Coffee Stain Studios

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.^[3]

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^[4]. 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.^[5]

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^[4]
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)^[4]

Coffee Stain Studios[]

Stefan Hanna - CEO^[4]
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^[6]
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^[4]
Oscar Jilsén - Co-founder, former Game Director^[7]

Trivia[]

If something goes wrong, blame Simon.^{[trivia 1]}^{[trivia 2]}
Episode 1 of Snutt's interview series features Jace.^{[trivia 3]}
Snutt was hired on the spot after an interview obtained through a referral from Jace.^{[trivia 4]}
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.^{[trivia 5]}

Birk[]

Birk possibly has the "manliest beard" in the office.^{[birk 1]}

Dylan[]

Dylan used to list Tim Sweeney and John Carmack as "heroes" on MySpace.^{[dylan 1]}
Dylan used to mod Unreal Engine when they were 17.^{[dylan 2]}

Hannah[]

Hannah has quite a vinyl collection.^{[hannah 1]}^{[hannah 2]}

Jace[]

Jace's favourite Sanctum character is Sweet Autumn.^{[jace 1]}
- Sanctum 2 is the reason Jace works for Coffee Stain.^{[jace 2]}
Jace prefers tea over coffee.^{[jace 3]}
Jace owns more makeup than Hannah.^{[jace 4]}^{[jace 5]}
Jace claimed to be 22.^{[jace 6]}
Jace likes milk.^{[jace 7]}
- Jace prefers warm milk with cereal.^{[jace 8]}^{[jace 9]}
As of May 2021, Jace had recently been playing Dragon Quest 11.^{[jace 10]}
Jace has a lip piercing and several tattoos.^[8]^{[jace 11]}
Jace claims to be able to divide by zero.^{[jace 12]}^{[jace 13]}
Jace used to play "Heroes of Might and Magic" in high school.^{[jace 14]}
Jace made the Rocket League mini-game in Goat Simulator^{[jace 15]}
Jace has not seen Naruto.^{[jace 16]}
Jace's favourite cheese is Camembert.^{[jace 17]}
Jace hasn't finished Final Fantasy 8.^{[jace 18]}
Jace would be the Biomass Burner if he could.^{[jace 19]}
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 20]}
Jace occasionally hangs out at Hannah's place listening to music on actual vinyl records.^{[jace 21]}
As of August 2021, Jace cannot speak Norwegian.^{[jace 22]}
Jace has not attended film school.^{[jace 23]}
Jace has attended acting classes.^{[jace 23]}
Jace has played disc golf in the Netherlands.^{[jace 24]}
Jace was first told he looked truncated on the 15th of February, 2022.^{[jace 25]}
Jace wants to be a Fire Truck when they grow up.^{[jace 26]}^{[jace 27]}
Jace owes Snutt a pizza.^{[jace 28]}
Jace was born in Sydney, Australia.^{[jace 29]}
Jace has not fought a kangaroo, but has fed one out in the wild & met a couple.^{[jace 30]}
Jace used to play "Yu-Gi-Oh!" competitively.^{[citation needed]}^{[Clip needed]}
Jace is Becky.^{[jace 31]}^{[citation needed]}^{[Clip needed]}
Jace has muscle memory for Australian, Japanese, and Swedish keyboards.^{[jace 32]}
Jace records a little bit of sweet nothings for Snutt every night before he goes bed, otherwise he can't sleep.^{[jace 33]}
Jace loves bus rides.^{[jace 34]}
Jace has not been on a Greyhound bus (as of December 20th, 2022).^{[jace 34]}
Jace likes oatmeal.^{[jace 35]}
Jace has watched sumo wrestling when they lived in Japan.^{[jace 36]}
Jace can speak Japanese well enough to attend work meetings while working in Japan.^{[jace 37]}
Jace's favourite band is Linkin Park,^{[jace 38]} with the favourite song being "When They Come for Me".^{[jace 39]}
Jace's favourite Demon Dice song is "fake ass gold".^{[jace 40]}
Jace's favourite colour is purple.^{[jace 41]}
Jace loves beef.^{[jace 42]}

