Veli-Pekka Kokkonen

Creative & Technical Director @ Forbidden Studios, Previously 3rd Eye Studios, Moon Studios, Unity, Treehouse

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

@Elianora Perfect loop 👌 The spice must flow!

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

You see before you the celebration of Kekri - a festival held after the year’s harvest, which has been observed in Finland since time immemorial.

Each year as the cold and dark descend, feasts are held and effigies are burned in remembrance of the dead.

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

Join the Forbidden team to develop Among the Trolls, a beautiful first-person survival adventure!

Check out more details on our website: https://t.co/AghKZEtjD8

We have open positions in Finland, Romania and remote.

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

#FolkloreThursday!

New character concept for Among the Trolls: Elk of Hiisi, an artificial creature crafted by the malevolent Hiisi to cause chaos and wreak havoc! According to folklore this elk is known to lure hunters into the underworld.

#IndieGameDev #IndieGame #ConceptArt

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

Due to the competitive market situation and shifting gaming trends, we have pivoted from our initial concept and Among the Trolls will now be a game about trolls - in the city!

With this design change the game is now called Trolls Among Us!

We'll have new material to show soon!

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

@Elianora 7/10 Gollum would live there

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

It's the happiest day of the week - #ScreenshotSaturday!

Enjoy this video of our player character walking up to the grandparents' cabin for the first time.

#Indie #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #GamesFromTurku #MadeWithUnity

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

@andytouch @unity3d Looks really beautiful. Waiting forward on seeing the new example project.

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

A new month, new week and a new feature preview video!

Gold panning is not exactly a survival element in Among the Trolls, but it is important to the story and considered a key mechanic.
This rare resource can be used for many things in the game.

#Indie #IndieDev #IndieGameDev

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

We are very excited to give you this next feature preview - Rune Singing! It's an essential skill in the world of Among the Trolls for which the player needs to use their Väki attribute.

#Indie #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #GamesFromTurku #MadeWithUnity

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

Happy New Year!

Here is our take on the classic survival games’ sleeping feature.

With this first version we wanted the player to be able to monitor their character attributes while they are sleeping.

What do you think?

#IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #GamesFromTurku

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

@Elianora Happy birthday! 🎉🎊

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

Here is some footage of Among the Trolls' "focus mode" where the player can inspect their surroundings to reveal items which they can interact with.

It's especially useful at night and with quest items!

#Indie #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #GamesFromTurku #MadeWithUnity

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

Among the Trolls map, compass and quest log are now all fully functional!

Here's a quick preview video of them.

#Indie #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #GamesFromTurku #MadeWithUnity

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

@konttori I was blown away when trying out the first Varjo XR headset. Looking at these specs is 🤯

It is amazing how fast you are bringing new hardware to the market. Seeing this really makes me want to get back on designing content for XR.

Congratz!

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

@saracecilia @EmbarkStudios Congratulations! That is really amazing. Excited to see what you come up over there. Their project sounds really fun and a challenging one 🤗

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

For #ScreenshotSaturday we bring you some of our favourite screenshots from Among the Trolls!

#Indie #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #GamesFromTurku #MadeWithUnity

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

@ForbiddenDevs @xyberknight @NetworkIndie @unity3d @UnrealEngine We're testing the DXR implementation on Unity which supports both AMD and Nvidia AFAIK. Based on the initial testing, realtime GI is where we get best visual gains.

Our lighting looks really amazing now without it. But it does give a really nice boost.

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

With SRP + ECS, I think #Unity is reaching a "make your own engine" toolkit status.

I hope they keep that direction.

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

12 years ago I got interested on this #Unity engine. It was amazing! Faster than anything before for making games. Even joined the company for a while to make some tools for it.

It's still amazing. Without it I couldn't follow my dreams. #madewithunity

[Forbidden Studios @ForbiddenDevs]

We are proud to present the first footage from the Among the Trolls demo!

Our next quest is to find a publisher for the game, and you can help us here! Please share this video far and wide, let's make this game happen! 💪🤩

#IndieGameDev #MadeWithUnity

https://t.co/FCYmD5bID8

[Veli-Pekka Kokkonen @VKokkonen]

HDRP was solid enough to be used in production, and it gives really beautiful results. ECS is still a bit new concept for me, and it's hard to find uses for it in gameplay.