Lockpickle

Factsheet

Developer:
Lockpickle
Based in Helsinki, Finland

Founding date:
December 18, 2018

Website:
http://www.lockpickle.com/

Press / Business contact:
olli.etuaho@lockpickle.com

Social:
twitter.com/Lockpickle

Releases:
Puddle Knights
Robotry!
The Everything Building

Description

Lockpickle is a Finnish independent game studio made out of Olli Etuaho, Ville Paloheimo and Harry Damm.

History

Lockpickle was founded in December 2018 by ex-NVIDIA engineer Olli Etuaho. After working at a big corporation for several years and doing game design as a hobby on the side - once succeeding to secure 2nd place in Ludum Dare game jam with "The Everything Building" - he wanted a chance to pursue his passion projects more seriously. However, to really succeed, he knew he had to build a team of other like-minded people. So he bode his time and the company existed as a one-person consultancy until a fated Global Game Jam 2019 in Helsinki, where Olli teamed up with designer and musician Harry Damm. Harry joined the company in spring 2019, and the two of them started development of Puddle Knights, the company's first commercial title.

The team released its second game Robotry! in October 2022, but it didn't turn out to be the breakthrough game the team was hoping for. Olli's game development career is finally going to come full circle in 2026, when a greatly expanded version of The Everything Building is going to be released.

Lockpickle values its independence and believes in the old school way of making the games the team wants to play themselves. So from the beginning, the company has been focused on delivering handcrafted, challenging gameplay with high quality and quirky themes.

Projects

• Puddle Knights
• Robotry!
• The Everything Building

Team & Collaborators

Olli Etuaho
Business & Development, Lockpickle

Ville Paloheimo
Artist, Lockpickle

Harry Damm
Game Design, Audio Design, Music, Lockpickle

Pyry Takkunen
Design, Freelancer

Antti Hamara
Artist, Freelancer

Görkem Ayyildiz
Artist, Freelancer

Contact

Inquiries
olli.etuaho@lockpickle.com

Twitter
https://twitter.com/Lockpickle

Web
https://www.lockpickle.com/