What Other Projects Are in Noora Routasuo's Portfolio?

Noora Routasuo's portfolio lists four non-game projects under "Other Projects": Placie (a location-based gamified social app), Last.fm visualizations, a master's thesis on exploratory information visualization, and university research work. They sit alongside her game credits and show the data-visualization and interaction-design interests she names in her introduction.

The four projects at a glance

Placie

Placie is the only non-game project with a named company: Bublar. It is described as a location-based gamified social app built for mobile with Unity and C#. The portfolio gives no further detail on features, launch status, or team size, so treat it as a single credit rather than a case study.

Last.fm visualizations

This is a personal web project that visualizes Last.fm user listening data, built with D3.js and JavaScript. It is the clearest example in the portfolio of her stated interest in data visualization, and it connects directly to the thesis topic below.

Master's thesis

The thesis covers the process of exploratory information visualization. It is listed with the tools Research, R, and Processing, which fits a research project that combines analysis with custom visual output. The portfolio does not include an abstract or findings, so the value here is the topic area rather than specific conclusions.

University research

A separate university research entry uses Processing. The portfolio lists it without a title or description, so it is best read as supporting evidence of her research background rather than a project you can look up in detail.

How these fit her background

Her introduction states she graduated in 2013 from Aalto University's Information Networks degree programme, focusing on Media Technology and Human-Computer Interaction, and that she is interested in data visualization and interaction design. The non-game projects map onto that: the thesis and research entries reflect the academic side, the Last.fm work reflects visualization practice, and Placie reflects interaction design in a mobile product.

What the portfolio does not tell you

• No dates are given for Placie, the Last.fm visualizations, or the research entries.
• No links, screenshots, or write-ups are provided for these four projects, unlike the game entries, which include launch details and trailer links.
• No pricing or access information appears anywhere on the site, so nothing here should be assumed free or open to the public.

If you want to evaluate her visualization or research work in depth, the portfolio itself is thin on these items; the game project entries are where the site provides the most detail.