What's the Finnish Army Simulator?
Well, the purpose of it is to give the player a realistic experience of the Finnish army. However, we didn't want to make another Call of Duty. Therefore in the game, realism includes crude humour, strict rules and practices, and silly repetitive tasks. Even though the game features a lot of arcade mechanics, it is much deeper than that and features a realistic inventory system, balancing of core stats and lots of narrative content such as a deeper meta-story, multiple storylines and funny dialogue!
As the Lead Writer, I was in charge of creating those meta-stories and storylines, while also maintaining a document library for our other writers to make sure our game's overall tone and voice felt cohesive throughout. Delving into the game design elements as well, I created many quests and looked after the bigger picture of the game. My responsibilities didn't end there, as I was also a Voice-Over actor for three core characters (Kailas, Strandén and Ritokari) and acted as a director for our other actors.
As well as working on the game itself, I wrote, edited and directed our teaser and main trailers for the game, which both have had now over 140k views each.
