ProjectGorgon:Developers

Involved in Development

Eric Heimburg - Citan

Eric Heimburg "Citan" is the lead developer of Project Gorgon. He has over a decade of experience working as a Senior and Lead Engineer, Developer, Designer and Producer on games such as Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron's Call 2, and Star Trek Online He announced the start of development work for Project Gorgon on June 18th, 2011.

• His Birthday is August 19th.
• Citan and Srand's anniversary is April 1st.

Sandra Powers - Srand

Sandra Powers "Srand" was Citan's partner in both life and Project Gorgon development. She served as co-lead developer on the game. Sandra previously worked as a Producer on Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron’s Call: Throne of Destiny, EverQuest II, and EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer.

• In February 2022, it was announced that Sandra had a rare form of cancer.
• On January 25th, 2025, Sandra passed away at the age of 52.
• For many years, Sandra was an established member of the WOW community, maintaining the fansite Petopia and creating Warcraft Mounts. Her in-game name was "Mania."
• There are two tributes to her in WOW. The first is the "Beastmaster Mania" NPC behind Trueshot Lodge in Highmountain. Ainamiss the Hive Queen in Tanaris is also a reference to Sandra.

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I'm srand (Sandra), co-lead developer on Project: Gorgon along with my husband Citan (Eric). Way, way back in the day I worked on Asheron's Call 1 as a coder and a producer; on Project: Gorgon I've done a little bit of everything except art.

— Dev Blog: July 12, 2023

Admin Jackencola

Jackencola, (as Rummencola) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In August of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as "Admin Jackencola.

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I manage the event system and do development for events. As of recently, I have begun doing development work for other things in game. I handle customer support tickets and do the majority of policing in the game.

Aside from that, it's whatever random task is assigned to me.

— Jackencola (February 2024)

Admin Lemons

Lemons, (as Sims) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In October of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as Admin Lemons.

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I manage the bug database, and more recently I've been helping with QA testing. I help with customer service when needed (moderating steam forums/official pages, very rarely replying to e-mails). I sometimes help create and set up live events (things involving scapegoats, mainly). Hmm.. Other than that, I do pretty much anything srand/Citan need done at the time.

— Lemons (2022)

Nick J Vaccaro - Nikodemus

Nikodemus is a professional programmer who began working as a contractor on Project Gorgon in February 2021. They have made major contributions to the UI, redesigned the targeting system, implemented player mounts, added fishing, and solved hundreds of player-submitted bugs.

• Their personal website is https://nickvaccaro.com/about

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I focus primarily on Quality-of-Life changes and bugfixes; my goal is to take all the brilliant design ideas of the others (sometimes including players!) and make them as accessible and smooth as possible. Ocasionally I sneak in some animation and VFX work, because who doesn't want to have a little fun from time to time? But none of the animation bugs are my fault, definitely not... that's uhh, some other guy. /gulp.

— Nikodemus (February 5th 2024)

"Asset Guy" Tony

The mysterious Asset Guy was first introduced by Admin Jackencola in early April 2024. "Asset Guy" is a professional 3D artist and designer who made their first contributions to Project Gorgon in the June 2024 update.

• Some players suggested that Asset Guy should have used the name "Slickodemus," but it was ultimately rejected.
• "Asset Guy" is Nikodemus's brother. Nick & Tony also partnered up to launch Synersteel Studio, releasing the narrative puzzle game Valley of Shadow.

Ryan Fritz- Silvonis

Silvonis is a member of the Project Gorgon Development team with the title of Producer. They previously ran the second website forum and handled in-game moderation tasks before the introduction of the Volunteer Guide system. At one point in time, they accidentally deleted about 30% of all content on the wiki. Currently they operate the online shop.

Conor Brace - Wyrmrider

Conor Brace is a composer, sound designer, and game designer from Austin, Texas. His music is featured as background tracks in most dungeons and zones.

Wyrmrider is the name of a character he once used in-game.

His personal website hosts clips of Project Gorgon music, information on the game's instrument system, and details about his other musical projects.

http://conorbrace.com/

https://soundcloud.com/conorbracemusic

Aaron Victoria - Aviticus Gladius

Aaron is a friend and sometimes development partner of Eric Heimburg. Around 2013 he began working on his own MMO using the Gorgon Engine, Legends of Etherell: Antavia. The game was still being worked on as of 2019. His company has provided art assets to Project Gorgon in exchange for programming support for Legends of Etherell and other projects such as Valiance Online.

