Carl-henrik Skårstedt
Principal Programmer at Paradox Interactive
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolCarl-henrik Skårstedt is a Principal Programmer with 25+ years of game-engine and gameplay experience, now leading engineering at Paradox Interactive after roles at Yacht Club, Thunderful and major studios working on IP like Pokemon, Sonic, Pac-Man and Shrek. He combines low-level engine expertise (including console ports and CryEngine work) with gameplay, AI and tooling, and still ships homebrew Commodore 64 titles under Space Moguls—demonstrating a passion for 6502-era programming and retro design. Comfortable optimizing memory, performance and streaming across platforms, he has repeatedly delivered technical solutions for both new engines and legacy hardware. Based in Sweden, he pairs deep systems knowledge with hands-on creativity, often contributing niche retro projects that inform his modern game engineering.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
FalkenbergsskolanComputer Science Math, Computer Science Math at Umeå University
Swedish
Github Skills (10)
650210
single-file10
text-parsing10
parsing10
assembler10
c649
connectivity8
tiled3
map-editor3
binary-data2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Sakrac/BDoing
Apr 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
Sakrac/IceBro
Dec 2019 - Jan 2021
6502 Debugger with connectivity to VICE C64 and Vic20
Contributions:25 commits, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year
connectivity6502debuggervic20c64
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