Previous talents of the year

Previous talents of the year

Previous talents of the year

Here you can get an overview of all the previous talents of the year. Talents of the Year is not a prize but a celebration of the industry's talents.

2024

Simon Dannevang, Project & QA manager at Bird Island / PortaPlay

Mathias Halilovic, Gameplay Lead At CinderCat

Christian Bank Johnsen, Gameplay Programmer at CinderCat

Anna Victoria Lie Fjellerup, Legal Student Worker at SYBO

Javier Casado De Amezúa, Game Engineer at Hutlihut Games

Johan August Christiansen, Artist at Triheart Studio

Jeppe Faber, Programmer at Flatponies

Perina Torbarina, Associate Producer at IO interactive 

Sarah Sander, Community Manager at Triband

Aaron Hathaway, Marketing Content Writer at Ghost Ship Games

Kristian Dam Pedersen, Data Engineer at Raw Power Games

Erik Lindskoug, Programmer at Invisible Walls

Casper Taro, Sound Designer at Flatponies

Simon Stormes, Gameplay Programmer at Fair Games

Lukas Julian Lentz, Sound Designer at Geometric Interactive

Sandra Andén, Animator at Ghost Ship Games

Nicolai Wenceslaus Kriesz, Junior game designer at SYBO

Joachim Nyholm, Sound Designer at Ghost Ship Games

Frederika Karlsson, Junior Animator at SYBO

2023

Thea Bjerregaard, COO & Producer at CinderCat Games

Andreas Kidholm, Producer af Flashbulb

Casper Øbro, Tech Artist at Floppy Club

Daniel Hansen, Game Programmer at Funday Games

Dennis, Löfgren, Programmer at Ghost Ship Games

Harpa Ellertsdóttir, 3D Artist at Ghost Ship Games

Louise Pri, Associate Producer at IO Interactive

Esben Gravesen, Programmer at Kong Orange 

Mathis Meilby, Game Designer at Kong Orange

Eva-Celia Del Rey, Graphic Artist at MovieStarPlanet 

Anahid Attaran, Game Designer at PortaPlay

Jasper Laureijs, Level Designer at PortaPlay

Sebastian Binder, Level Designer at PortaPlay

Juliane Brostrup Norske, Junior Concept Artist at SYBO

Amalie Pil Tarding, Programmer at Those Eyes

Alberto Giudice, Level Designer at Triband 

Nilas Røpke Driessen, 2D Artist at Triband

Jonathan Jørgensen, Porting & Tools Programmer at Triple Topping

Linnea Ejersbo, Unity Generalist at Triple Topping

Alice Persson, Level Designer at FlatPonies

Søren Tang, 2D Artist & Animation at Triple Topping

2022


Karolina Arancibiova, Junior Unity Developer at MovieStarPlanet

Jakob Andkjær Poulsgærd, Environment Art Intern at IO Interactive

Mathias Stig Jensen, Backend Engineer at Flashbulb Games

Sebastién Diego Gaye, Art Director & Motion Graphics Designer at Serious Games Interactive

Michelle Lind Østrup, Full Stack Programmer at Serious Games Interactive

Kristine S. Wellendorf, Software Tester at MovieStarPlanet

Hong-Hanh Phan, Graphic Artist at MovieStarPlanet

Jacob Hvid Amstrup, Co-founder at Gateway

Lucas Andreas Vilches Møller, Co-founder and Narrative Designer at Gateway

Joe Sierejko, Backend C++ Programmer at Invisible Walls

Robert Pettersson, 3D Artists at Game Swing

Arendse Løvind Andersen, Design Researcher at Triband

2021


Frederik Max Christensen, Sound Designer at Cujo Sound

Camilla Holler, Character Artist at PortaPlay

Jonas Hingeben Ruge, Platform Engineer at Ghost Ship Games

Marléne Delrive, Junior Gameplay Designer at Triband

Jakob Baldwin, 3D Artist at SYBO

Erik Høj Petersen, Software Developer at Set Snail

Astrid Knappmann, Gameplay Designer at Triband

Anders Lund Dick, Rigging Artist at Invisible Walls

Mia Rosendahl Larsen, Junior QA Specialist at IO Interactive

Karina Korsgaard Jensen, Programmer at Triband

Simone Jahn, 3D Artist at Ghost Ship Games

Kasper Egholm Endahl, Game Developer at ARblox

Mikkel Anttila, Prev. Game designer/ Audio designer at Triple Topping

Kasper Kjæhr, CG Artist at Kong Orange

Felix Diemar Sherar, Creative Director at FlatPonies

Lisa Maurer, Gameplay Designer at Triband

2020


Andreas Lindgren Bech, Art Director at Invisible Walls

Axel Emanuelsson, Game Programmer at Ghost Shop Games

Frederik Overgaard Jeppesen, 3D Artist at Ghost Shop Games

Christoffer Bech, Game Designer at Set Snail

Maja From Andersen, Data Analyst at Funday Factory

Christian Biskopstø Thomsen, Game Programmer at Funday Factory

Erik Arvid Manne Westermark , Enviroment Art Intern at IO Interactive

Praveen Namasivayam, Event And Dialogue Writer at PortaPlay