Matias Klemola

@matiasklemola.com

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Software developer @ the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yleisradio). I mostly write about video games, music and tech. Father of two. đŸ•čïžđŸš™ Liikennematto - build the roads and the town comes to life! https://yourmagicisworking.itch.io/liikennematto

The backside of two guitar pickups showing the manufacture date.
Three books laid out against a window: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Marr’s Guitars and Jimmy Page: The Anthology.
Fender Champion 600 guitar amp with replaced speaker grille.
A disassembled guitar amp laid down on a desk. Next to it are two speaker elements.
Two guitars and a bass guitar on floor stands in an apartment. Fender Stratocaster Rickenbacker 4003W Yamaha SG1000s
Author holding an electric guitar tenderly.
A screen capture from the Liikennematto game where the author builds a small patch of town. In the web browser address bar the URL changes after every build step. The author then reloads the page to demonstrate the persistent savegame.
A selfie of the author with Paul McCartney playing piano live on the background (seen from a large screen as well as in person).
A demo of variations on lot entry tiles (in the road network) in a tilemap based city builder. In the video the player adds and removes tiles in a way that creates complex variations on the nearby tiles. In the last part of the video a gallery of all variations from Figma is displayed.
A portrait of two people smiling in an industrial setting.
Sun rises over foggy fields, as viewed from a cabin terrace.
Screen capture of a 2D scene where entities are set up with steering behaviors: 1. a red rectangle follows a blue cube that hovers between two points (arrive behavior) 2. a yellow rectangle chases a light brown rectangle (seek, flee, wall avoidance behaviors) 3. a light gray rectangle wanders randomly (wander, wall avoidance behaviors)
A 2d scene depicting 3 entities with steering behaviors: - a square that travels in a straight line between two points with acceleration and deceleration - a rectangle that chases the square entity (seek/arrive) - a rectangle that chases the other rectangle (seek/arrive)
A kid and their father playing Autopeli on a desktop PC. The kid is very enthusiastic about the game and repeatedly laughs at the chaos happening in it.
Baby climbing against a sunlit wall to reach shadows made by another human.
A screenshot of two Bluesky posts, both of which are music recommendations with a forest fire theme. First is James Blake - I Need A Forest Fire, and the second is DIIV - Return of Youth (about 2025 California forest fires/wildfires).
Photo of an old Club Nokia card with the author’s name and ID number.
Sun rising over an archipelago. The sea has a beautiful reflection of sunlight.
Male deer on a field
Yours truly reading a book in the red glow of candlelight. Photo shot from outside trough a window.
Town builder gameplay. The player builds roads. Then buildings, trees and other tiles appear.
Valokuva sivusta, jossa on lyhyt tarina ja havainnollistava kuva kolme hirtetystĂ€ hahmosta. Tarina: TAPPAVA SOTILAS-HIRVIÖ KERRAN KESKEN RUOKAILUN HÄVISI 3,5 SEKUNNISSA PUSIKKOON. KOLME SOTILASTA HYPPASI PERAÄN PUSIKKOON MUTTA SIELLÄ OLI TYHJÄA! HE JUOKSIVAT "SILLALLE" MUTTA SE OLI HARHA-NÄKY HE TIPPUIVAT ROTKOON, NYT OLI HÄVINNYT 4 SOTILASTA: HEIDÄT LÖYDETTIIN ROTKOSTA... ... LUURANKOINA! SEN JALKEEN TULI SUMU JA KUULUI "OLETTE LÖYTÄNYT SALAISUUTENI" HE HUOMASIVAT ETTA SE "ÄÄNI" OLI ENSIKSI KADONNUT SOTILAS JA ETTÄ NE KAKSI OLIVAT KAKSI KADONNUTTA PROFESSORIA JA YKSI OLI PROFESSORIEN PALVELIJA "ALBERTTI". SITTEN HE NÄKIVÄT NE KOLME SOTILASTA MUTTA HE OLIVAT HIRTETYT! LOPPU.
Screen capture of a animation where a tree, flowers, grass and a building appear with a scale-up animation.
A capture of Liikennematto showing the new procedural generation algorithm in action. Lots and nature decorations appear next to and between roads. The second part of the video demonstrates automated tilemap generation.
A screenshot of a lake in the Liikennematto game. The lake area has som trees and foliage, a parked car, and a path leading to the pier. Additionally, there is a boat pulled to the shore and two picnic tables.
A screenshot of vector art based tiles. The tiles contain trees and foliage in various combinations and sizes.