• Interview discussing partnership with Project Gorgon: https://vimeo.com/104481081
• Facebook page for Etherell: https://www.facebook.com/LegendsofEtherell/

Volunteer Guides

Pre-Alpha and Alpha EMs & Moderators

Auriel was the game's Event Moderator between pre-alpha and 2015. She was known for running live activities, and was known for doing unexpected snazzy things such as teleporting players, resurrection, and being almost invincible.

Mortitia was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.

Nimor was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.

Secret Mods - Three or Four additional players had moderator powers between pre-alpha and 2015. These individuals have requested that the Wiki not list their information.

Citan's Forum Posts

Citan Forum Posts

Silvonis's Forum Posts

Silvonis Forum Posts

Srand's Forum Posts

Srand Forum Posts

Jackencola's Forum Posts

Jackencola Forum Posts

Lemons' Forum Posts

Lemons Forum Posts

Blog Posts & Long Forum Comments

This section chronologically organizes backups of posts made by the developers across three separate blogs. The oldest blog posts (beginning in 2010) are from the Elder Game blog, a website run by Citan and Srand where they posted thoughts about the game industry. Eventually that blog become dedicated to Project Gorgon themed posts. In 2014, posts shifted to the second Project Gorgon forum. The most recent era of posts are from the current (third) forum's blog section.

Navigation Notes and Useful Links.

• Clicking on any blog post will allow a user to read a copy of that post.
• Each blog post entry on the wiki has a link to the previous and next posts chronologically plus a link to return to this page.
• The oldest blog entry is: Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010.
• The first mention of Project Gorgon is: Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode! - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011.
• The first blog entry on the second forum is: Recent Site Changes - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014.
• The first blog entry on the third forum is: Citan's Bug Reporting - Posted by Citan in 2016.

2023

Game News, 2023-11 - Posted by Citan on Friday, November 10, 2023.

Dev Blog: July 12, 2023 - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

2022

Town Hall Q&A#3, Part 1 - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

Dev Blog: February 2022 - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 20, 2022.

2021

Town Hall - July 11, 2021 - Posted by Citan on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Town Hall - June 14, 2021 - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 14, 2021.

All About the VIP Membership Program - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 22, 2021.

2020

All About the Guides Program - Posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.

Dev Blog: Say Hello to Playable Fairies - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 21, 2020.

Dev Blog: Let's Brainstorm about Housing - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 14, 2020.

Dev Blog: The Life and Death of Charged Pig - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 30, 2020.

Event Blog: Crafting Caravan 2.0 - Posted by Jackencola on Thursday, January 16, 2020.

2019

Dev Blog: April 2, 2019 - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

2018

Dev Blog: November 15 2018 - The Demo Is Live! - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

Dev Blog: August 28, 2018 - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.

Dev Blog: June 18, 2018 - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 18, 2018.

May 2018 Developer Blog - Posted by Citan on Sunday, May 6, 2018.

Reddit MMORPG AMA! - Held on Monday, April 23, 2018.

Steam Integration is Coming! How Will it Work? - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 11, 2018.

2017

New UI Preview - Posted by Silvonis on Monday, November 27, 2017.

Dev Blog, Oct 18 2017: The New UI Is Coming! - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 18, 2017.

Alpha, QA - and why we need you! - Posted by srand on Saturday, January 21, 2017

Dev Notes, January 16 - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 16, 2017

Dev Notes, January 2, 2017 - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 2, 2017

2016

Dev Blog, December 22 - Posted by Citan on Thursday, December 22, 2016

Dev Blog, December 9 - Posted by Citan on Friday, December 9, 2016

Dev Notes, November 23: On Balancing MMOs - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Dev Notes, November 13 - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 13, 2016

Dev Notes, November 3 - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 3, 2016

Dev Notes, October 28 - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 28, 2016

Dev Notes, October 20 - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 21, 2016

Dev Notes, October 11 - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Dev Notes, October 3 - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Dev Update, September 24 - Posted by Citan on Saturday, September 24, 2016

Dev Update, September 15 - Posted by Citan on Thursday, September 15, 2016

Quick Update, Sept 6 - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Quick Update, August 21 - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 21, 2016

Developer Info Round-Up - Posted by Citan on Saturday, August 13, 2016

Quick Update, August 7 - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 7, 2016

