Studio

Skalden is an Oslo game studio. We make games built around one strong idea, polished until they’re fun for everyone.

Our flagship is Tootinis, an action-adventure built on a single deceptively simple mechanic — a bubble that pushes whatever it hits — explored across hundreds of creature collisions. It has been supported along the way by the Norwegian Film Fund and the Nordic Game Program, released on Steam, and is now headed to Android.

Who’s behind it

Rune Myrland is a writer and game developer, and the driving force behind Skalden. Alongside games, he has written books on Aristotle’s Poetics and Shakespeare’s Hamlet — a storyteller’s eye that runs through everything the studio makes, from puzzle design to the creatures that fill the Tootinis caverns and castle.

We’re based in Oslo, Norway. Say hello on the contact page.