Meet our team
Deceptive Reality Core
Janne Aliu
Co-Founder I CTO
Janne is the lead developer of Deceptive Reality — with his guidance, we bring a beautiful tech-noir VR game to life. Janne has a background in mobile game development and over a decade of experience using Unreal Engine, Blender, and Adobe software for game development.
Mathias Sundholm
Mikko Moilanen
Development & AI Expert
Technical Artist
Mathias has a long history in developing games together with Janne making mobile games already back in 2012. Mathias years of deep learning experience as lead AI developer at PreciTaste helps us speed up development with modern AI tools such as image generation and motion capture.
Mikko is a technical artist with many years of experience in Unreal Engine scripting.
His contributions have helped create a gameplay loop that will entice players with engaging mechanics for interaction, fighting, and exploration. Thanks to his hard work, Deceptive Reality offers a truly immersive and thrilling experience."
AXEL HELLING
Co-Founder I CEO
Axel is a financial expert with a keen eye for detail and a background in tech IPOs. He keeps Deceptive Reality
on track by managing the financials and ensuring the project stays on schedule.
PER SIMBERG
Co-founder I Marketing Manager
Per is a digital audio-visual editor with years of experience using Adobe's toolsets. He creates in-game assets and trailers for our game, manage our Discord community, and handle marketing on various platforms.
AUDI & VISUAL DESIGN
MATTI VÄISÄNEN
Musical Composer
Matti is the mastermind behind Deceptive Reality's soundtrack.
With Mattis years of experience, we bring forth a tech-noir tale with a beautifully composed soundtrack, taking inspiration from 80's synthwave style music.
NILS-ERIK EKBLOM
Story writer
Nils-Erik is an expert in cinematic scenes with a background in media and over 100 commercial productions. He uses his production background to write the games unforgettable and captivating story.
VALTTERI KALLIO
Studio Sound Expert
Valtteri owns an audio production studio where the voiceovers and sound effects for Deceptive Reality are recorded, mixed, and mastered. His expertise allows us to bring forth an immersive soundscape and movie like voiceovers.
KRIS GUMMERUS
Voice Actor
Kris is a prominent Finnish actor and scriptwriter with a degree from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is the voice behind the main protagonist Declan Raimond and uses his voice to deliver an captivating and deep storyline for Deceptive Reality.
CESAR PEREZ
3D Character Artist
Cesar is an expert 3D character artist with over years of experience. He has brought his skills to bear in Deceptive Reality, creating a cast of unforgettable characters to bring the game's world to life.
MATHEUS BRISOLA
2D artist
Matheus is responsible for creating stunning 2D cutscenes to enhance our cinematic experience in VR. From initial concept to final render, he takes great care to ensure that each scene is uniquely expressive and captivating.
ADVISORY BOARD
PETRI NIEMI
Chairman of the board Next Games
Petri is Chairman of the board at Next Games, which successfully IPOed in 2017 and launched the Walking Dead and Nexus franchises on the mobile markets. He mentors and spars the team on making the right business development decisions.
ROBERT LAGUS
JANI KAIPAINEN
Senior Cloud Architect - Nordcloud, Former Performance Marketing & User Acquisition – Next Games
Robert coaches the team on making smart marketing decisions through A/B testing and finding the right metrics to track through API's and analytics software.
Innovation Director VRKiwi
Jani is the Innovation Director at VRKiwi the leading publisher in VR in Finland. He advises the team on the business development in VR, such as strategic decisions on go-to-market.