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video game developer noted for his unusual and innovative games. He is best known as the co-designer and programmer of ''
Hotline Miami
''Hotline Miami'' is a top-down shooter video game by Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin, collectively known as Dennaton Games. The game was published by Devolver Digital and released on 23 October 2012 for Microsoft Windows.
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'' (2012) and '' Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number'' (2015), but had prior to those games developed over 40 small freeware games, many of which were reviewed and lauded even in the mainstream video game press. His game '' Clean Asia!'' was nominated for both Excellence In Visual Arts and Excellence in Audio at the
Independent Games Festival
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in 2008. In 2010, he won the IGF's Nuovo Award, which honours unconventional game development, for his puzzler
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All of Söderström's games prior to Hotline Miami were created with Game Maker, and he was one of the most influential developers in the Game Maker community, together with others like
Derek Yu
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When asked about his game design style in an interview, Söderström replied "Variation can be good, but so can consistency. When I make games I try to keep them unified and to the point, so I don't drift off too far. It's also one of the reasons most of my games are so short, when I feel like I want to turn the game in a new direction I usually explore that new direction in a separate game instead". This further explains Söderström's unusually high output of concentrated games, most of which were developed within a span of two years.
Games
The games Söderström has created include:
* ''Ad Nauseam''
* ''Ad Nauseam 2''
* ''BlockOn!''
* ''Burn The Trash''
* '' Clean Asia!''
* ''Decontrologic''
* ''EVAC''
* ''Fractal Fighters''
* ''Fuck Space''
* ''God Came To The Cave''
* ''Hot Throttle''
* ''
Hotline Miami
''Hotline Miami'' is a top-down shooter video game by Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin, collectively known as Dennaton Games. The game was published by Devolver Digital and released on 23 October 2012 for Microsoft Windows.
Set in 1989 Mi ...
IndieCade
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in 2009)
* ''Unholy Stage''
* ''Xoldiers''
* ''xWUNG''