Ossian Studios

Ossian Studios Inc. is a game development company located in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2003, it is jointly owned by Alan Miranda (CEO) and Elizabeth Starr (COO), partners in both business and marriage.

Where the company name came from
The company name of Ossian Studios was inspired by the legendary Celtic warrior-bard Ossian (awe - seean), who told tales of epic adventures and travelled to the underworld paradise of the Land of Youth called "Tir na n-Og," where warriors feasted, battled, and died, but were reborn again the next day to feast and battle into eternity. The name of Ossian is therefore a perfect fit for a company whose goal is to weave players into tales of epic adventures in far away fantasy places.

Alan Miranda, CEO
Alan Miranda is a former BioWare producer, having been the producer on Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (AIAS Computer RPG of the Year) and the associate producer on Neverwinter Nights. His passion for playing and developing RPGs is what brought him to BioWare in the first place, and he moved on to establish Ossian Studios in order to successfully develop new RPGs and other games with the very same philosophy and commitment to high quality.

Prior to working at BioWare, he was a designer at Relic Entertainment, developing some of the core game mechanics and missions for the RTS Impossible Creatures. With Ossian Studios' recently released Neverwinter Nights game, Darkness over Daggerford, he was both the producer and lead designer on the project.

Alan holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, and a diploma in 2D and 3D Video Game Programming from DigiPen Applied Computer Graphics School.

Luke Scull - Lead Designer
(aka Alazander)

Luke is currently Lead Designer on multiple projects with Vancouver-based Ossian Studios. In addition to game design, Luke is working on his first fantasy novel, which he expects to complete in late 2008. He also hopes to release the fourth and final part of his AL saga this year.


 * AL1: Siege of Shadowdale
 * AL2: Crimson Tides of Tethyr
 * Tyrants of the Moonsea
 * Blades of Nethreil for NWN1 (IIRC)


 * Blog

Inteviews
 * Interview with DocTari and Alazander (Reviewing Team Admins)
 * Hall of Fame Interview - Alazander (Tyrants of the Moonsea)

Russ Davis
(aka Tiberius209)
 * The Sign of Four: v1.00 (NWN1)
 * Saleron's Gambit: Chapter 1, v. 2.00 (NWN1) Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5
 * The Maimed God's Saga (NWN2)

Mat Jobe
(aka Nemorem),

Leonard Bedner - Technical Designer
(aka Challseus)


 * The Rose Of Eternity - Chapter 2 - Cry The Beloved

Kevin Smith
(aka codepoetz)

Lee Hogg - Technical Designer
(aka Sir Elric)
 * Sir Elric's Random Respawning Traps v2.7

Hugie

 * Moonshadows (NWN2)

Raphael
Area Builder

Alex
Area Builder

Mereduin's
Bron's Daughter