Coffee Stain Studios

Coffee Stain Studios
Information
Type	Subsidary
Founded	2010
Founders	University of Skövde students
Website	coffeestainstudios.com

Coffee Stain Studios AB is a Swedish video game developer based in Skövde. It is a subsidiary of Coffee Stain Holding, which is a subsidiary 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

Structure and Employees

Company Structure

Coffee Stain Studios is the original company to use the Coffee Stain name. However, the name Coffee Stain now refers to Coffee Stain Holding and it's subsidiaries, which include Coffee Stain Studios, Coffee Stain Publishing, and others. Each of these subsidiaries operate independently from each other, and Coffee Stain Studios is dedicated solely to the development of Satisfactory.

• Embracer Group
  • Coffee Stain Holding
    • Coffee Stain Studios
    • Coffee Stain Publishing
    • Coffee Stain North
    • Lavapotion
    • Easy Trigger Games
    • Box Dragon
    • Coffee Stain Gothenburg
    • Coffee Stain Malmö
    • Gallon Games

Employees

Coffee Stain Holding

• 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
• İlayda Ertuğrul - Community Manager

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.
• Jace was born in Sydney, Australia.
• Jace has not fought a kangaroo, but has fed one out in the wild & met a couple.
• Jace used to play "Yu-Gi-Oh!" competitively.^{[citation needed] [Clip needed]}
• Jace is Becky.^{[citation needed] [Clip needed]}
• Jace has muscle memory for Australian, Japanese, and Swedish keyboards.
• Jace records a little bit of sweet nothings for Snutt every night before he goes bed, otherwise he can't sleep.
• Jace loves bus rides.
• Jace has not been on a Greyhound bus (as of December 20th, 2022).
• Jace likes oatmeal.
• Jace has watched sumo wrestling when they lived in Japan.
• Jace can speak Japanese well enough to attend work meetings while working in Japan.
• Jace's favourite band is Linkin Park, with the favourite song being "When They Come for Me".
• Jace's favourite Demon Dice song is "fake ass gold".
• Jace's favourite colour is purple.
• Jace loves beef.

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.^{[citation needed] [Clip needed]}
  • Simon has confirmed that Simon Saga season 2 will happen when Half Life 3 is released.
• Simon compares putting pineapple to pizza to "wiping your ass before you take a shit".^{[citation needed] [Clip needed]}
• Simon does the best Donald Duck sounds.

Snutt

“	The thinknipple is by far the best pointer solution that isn't a mouse. I'll die 4 times over in this hill.	„
	~ Snutt Treptow, Discord, April 9th, 2022

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• 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 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 likes:
  • Cheese.
    • Snutt's favourite cheese is Port Salut.
    • Snutt is aware of the perception that they may "eat a lot of cheese, apparently".
  • Toblerone.^{[citation needed] [Clip needed]}
  • Spaceballs enough to be able to quote it unprompted from memory.
• Snutt does not like:
  • Milk.
  • Bacon
  • Doing math
  • Meat.
• 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.
• Snutt thinks that that the pointing stick / trackpoint is the best non-mouse pointer.
• Snutt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Snutt is not your mom.
• Snutt cannot run the stream without using the word "like".
• Snutt has no interest in being a model.
• Snutt attempted to watch all episodes of Power Rangers, but did not finish.
• Snutt is most definitely not small.
• As of September 2022, Snutt has not seen The Rings of Power.
• Snutt has prototyped different modes for the Chainsaw.
• Snutt has made their own game engine at some point.
• Snutt no longer codes for the game.
• Snutt has the flatest butt.
• Snutt is a doggo dad.
• Snutt's favourite colour is purple violet.
• Snutt has a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.

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.^{[citation needed] [Clip needed]}

Gallery

Coffee Stainers

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  Jace Varlet, community manager.

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  Jannik Reuterberg AKA Dream Thing, AKA Sleepers Delight, the music composer.

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  Simon Begby, VFX artist.

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  Tim Badylak, former Coffee Stain Publishing CEO, subsequently former Producer.

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  Birk Denecke, producer.

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  Oscar Jilsén, Co-founder, former Satisfactory Game Director.

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  Sofi Sprangers, Concept Artist for Satisfactory

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  Joel Rydholm, Sound Designer for Satisfactory

Miscellaneous

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  March 2019 Livestream wait screen, featuring the then-current office as a background.