Mark[]

Mark loves sandwiches.^{[trivia 6]}

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 1]}^{[citation needed]}^{[Clip needed]}
- Simon has confirmed that Simon Saga season 2 will happen when Half Life 3 is released.^{[simon 2]}
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.^{[simon 3]}

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 1]}	„
	~ Snutt Treptow, Discord, April 9th, 2022

^{[citation needed]}^{[Clip needed]}

Snutt gave a talk on Satisfactory at Sweden Game Conference 2019.^{[snutt 2]}
Snutt worked as a QA Tester on SteamWorld Heist.^{[snutt 3]}^{[snutt 4]}
Snutt's internal role name is "Joshie Wrangler".^{[snutt 5]}
As of February 2021, Snutt has about 600 hours of gameplay in Satisfactory.^{[snutt 6]}
Snutt gets burgers every Tuesday after the Dev Streams.^{[snutt 7]}
Snutt had not eaten a "Peanut Butter & Jelly" sandwich until May 2021.^{[snutt 8]}
Snutt's favourite guitar is a custom-made electric guitar with an iridescent body.^{[snutt 9]}
Snutt is left-handed.^{[snutt 10]}
Snutt claimed to be 18 after claiming to be 17.^{[snutt 11]}
Snutt likes:
- Cheese.^{[snutt 12]}
  - Snutt's favourite cheese is Port Salut.^{[snutt 13]}
  - Snutt is aware of the perception that they may "eat a lot of cheese, apparently".^{[snutt 14]}
- Toblerone.^{[citation needed]}^{[Clip needed]}
- Spaceballs enough to be able to quote it unprompted from memory.^{[snutt 15]}
Snutt does not like:
- Milk.^{[snutt 16]}^{[snutt 17]}^{[snutt 18]}
- Bacon^{[snutt 19]}
- Doing math^{[snutt 20]}
- Meat.^{[snutt 21]}
Snutt prefers carbonated water over plain water.^{[snutt 17]}
As of May 2021, Snutt has recently started playing Horizon Zero Dawn.^{[snutt 22]}
Back in the days of playing Battlefield 3, Snutt was part of a team whose clan tag was "The Swedish Spatula"^{[snutt 23]}
Snutt's goal is to kill chaos. ^{[snutt 24]}
As of June 2021, Snutt has eaten Surströmming 3 times.^{[snutt 25]}
Snutt used to work at a guitar camp.^{[snutt 26]}
Snutt has seen every episode of One Piece.^{[snutt 27]}
Snutt would be The HUB if he could.^{[snutt 28]}
Snutt first discovered the Lake Shark approximately 20 months after its removal from Satisfactory.^{[snutt 29]}
Snutt claimed to have been born with a beard.^{[snutt 30]}
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 31]}
Snutt loves Metroidvania games.^{[snutt 32]}
- As of November 2021, Snutt had recently played Metroid Dread.^{[snutt 32]}
Snutt played a lot of golf as a teenager.^{[snutt 33]}
- As of the recording of the Update 5 Patch Notes Video, Snutt hadn't played golf in nearly 15 years.^{[snutt 33]}
Snutt has not been to film school.^{[snutt 34]}
Snutt appeared in an operatic stage play during school.^{[snutt 34]}
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 35]}
Snutt does not consider a food establishment a restaurant if "Pizza in a mug" isn't on the menu.^{[snutt 36]}
Snutt has had pancakes at Denny's.^{[snutt 37]}
Snutt loves MAX Burgers.^{[snutt 38]}
Snutt has made a game for the Commodore 64.^{[snutt 39]}
Snutt used to play goalkeeper in Handball.^{[snutt 40]}
Snutt has never seen Twilight.^{[snutt 41]}
Snutt thought a chip sandwich was disgusting until their first time eating one.^{[snutt 42]}
Snutt can do an impression of Kermit the Frog.^{[snutt 43]}
Snutt wants to be a Final Fantasy streamer when they grow up.^{[snutt 44]}
Snutt did not know what programming was when they were 17.^{[snutt 45]}
Snutt would be a stegosaurus if they could be a dinosaur.^{[snutt 46]}
Snutt would like to be able to wear the Hazmat Suit and Hover Pack simultaneously to assist with building operational Nuclear Power Plants.^{[snutt 47]}
Snutt had not played any Coffee Stain games prior to joining Coffee Stain Studios.^{[snutt 48]}
Snutt is probably a more interesting person than Jace.^{[snutt 49]}
Snutt owes Jace a pizza.^{[snutt 50]}
Snutt thinks that that the pointing stick / trackpoint is the best non-mouse pointer.^{[snutt 1]}
Snutt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.^{[snutt 51]}
Snutt is not your mom.^{[snutt 52]}
Snutt cannot run the stream without using the word "like".^{[snutt 53]}
Snutt has no interest in being a model.^{[snutt 54]}
Snutt attempted to watch all episodes of Power Rangers, but did not finish.^{[snutt 55]}
Snutt is most definitely not small.^{[snutt 56]}
As of September 2022, Snutt has not seen The Rings of Power.^{[snutt 57]}
Snutt has prototyped different modes for the Chainsaw.^{[snutt 58]}
Snutt has made their own game engine at some point.^{[snutt 59]}
Snutt no longer codes for the game.^{[snutt 60]}
Snutt has the flatest butt.^{[snutt 61]}
Snutt is a doggo dad.^{[snutt 62]}
Snutt's favourite colour is ~~purple~~ violet.^{[snutt 63]}
Snutt has a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.^{[snutt 64]}

