Perttu Tuovinen
Indie Game Developer at borbware
Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Top SchoolPerttu Tuovinen is an indie game developer and software professional from Oulu, Finland with a decade of experience blending game design, education, and research. He is currently building his first commercial title, EMUUROM, a nonviolent creature-scanning metroidvania made with TIC-80, and curates practical gamedev resources on GitHub. Prior to full-time indie work he spent years as a software developer and educator at Buutti and conducted particle simulations and NMR data analysis as a research assistant at the University of Oulu. His background in physics (MSc) informs a methodical, data-minded approach to gameplay systems and tooling. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on creator who moves fluidly between teaching, coding, and shipping playable experiences.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at University of Oulu
Github Skills (46)
linux10
playing10
image-editor10
mspaint9
web-application9
image-manipulation9
paint9
image-editing8
image8
javascript7
chrome-extension7
drawing7
windows7
nodejs6
youtube6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
borbware/unity-basics-course
Jan 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:83 commits, 296 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
borbware/TIC-80
Jun 2020 - Apr 2026
TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
Contributions:11 pushes, 8 branches in 5 years 11 months
tic-80gamestinylinuxsharing
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