Quick Update, July 30 - Posted by Citan on Saturday, July 30, 2016

Animal Handling Revisons - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Citan's notes 5/6 - Posted by Citan on May 6, 2016

Introducing Vendor Stalls - Posted by Citan on Thursday, April 7, 2016

Citan's update: Enthusiasm - Posted by Citan in 2016

Citan's Gardening Limitations - Posted by Citan in 2016

Citan's Potion Belt - Posted by Citan in 2016

Citan's Bug Reporting - Posted by Citan in 2016

2015

Kickstarter 3: Updates - Posted between July 26, 2015 and August 28, 2015. (Updates continued between December 2015 and March 2018.)

Website Was Down! ... New Website Coming Soon! - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 1, 2015

The Pain -- and Joy -- of Alpha-Testing - Posted by Citan on Friday, September 25, 2015

Nighttime Update! Level 60 Skills! - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, July 15, 2015

January Update - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 22, 2015

2014

Kickstarter 2: Updates - Posted between August 29, 2014 and September 27, 2014

The Next Dungeon: Winter Nexus - Posted by Citan on Saturday, November 8, 2014

Rakshasa (blog) - Posted by Citan on Saturday, October 18, 2014

Recent Site Changes - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014

Website Death Penalties Explained - Posted by Citan in 2014

Website Words of Power - Posted by Citan in 2014

Website Damage Types - Posted by Citan in 2014

2013

Elder Game: Cheesemaking - Posted by Citan on December 6, 2013

Elder Game: November arrives! Notes about stuff - Posted by Citan on November 3, 2013

Elder Game: Racial Game Systems - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2013

Elder Game: NPC Systems and Kickstarter Delays - Posted by Citan on August 29, 2013

Elder Game: Skill Costs and NPC Variables - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2013

Elder Game: MMOs as Self-Sustaining Small Businesses - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2013

Elder Game: August Update Still In Progress - Posted by Citan on August 3, 2013

Elder Game: Falling through the ground - Posted by Citan on July 2, 2013

Elder Game: Pet Classes in MMOs - Posted by Citan on June 10, 2013

Elder Game: June Status Report - Posted by Citan on June 1, 2013

Elder Game: Notes During A Slow Upload - Posted by Citan on May 16, 2013

Elder Game: Gorgon's Archery System - Posted by Citan on May 5, 2013

Elder Game: Try the new stand-alone clients - Posted by Citan on April 10, 2013

Elder Game: What is Lag? - Posted by Citan on April 27, 2013

Elder Game: The flying animal fiasco - Posted by Citan on April 24, 2013

Elder Game: Grab Bag Update: Web Player, Skill Swapping, Languages - Posted by Citan on April 13, 2013

Elder Game: 4:30am Update - Posted by Citan on March 31, 2013

Elder Game: Pre-Alpha 3 server is live! - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013

Elder Game: ETA - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013

Elder Game: Quote of the Day: A Cavalcade of Nightmares - Posted by Srand on March 23, 2013

Elder Game: Loot progress - Posted by Citan on March 13, 2013

Elder Game: More Stuff Happening - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2013

Elder Game: Vendors! - Posted by Citan on February 12, 2013

Elder Game: Quote of the Day: WTF - Posted by Srand on February 5, 2013

Elder Game: Milk, Vaults & Ulfoi - Posted by Citan on January 29, 2013

Elder Game: Progress Toward Pre-Alpha 3 - Posted by Citan on January 14, 2013.

2012

Kickstarter 1: Updates - Posted between October 4, 2012 and November 11, 2012.

Elder Game: Addendum: Matt’s Idea - Posted by Citan on December 27, 2012

Elder Game: Toward more interesting deaths - Posted by Citan on December 25, 2012

Elder Game: Twitter Updates - Posted by Citan on December 19, 2012

Elder Game: AC2 First Impressions - Posted by Citan on December 12, 2012

Elder Game: Taunting, Mentalism, and Variety - Posted by Citan on December 10, 2012

Elder Game: Death Penalties, Quick Follow-up - Posted by Citan on December 2, 2012

Elder Game: Prealpha 3′s Death Penalties - Posted by Citan on November 25, 2012

Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 2, and Status Update - Posted by Citan on November 20, 2012

Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 1 - Posted by Citan on November 8, 2012

Elder Game: Kickstarter: The Missing FAQ - Posted by Citan on November 4, 2012

Elder Game: Pre-Alpha Update: Tech notes, update notes, ramblings - Posted by Citan on November 2, 2012

Elder Game: Designing Project: Gorgon’s combat sounds - Posted by Citan on October 29, 2012. Written by Conor Brace.