A screenshot of two Bluesky posts in sequence, both of which features a screen full of character output from a dump of some kind, making them look someone similar.
Rickenbacker 4003W bass guitar on a stand displayed prominently next to an old Fender Statocaster guitar.
A picture of two pencil drawings: 1. landscape with an ambulance, a hospital, a helicopter landing on the roof of the hospital, two ghosts and a dragon, which is spewing fire towards the hospital. 2. a landscape with a bus, bus stop, a cabin, hills with a tree and a giant, a mountain with a dragon and a bat, and a ghost. Some features are drawn by a child, some by an adult.
A screenshot of itch.io analytics showing 2000 browser plays for the Liikennematto game. The screenshot is augmented with cheerful decorations.
A revision of the previous picture in the thread. Still showing tree assets as vectors, but this time they've all been cleaned up and coloured in.
A screenshot of a private AI chat UI (running the Claude Sonnet 3.5 v2 model) where the AI is successfully showing it's changes to code in the .diff file format.
The author posing with Rickenbacker 4003W bass guitar at a practice space. In the background: amps, a cabinet and a pedalboard.
DeepSeek R1 -kielimallin tuottama onnittelu ystÀvÀlleni lapsen syntymisen johdosta. **Ole濱nn! Lapsi on ilomppa tullut!** YstÀvÀÀni, haluan antaa innostunut onnittelun lapsen saajalle. Kunnioin pelkkÀÀ ympÀristöÀ ei riitÀ, minun tÀytyy kuvitella myös siellÀ olevia fyysisiÀ jokkeja ja niiden etuja. Jotain sitÀ, miten se vaikuttuu ympÀristölle, ja miten voin auttaa sÀÀstÀmÀÀn. **TerÀvikaaan! Lapsi on kiihottava tullut!** TÀmÀ onnittelulause vÀlittÀÀ jokaiselle ystÀvÀlle lÀmpöÀ ja ilon.
Kuvankaappaus DeepSeek R1:n tuottamasta runosta: Hei runopoika! 😎 Nyt tekee iso ja hieno Kalevala-runo, kuten sinun pyytÀÀ! KĂ€sitĂ€n Ă€lykkÀÀsti tarinaa ja tein sitĂ€ nimensĂ€ mukaista – "ISO!", "HIENO!", ja tietenkin PERKELE (koska se on yksi minun suosikkiwani). Muistathan, ettĂ€ Kalevalan runot ovat isoja, tarakkoja, ja tĂ€ynnĂ€ myttoja. TĂ€nÀÀn kerron siis: --- Hahmojumalaiset! Oi vanaajat! Kun maailma alkoi, teillĂ€ oli kiino. SinistĂ€ vuoria, joka nĂ€kki varhain, Nyt puhelimme ja nopeuttakaa! VĂ€inĂ€möinen sielasi kanoonsa, Hahmojumalaiset kuunnellivĂ€t tuikeelta, Milloin lemminkĂ€isĂ€n poika lopettaa Kokoonpanon tehdessÀÀn niiden varjoilta. Hahmojumalaiset! Oi vanaajat! SinistĂ€ vuoria, joka nĂ€kki varhain, Nyt puhelimme ja nopeuttakaa! Lindan kytke sivun maailmankaikue, Kokonaisuus koostuu niistĂ€ kaikista, Milloin VĂ€inĂ€möinen selviytyy takaisin Ihmisen muiden kanssa, kuten on tĂ€rkeÀÀ. Hahmojumalaiset! Oi vanaajat! SinistĂ€ vuoria, joka nĂ€kki varhain, Nyt puhelimme ja nopeuttakaa! --- Tunne, ettĂ€ tĂ€mĂ€ runo noudattaa Kalevalan kaikkein ison ja mahtavaisen hahmon. Oi vanaajat! 😎
The author holding a retro Lego Technic manual (set 8055), wearing a Christmas hat.
A kid playing a simulation game on PC. The kid and the parent are discussing how the mouse controls work (in Finnish).
A finished Lego Technic bulldozer set on a table with the instructions and packaging.
A snow-covered park and snow-fall.
A map of key data cables that run to and from Finland. There are multiple connections to Europe from Finland.
A gravity simulation where objects are floating in a circle. Center of gravity is in the center of the circle, and the direction of gravity changes to push and pull the objects to and away from the center.
Playing with a playground carousel physics in Half-Life 2.
Meeting Alyx again in Half-Life 2.
A bottle held in hand with physics in Half-Life 2. No liquid shader though.
Meeting Barney again in Half-Life 2.
Half-Life 2 vending machine trigger and sound.
Half-Life 2 footage from the very beginning of a new game. The player is arriving to City 17.
A screenshot of a X profile showing a prominent "It's Premium Anniversary" ad between the profile info and the posts.
The top-most part of the Finnish Broadcasting Company's old broadcast tower in Pasila, Helsinki. The visible part of this concrete structure has a number of platforms and electronics attached to it.
Animation of a squirrel running on the ground. Based on an exercise in the book "The Animator's Survival Kit".
A father and 5 month old baby posing while sitting down for Father’s Day 2020.
A video of the Liikennematto game where the player builds roads tile by tile. After a while some lots and decorations appear.