Tim[]

Tim worked on The Division & Killzone 4.^{[tim 1]}
Tim prefers cats over dogs.^{[tim 2]}
Tim prefers nights.^{[tim 3]}
Tim doesn't care for Runescape.^{[tim 4]}
Tim prefers Satisfactory over Factorio.^{[tim 5]}
Tim's favourite pizza is pineapple with curry & peanuts.^{[tim 6]}
Tim does not play favourites between Snutt & Jace.^{[tim 7]}
Tim particpated in the running "uses a computer" joke.^{[tim 8]}
Tim prefers the Beryl Nut over the Cup.^{[tim 9]}
Tim prefers the Factory Cart over the Cyber Wagon.^{[tim 10]}
Tim prefers the Mercer Sphere over the Somersloop.^{[tim 11]}
Tim prefers the Hog over the Spitter.^{[tim 12]}
Tim does not use Arachnophobia Mode.^{[tim 13]}
Tim is a spaghett man.^{[tim 14]}
Tim prefers coffee over tea.^{[tim 15]}
Tim thinks a hot dog is a sandwich.^{[tim 16]}
Tim prefers kebab pizza over swedish tacos.^{[tim 17]}
Tim pours cereal first, unless it's cocoa puffs.^{[tim 18]}
Tim preferred Skittles before they turned 20, then changes preference to M&Ms.^{[tim 19]}

Torsten[]

Torsten joined Coffee Stain Studios in January 2020.^{[torsten 1]}
Torsten plays bass guitar.^{[torsten 2]}
Torsten is German.^{[torsten 3]}
Torsten prefers Intuous tablets over the Cintiq tablets.^{[torsten 4]}
Torsten does not like Trains.^{[citation needed]}^{[Clip needed]}

Gallery[]

Coffee Stainers[]

Jace Varlet, community manager.
Jannik Reuterberg AKA Dream Thing, AKA Sleepers Delight, the music composer.
Simon Begby, VFX artist.
Tim Badylak, former Coffee Stain Publishing CEO, subsequently former Producer.
Birk Denecke, producer.
Oscar Jilsén, Co-founder, former Satisfactory Game Director.
Sofi Sprangers, Concept Artist for Satisfactory
Joel Rydholm, Sound Designer for Satisfactory

Miscellaneous[]

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

References[]