Ludvig Strigeus
Encyclopedia
Ludvig Strigeus is a Swedish programmer
best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client
µTorrent, OpenTTD
, and ScummVM
. He has a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering degree from Chalmers University of Technology
and is currently employed as a software engineer at Spotify
AB.
He won PuzzleCrack
in 2005.
He was born in January 1981 and lives in Gothenburg
, Sweden
.
Programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to...
best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client
BitTorrent client
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol. It is often nicknamed Mainline by developers denoting its official origins. Since version...
µTorrent, OpenTTD
OpenTTD
OpenTTD is an open source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It is an "urban planning and simulation game" in which the player aims to earn money through transportation of passengers and freight by land, water and air.OpenTTD duplicates most of...
, and ScummVM
ScummVM
ScummVM is a collection of game engine recreations. Originally designed to play LucasArts adventure games that use the SCUMM system , it now also supports a variety of non-SCUMM games by companies like Revolution Software and Adventure Soft. It was originally written by Ludvig Strigeus...
. He has a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering degree from Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...
and is currently employed as a software engineer at Spotify
Spotify
Spotify is a Swedish-founded, UK-headquartered DRM-based music streaming service offering streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Launched in October 2008 by Swedish startup Spotify AB, the service had...
AB.
He won PuzzleCrack
PuzzleCrack
PuzzleCrack is an annual tradition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is a weeklong puzzlehunt competition that combines problem-solving with computer hacking.- History :The competition began in October 2002 under the name Puzzlehack...
in 2005.
He was born in January 1981 and lives in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
Software
- µTorrent - small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X (closed-source)
- ScummVMScummVMScummVM is a collection of game engine recreations. Originally designed to play LucasArts adventure games that use the SCUMM system , it now also supports a variety of non-SCUMM games by companies like Revolution Software and Adventure Soft. It was originally written by Ludvig Strigeus...
- interpreter of adventure game engines, most notably LucasArts'sLucasArtsLucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was once famous for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s...
SCUMMSCUMMScript Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion is a scripting language developed at LucasArts to ease development of the graphical adventure game Maniac Mansion....
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2003/08/21/scummvm.html - OpenTTDOpenTTDOpenTTD is an open source remake and expansion of the 1995 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It is an "urban planning and simulation game" in which the player aims to earn money through transportation of passengers and freight by land, water and air.OpenTTD duplicates most of...
- engine of Transport TycoonTransport TycoonTransport Tycoon and Transport Tycoon Deluxe are computer games developed by Chris Sawyer and published by MicroProse in 1994 , and 1995...
game improved in many ways over the original (with functions of TTDPatch implemented and improved, like multiplayer) - TracTracTrac is an open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. The program is inspired by CVSTrac, and was originally named svntrac due to its ability to interface with Subversion. It is developed and maintained by Edgewall Software....
- project management tool (minor contribution) - Ports of Dr. MarioDr. MarioDr. Mario may refer to:* Dr. Mario , a 1990 arcade-style puzzle video game by Nintendo- People :* Jorge Mario García Laguardia, also known as Dr. Jorge Mario García Laguardia, a Guatemalan jurist...
and KwirkKwirkKwirk, known in Japan as , is an action/puzzle video game first developed and published by Atlus in Japan on November 24, for the original Game Boy. The same port was later published in North America in March 1990 by Acclaim Entertainment...
for the TI-89 calculator http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/authors/19/1963.html - "The Idiot" - card game for Windows http://allworldsoft.com/software/5-869-the-idiot.htm
- WebWorks - a text HTML editor http://hem.passagen.se/luddes/program/webworksinfo.html