Elder Game: Pre-Alpha’s Getting Better (every day) - Posted by Citan on October 26, 2012

Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Humanities - Posted by Srand on October 25, 2012

Elder Game: Community-esque things - Posted by Citan on October 23, 2012

Elder Game: Opening Pre-Alpha to Kickstarter pledges! - Posted by Citan on October 22, 2012

Elder Game: Please TwitFace Project: Gorgon! - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2012

Elder Game: Video Diary#3 - Posted by Citan on October 9, 2012

Sylvia in Halvue - Posted by Citan on October 7, 2012

Elder Game: Kickstarter is Live! - Posted by Citan on October 3, 2012

Elder Game: The dangers of a too-statistics-driven treasure generator - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2012

Elder Game: How does Project Gorgon make money? - Posted by Citan on September 24, 2012

Elder Game: The Case Against Auction Houses - Posted by Citan on September 10, 2012

Elder Game: Crazier Kickstarter Reward Ideas - Posted by Citan on August 25, 2012

Elder Game: Gorgon Kickstarter is Coming! - Posted by Citan on August 21, 2012

Elder Game: Today in pictures - Posted by Citan on August 13, 2012

Elder Game: Optional Ways to Play - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2012

Elder Game: Progress Update - Posted by Citan on August 1, 2012

Elder Game: Battle Chemistry - Posted by Citan on July 16, 2012

Elder Game: A little more about evil, undead, and pet classes - Posted by Citan on July 4, 2012

Elder Game: Facebook me! - Posted by Citan on June 26, 2012

Elder Game: What It Means to Be Undead - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2012

Elder Game: On Fire, and Wolf-Talk, and Competitive Systems - Posted by Citan on June 11, 2012

Elder Game: My Favorite Bugs (Part I) - Posted by Srand on June 5, 2012

Elder Game: Gorgon Random Treasure - Posted by Citan on May 15, 2012

Elder Game: Video Diary, First Attempt - Posted by Citan on May 1, 2012

Elder Game: Death Stories in MMOs - Posted by Citan on April 30, 2012

Elder Game: Cows - Posted by Citan on April 23, 2012

Elder Game: When Puppets Lose Their Puppeteers - Posted by Citan on April 16, 2012

Elder Game: Still Developing! - Posted by Citan on April 9, 2012

Elder Game: Adding Direction - Posted by Citan on March 27, 2012

Elder Game: Quote of the Day - Posted by Srand on March 22, 2012

Elder Game: Quick Dev Diary: Combos - Posted by Citan on March 15, 2012

Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Balance - Posted by Srand on March 10, 2012

Elder Game: Update on the Next Step - Posted by Citan on March 9, 2012

Elder Game: Believe In Yourself and Blah Blah Blah - Posted by Citan on February 28, 2012

Elder Game: Disney-esque House Magic - Posted by Citan on February 23, 2012

Elder Game: A setback - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2012

Elder Game: The point of races - Posted by Citan on February 20, 2012

Elder Game: Expediency, Thy Name is Indie MMO - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2012

Elder Game: Sign Up For Pre-Alpha/Alpha/Beta - Posted by Citan on February 4, 2012

Elder Game: Project Gorgon’s Death Penalty - Posted by Citan on February 1, 2012

Elder Game: Easy Player-Made Content - Posted by Citan on January 26, 2012

Elder Game: Quick Test of Pre-Alpha 0.1 Completed - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012

Elder Game: What’s my target audience? - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012

Elder Game: Complexity and Group Combat - Posted by Citan on January 19, 2012

Elder Game: Howl Sound Effect - Posted by Citan on January 8, 2012

2011

Elder Game: Features In, Features Out - Posted by Citan on December 30, 2011

Elder Game: Field Autopsies, and Man I’m Slow - Posted by Citan on December 17, 2011

Elder Game: Back to work! Pre-Alpha Combat Skills - Posted by Citan on November 28, 2011

Elder Game: Delays, Thoughts about Launches, and Some Icons - Posted by Citan on November 7, 2011

