Coffee Stain Studios

Coffee Stain Studios AB is a Swedish video game developer based in Skövde. It is a subsidary of Embracer Group. "You thought Goat Simulator was realistic, but wait until you see Satisfactory! We only make the most realistic of simulators. Exactly."

- Snutt & Jace on Coffee Stain Studios.

There are 40 employees (9 for Publishing and 31 for Studios) listed on Coffee Stain's website as of June 2020, with 72 overall as of October 2020. The studio is best known for Goat Simulator and Satisfactory.


 * Continue reading: Coffee Stain Studios on Wikipedia

Coffee Stain

 * Anton Westbergh – CEO

Coffee Stain Publishing

 * Sebastian Badylak – Biz Dev / Scout
 * Albert Säfström – Marketing, CEO
 * Daniel Kaplan – Biz Dev / Scout
 * Joel Rydholm – Producer
 * Emilia Oscarsson – Producer
 * Linus Sjöholm – Video Editor
 * Elliott Womack – Web Wizard
 * Johannes Aspeby – Producer (Songs of Conquest, additional unannounced title)

Coffee Stain Studios

 * Stefan Hanna - CEO
 * Birk Denecke - Producer
 * Julio Méndez - QA Manager
 * Torsten Gunst - Art Director
 * Marie Kauffeldt - Lead 3D Artist
 * Hannah Beuger - Level Designer
 * Rosario Baarh - Designer
 * Mark Hofma - Game Designer
 * Dylan Kelly - Programmer
 * Simon Begby - VFX Artist
 * Gafgar Davallius - Programmer
 * Kristoffer Andersson - Animator
 * Sofi Sprangers - Concept Artist
 * Ben de Hullu - Tech Artist
 * Daniel Wasmuth - 3D Artist
 * Gnutt Halvordsson - IT Guru
 * Anna Richter - 3D Artist
 * Josef Staveborg Kerkelä - 3D Artist
 * Jace Varlet - Community Manager
 * Gustav Löfstedt - Lead Programmer
 * Snutt Treptow - Community Manager
 * Pontus Lundén - UI Graphics
 * Nathalie Verweij - UI/UX Designer
 * Kristoffer Freiholtz - Programmer
 * Emil Gunnarsson - Audio Designer
 * Javier Ansoleaga - Game Designer
 * Michiel Werring - Level Artist
 * Rasmus Knutsson - Programmer
 * Tobias Carlsson - Programmer
 * Anna Friborg - HR
 * Angelica Rännare - Sysadmin
 * Etienne Rocipon - Programmer

Former Employees

 * Tim Badylak – former Producer, former CEO
 * Oscar Jilsén - Co-founder, former Game Director

Trivia

 * If something goes wrong, blame Simon.
 * Episode 1 of Snutt's interview series features Jace.
 * Snutt was hired on the spot after an interview obtained through a referral from Jace.
 * Coffee Stainers are allowed to spend a day every two weeks working on creative projects that are not necessarily for the game, so long as there's some benefit for Coffee Stain.

Birk

 * Birk possibly has the "manliest beard" in the office.

Dylan

 * Dylan used to list Tim Sweeney and John Carmack as "heroes" on MySpace.
 * Dylan used to mod Unreal Engine when they were 17.

Hannah

 * Hannah has quite a vinyl collection.

Jace

 * Jace's favourite Sanctum character is Sweet Autumn.
 * Sanctum 2 is the reason Jace works for Coffee Stain.
 * Jace prefers tea over coffee.
 * Jace owns more makeup than Hannah.
 * Jace claimed to be 22.
 * Jace likes milk.
 * Jace prefers warm milk with cereal.
 * As of May 2021, Jace had recently been playing Dragon Quest 11.
 * Jace has a lip piercing and several tattoos.
 * Jace claims to be able to divide by zero.
 * Jace used to play "Heroes of Might and Magic" in high school.
 * Jace made the Rocket League mini-game in Goat Simulator
 * Jace has not seen Naruto.
 * Jace's favourite cheese is Camembert.
 * Jace hasn't finished Final Fantasy 8.
 * Jace would be the Biomass Burner if he could.
 * One of Jace's first duties upon joining Coffee Stain was to provide the voice acting for an NPC in a DLC for Goat Simulator.
 * Jace occasionally hangs out at Hannah's place listening to music on actual vinyl records.
 * As of August 2021, Jace cannot speak Norwegian.
 * Jace has not attended film school.
 * Jace has attended acting classes.
 * Jace has played disc golf in the Netherlands.
 * Jace was first told he looked truncated on the 15th of February, 2022.
 * Jace wants to be a Fire Truck when they grow up.
 * Jace owes Snutt a pizza.

Mark

 * Mark loves sandwiches.

