About Instant Kingdom

Instant Kingdom is an independent game development studio based in Jyväskylä, Finland. The studio was started by Ville Mönkkönen in 1998, and is now comprised of Ville and his wife Anne Mönkkönen.

People

Ville Mönkkönen has a Master’s degree in Computer Systems Science, specializing in Software Engineering. He is currently employed by the University of Jyväskylä and Niilo Mäki Institute as the lead programmer for the educational game project LukiMat, working on a game called Ekapeli. You can reach Ville at ville@monkkonen.net.
Tutorial on Multithreaded Game Engine Architectures Ville’s art at Elfwood. Ekapeli, a game that teaches Finnish children how to read. Ville’s Wooden PC Case.
Anne Mönkkönen has a Master’s degree in Psychology. In Instant Kingdom she works on photography, game design, level editing, sound effects, music and dialogue writing.