Laituri, a business management game commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the Down by the Laituri festival. In 2003, the team released the platformer Pac Brothers. Since then, the team has been working on a sequel to Mine Bombers. Skitso Productions has maintained a low profile as an independent developer, with its official website hosted on a personal pages service. The team's history reflects the shareware era of Finnish game development.

• 2003

  Releases the platformer Pac Brothers.

• 1997

  Develops Down by the Laituri, a business management game commissioned for the festival's tenth anniversary.

• 1995

  Skitso Productions founded in Turku, Finland; releases Mine Bombers.

Small independent Finnish shareware game developer

• 1995

  Mine Bombers

  One of the best-selling shareware games in the Finnish video game industry; now freeware.

• 1997

  Down by the Laituri

  Commissioned for the tenth anniversary of the Down by the Laituri festival.

• 2003

  Pac Brothers

  Platform game released in 2003.

1. 1Skitso Productions - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Skitso Productions - Finnish Wikipediafi.wikipedia.org