Elder Game: Words of Power - Posted by Citan on October 28, 2011

Elder Game: Pot-Luck Dinners and Dungeon Sushi - Posted by Citan on October 17, 2011

Elder Game: Early prep for newbies - Posted by Citan on October 10, 2011

Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary#1, take 2 - Posted by Citan on October 6, 2011

Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary#1 - Posted by Citan on October 2, 2011

Elder Game: Minimizing Tedium: Not Always Straightforward - Posted by Citan on September 30, 2011

Elder Game: The first exploiter? - Posted by Citan on September 19, 2011

Elder Game: the reason you write clean code - Posted by Srand on September 19, 2011

Elder Game: A Psychologist, a Fire Mage, and a Dickweed Walk Into a Bar… - Posted by Citan on September 11, 2011

Elder Game: The Stamina Bar - Posted by Citan on August 31, 2011

Elder Game: Thinking about Gorgon Combat - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2011

Elder Game: Creating a backstory for the game - Posted by Citan on August 14

Elder Game: NPCs as Systems Nexus - Posted by Citan on August 5, 2011

Elder Game: Notes From The Coding Pit - Posted by Citan on July 29, 2011

Elder Game: Go Big or Go Home - Posted by Citan on July 22, 2011

Elder Game: Item Decay Redux - Posted by Citan on July 21, 2011

Elder Game: We Can’t Have Nice Things (They Keep Decaying) - Posted by Citan on July 15, 2011

Elder Game: Alpha Art Woes: Sex-Crazed Elves - Posted by Citan on July 8, 2011

Elder Game: Permanent Character Choices in a Classless Game (or, “Werewolves!”) - Posted by Citan on July 1, 2011

Elder Game: World vs. Game, Emergent Gameplay, and the Fun Loop - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2011

Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode! - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011 - First mention of Project: Gorgon by name.

Elder Game: You Can’t Bolster Your Newbie Hose With Self-Indulgence - Posted by Citan on May 10, 2011

Elder Game: Evolving Quests - Posted by Citan on March 21, 2011

Elder Game: The Griefer With The Coin Bag - Posted by Citan on March 8, 2011

Elder Game: “The Dev Team” Footprint - Posted by Srand on February 10, 2011

Elder Game: Proximity Breeds Endearment - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2011

Elder Game: Who’s In Charge of Quality? - Posted by Citan on February 3, 2011

Elder Game: Retention and Rebound - Posted by Citan on January 31, 2011

Elder Game: Graphical Upgrades Are Dangerous - Posted by Srand on January 27, 2011

Elder Game: More on Classed vs. Unclassed Games - Posted by Citan on January 24, 2011

Elder Game: Classes vs. Open Skill Systems - Posted by Citan on January 20, 2011

Elder Game: Why We Need More Women Developers - Posted by Srand on January 17, 2011

Elder Game: Beginner’s Luck and Expert’s Intuition - Posted by Citan on January 12, 2011

Elder Game: Ready the Meat Sacrifices - Posted by Srand on January 10, 2011

Elder Game: Joust is Not Coming Back - Posted by Citan on January 7, 2011

Elder Game: Converting Players with Content is a Waste - Posted by Srand on January 5, 2011

Elder Game: There Shouldn’t Be A Signup Form - Posted by Citan on January 3, 2011

Elder Game: New Year, New Method - Posted by Srand on January 1, 2011

2010

Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010

2006

In 2006, Srand published nine articles on Skotos Tech.

Lessons from the Live Team: The Bug Process - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: The Yearly Rant - Posted by Srand on September 12, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: Social Engineering - Posted by Srand on August 16, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: Documenting Live Updates - Posted by Srand on July 11, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: Efficient Additions - Posted by Srand on June 15, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: It's All About the Audience - Posted by Srand on May 10, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: Think Before You Ship - Posted by Srand on April 11, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: The Many Faces of Live Development - Posted by Srand on March 14, 2006

Lessons from the Live Team: The Message - Posted by Srand on February 14, 2006

2004

In 2004, Srand was interviewed for the Turbine blog.

Dev Bio: Sandra "srand" Powers - Posted by Srand on October 11, 2004

Town Hall Transcripts

Every so often, Eric holds a Town Hall meeting. Sometimes these meetings are in-game at the Serbule Inn. Other times, they are hosted in a public chat room.

10/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting 08/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting