Ludvig "Ludde" Strigeus (born 15 January 1981) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the

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, '' OpenTTD'', and

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Early life and education

Strigeus was born in January 1981, and he graduated from

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with a master's degree in computer science and engineering.

Career

He currently works as a

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. In 2005, his development team won PuzzleCrack, a week-long puzzlehunt competition that combines

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with computer hacking. Ludvig Strigeus was awarded the 2006

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( sv) Medal, the 2011 '' Tenzingpriset'', 2015 honorary doctorate, and the 2020 Polhem Prize. In 2023 Ludvig was elected fellow of the

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Personal life

He currently resides in

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, Sweden. Due to a rare muscular disease, Strigeus uses a wheelchair.

Software

- small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X (

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) * ScummVM - interpreter of adventure game engines, most notably LucasArts's SCUMM * '' OpenTTD'' - reverse engineered

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of '' Transport Tycoon'', led to many ports and game improvements over the original * Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the

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calculator * "The Idiot" - card game for Windows * WebWorks - a text

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- a commercial music streaming service ** Spotiamp - a lightweight Spotify Premium client for Windows, created as a tribute to

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* TunSafe - VPN client for Windows using the WireGuard protocol

References

External links

SourceForge profile

Patents by Inventor Ludvig Strigeus
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