Arnie started off working on comics such as Justice League America for DC. Eventually he got into games, putting his abilities to work on Star Wars: Galaxies as Head Production Designer and The Old Republic as the Lead Concept Artist. He’s now the Co-Owner and Creative Director at Stoic with 27 years of experience as a professional.

John has been programming since he was 6. After doing some work on the Hubble at NASA he decided to apply his abilities in the games industry, eventually bringing his experience as Lead Combat Programmer on Star Wars: The Old Republic to Stoic, where he is Co-Owner and Technical Director with 21 years of experience as a professional.

Zeb met Arnie and John while working as a producer at BioWare on Star Wars: The Old Republic. As producer of both Triple-A and Indie games, he strives to foster creativity, humanity and humor among artists, programmers and designers. He also creates silly works of puppetry about cosmic angst and performs them at burlesque shows.

Lance has been a professional animator for over 20 years. His work can be seen in the feature films Space Jam, Anastasia, Quest for Camelot, Prince of Egypt, and Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly; as well as over twenty-five successful video game titles. He met the core Stoic gang at Bioware and is thrilled to rejoin them as the studio’s Lead Animator.

David has had a passion for video games since he was 4! In high school he began pursuing this passion after graduating from Digipen Institute of Technology, he began teaching others as well as working in areas such as UI, Gameplay, Backend, Console Support, Audio, Build Tools, Content Pipeline and Core Engine Tech. David’s journey led him to Stoic where he will help the team take Banner Saga 3 and future games to new heights!

Casey has always had a love for programming and video games. He worked as a web developer and generalist for several years before he got his start in the games industry working at Motiga. He’s excited to continue working on incredible games by helping the team as a tools programmer on Banner Saga 3 and beyond.

Adrienne is a life-long gamer, once upon a time competitive Super Smash Bros. player, and now throws down as a game dev. After attending DigiPen, she produced art and directed indie titles – one being Temporal Odyssey, joined Z2/King and honed her QA expertise at Big Fish Games. Excited to be at Stoic, she hopes to bring you quality games as a Producer.

Alex has worked in games for such companies as Wolf Pack Studios and Kings Isle, but it was at Bioware, working on Star Wars: The Old Republic that he met Arnie and John. He formed Stoic Studio with them as Creative Director and Writer for Banner Saga 1. He parted ways to build his own game, Killers&Thieves, but returned to the team as Lead Writer for Banner Saga 3 and helped finish what he began.

Katie has been working in community management for more than 15 years, starting her career with Ubisoft on the Myst series of games. She loves bringing players together to share their experiences, and at Stoic she welcomes all Banner Saga fans to chat with the team on Discord and social media channels to learn all about the latest Banner Saga trilogy news!

Iuliana is a passionate User Experience designer with over 10 years in the field. She’s a research driven professional with a wide range of skill, including User Experience, Psychology, Concept Design, Illustration and Gamification. As a fan, she organized several successful promotional events for Banner Saga, before being hired by Stoic. She enjoys helping her team create impactful games and creative and engaging social media content.

Chad has had a love of video games since the age of 2. In his 14 years of professional experience, he’s worked on space combat games, RPGs, open world games, a life simulator, a stealth action game and is currently thrilled to be working on the turn-based tactical combat of Banner Saga!

Isaak started his work in animation production serving as a concept designer and storyboarder. His work includes several upcoming Netflix titles, including the currently running Castlevania series headed at Powerhouse Animation Studios. He attended Gemini School of Visual Arts, and has been a fan of video games since childhood. A passionate artist, he was more than delighted to join the team at Stoic as character designer.