Mikael Säker
Writer, Narrative Designer
Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area Sweden
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Top SchoolMikael Säker is a veteran narrative designer and writer with 17 years in the games industry, currently leading narrative work at Fablebit and credited on high-profile titles including Battlefield 1, Battlefield 4, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. He blends cinematic storytelling and gameplay integration, moving between AAA franchises and engine-level documentation to ensure narratives are both playable and technically precise. Mikael’s background in computational linguistics and film gives him a rare mix of language-driven design and cinematic craft, while his contributions to the Defold engine documentation show a pragmatic habit of improving developer-facing systems. Based in Greater Stockholm, he also brings leadership experience from founding an ISP and directing teams at studios like Starbreeze and Avalanche, evidencing both entrepreneurial and production-side strengths.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
A, B and C courses, English, A, B and C courses, English at Mid Sweden UniversityDiploma, Film (script, direction, photography, production), Diploma, Film (script, direction, photography, production) at Stockholm Film SchoolBachelor, Computational Linguistics, Bachelor, Computational Linguistics at Stockholm University
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Github contributions (5)
defold/defold
Oct 2014 - Oct 2019
Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, mobile and web games.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:272 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Mikael's contributions primarily focus on improving and expanding the documentation for the Defold game engine. They have made numerous updates and corrections to the API documentation, including adding descriptions, examples, and type information. The user also updated documentation with new features and corrected typos across multiple API files, thereby ensuring the accuracy and clarity of the engine's documentation.
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defold/example-defold-old
Mar 2014 - Nov 2016
This Defold project contain a set of examples that illustrate various concepts and aspects of Defold
Contributions:125 commits in 2 years 9 months
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