Simon

 * Simon is one of the few Coffee Stainers to take a leading role in a Coffee Stain YouTube playlist outside of the update & patch notes videos.
 * Simon compares putting pineapple to pizza to "wiping your ass before you take a shit".

Snutt

 * Snutt gave a talk on Satisfactory at Sweden Game Conference 2019.
 * Snutt worked as a QA Tester on SteamWorld Heist.
 * Snutt's internal role name is "Joshie Wrangler".
 * As of February 2021, Snutt has about 600 hours of gameplay in Satisfactory.
 * Snutt likes cheese.
 * Snutt's favourite cheese is Port Salut.
 * Snutt likes Toblerone.
 * Snutt is aware of the perception that they may "eat a lot of cheese, apparently".
 * Snutt gets burgers every Tuesday after the Dev Streams.
 * Snutt had not eaten a "Peanut Butter & Jelly" sandwich until May 2021.
 * Snutt's favourite guitar is a custom-made electric guitar with an iridescent body.
 * Snutt is left-handed.
 * Snutt claimed to be 18 after claiming to be 17.
 * Snutt does not like:
 * Milk.
 * Bacon
 * Snutt prefers carbonated water over plain water.
 * As of May 2021, Snutt has recently started playing Horizon Zero Dawn.
 * Back in the days of playing Battlefield 3, Snutt was part of a team whose clan tag was "The Swedish Spatula"
 * Snutt's goal is to kill chaos.
 * As of June 2021, Snutt has eaten Surströmming 3 times.
 * Snutt used to work at a guitar camp.
 * Snutt has seen every episode of One Piece.
 * Snutt would be The HUB if he could.
 * Snutt first discovered the Lake Shark approximately 20 months after its removal from Satisfactory.
 * Snutt claimed to have been born with a beard.
 * During Snutt's childhood, Snutt would frequently hang out with a friend playing Unreal Tournament against bots while listening to Iron Maiden's "Brave New World" album on vinyl.
 * Snutt loves Metroidvania games.
 * As of November 2021, Snutt had recently played Metroid Dread.
 * Snutt played a lot of golf as a teenager.
 * As of the recording of the Update 5 Patch Notes Video, Snutt hadn't played golf in nearly 15 years.
 * Snutt has not been to film school.
 * Snutt appeared in an operatic stage play during school.
 * Snutt is sufficiently good at golf that filming scenes for the Update 5 Patch Notes video that required being intentionally bad at golf felt hard to do.
 * Snutt does not consider a food establishment a restaurant if "Pizza in a mug" isn't on the menu.
 * Snutt has had pancakes at Denny's.
 * Snutt loves MAX Burgers.
 * Snutt has made a game for the Commodore 64.
 * Snutt used to play goalkeeper in Handball.
 * Snutt has never seen Twilight.
 * Snutt thought a chip sandwich was disgusting until their first time eating one.
 * Snutt can do an impression of Kermit the Frog.
 * Snutt wants to be a Final Fantasy streamer when they grow up.
 * Snutt did not know what programming was when they were 17.
 * Snutt would be a stegosaurus if they could be a dinosaur.
 * Snutt would like to be able to wear the Hazmat Suit and Hover Pack simultaneously to assist with building operational Nuclear Power Plants.
 * Snutt had not played any Coffee Stain games prior to joining Coffee Stain Studios.
 * Snutt is probably a more interesting person than Jace.
 * Snutt owes Jace a pizza.

Tim

 * Tim worked on The Division & Killzone 4.
 * Tim prefers cats over dogs.
 * Tim prefers nights.
 * Tim doesn't care for Runescape.
 * Tim prefers Satisfactory over Factorio.
 * Tim's favourite pizza is pineapple with curry & peanuts.
 * Tim does not play favourites between Snutt & Jace.
 * Tim particpated in the running "uses a computer" joke.
 * Tim prefers the Beryl Nut over the Cup.
 * Tim prefers the Factory Cart over the Cyber Wagon.
 * Tim prefers the Mercer Sphere over the Somersloop.
 * Tim prefers the Hog over the Spitter.
 * Tim does not use Arachnophobia Mode.
 * Tim is a spaghett man.
 * Tim prefers coffee over tea.
 * Tim thinks a hot dog is a sandwich.
 * Tim prefers kebab pizza over swedish tacos.
 * Tim pours cereal first, unless it's cocoa puffs.
 * Tim preferred Skittles before they turned 20, then changes preference to M&Ms.

Torsten

 * Torsten joined Coffee Stain Studios in January 2020.
 * Torsten plays bass guitar.
 * Torsten is German.
 * Torsten prefers Intuous tablets over the Cintiq tablets.
 * Torsten does not like Trains.

Torsten
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