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3[[AllLowercaseLetters cactus]], real name Jonatan Söderström, is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] indie game developer known for his many short, quickly-produced games that frequently utilize MindScrew. His official website is [[http://www.cactusquid.com/ here]] and is also part of a band named [[http://crystalboys.bandcamp.com/ Crystal Boys]].
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5He also has [[http://nycksill.blogspot.com a brother, Benjamin]], and collaborates with [[http://fwamusic.bandcamp.com/ Dennis Wedin]] as part of Dennaton Games.
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7Several of the games cactus has produced have Website/TVTropes pages of their own. Among them are:
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10* ''VideoGame/BurnTheTrash''
11* ''VideoGame/CleanAsia''
12* ''VideoGame/{{Minubeat}}''
13* ''VideoGame/MondoMedicals''
14** ''VideoGame/MondoAgency''
15* ''VideoGame/{{Norrland}}''
16* ''VideoGame/{{Psychosomnium}}''
17* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' (alongside Dennis Wedin)
18** ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber''
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21!!cactus's body of work displays the following tropes:
22* BlackComedy
23* BodyHorror / EyesDoNotBelongThere
24* BulletHell: He loves this genre, it seems.
25* LevelEditor: ''[=BlockOn!=]'' combines this with RandomlyGeneratedLevels--you provide the level layout, the program sets up the traps and enemies.
26* LudicrousGibs: For those games which have blood.
27* MindScrew: A lot of the games.
28* {{Ninja}}: The protagonists of ''Shotgun Ninja'', ''Saru Ga Daisuki'', ''Ninja Flu''.
29* NoPlotNoProblem / ExcusePlot: For most games, the "plot" is the single paragraph on the download page.
30* {{Retraux}}: Most of his games are in a vintage, pixelated style.
31* StylisticSuck: ''Ted's Wet Adventure''. His other games sometimes show elements of that.
32* ViolenceIsDisturbing: Quite a few of his games (such as ''Dear Agent'', ''Xoldiers'', ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'') share the motif of a protagonist engaging in mindless violence for violence's sake, or because they are JustFollowingOrders.

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