Manuel Leithner

Manuel Leithner is a senior gameplay programmer based in Bamberg, Germany. While working on his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Business Informatics / Information Systems, he started modding for Farming Simulator 2008, the first title of the series. A few years later, he worked as a freelancer for GIANTS Software on several DLCs and major game releases. In 2015, a branch office in Erlangen, Germany was opened and he became the head of the office as a studio manager. Since then, he has also become the lead gameplay programmer and responsible for gameplay across the whole franchise.