Soulbound Studios

Soulbound Studios is an American video game development studio, founded in 2015 by Jeromy 'Caspian' W and Eddie 'Heat' S. Located in Bellevue, Washington, it is currently developing the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) Chronicles of Elyria.

Background
Founded in 2015 by industry veterans Jeromy W and Eddie S, Soulbound Studios is a growing team of talented game developers that have banded together to create Chronicles of Elyria. By challenging the pre-existing paradigm of open-world and theme-park style MMORPGs, Soulbound Studios aims to create games unlike anything ever seen before.

Initially financed from the pockets of the founders, Soulbound Studios has found increasing support from grassroots fundraising campaigns through kickstarter, having raised over 2 million dollars in donations as of January 15th, 2017. Besides that, capital consists of revenue from co-owned marketing company Search Engine PPC, as well as Jeromy's personal wealth. Costs include the purchase of art assets, engineering fees, development tools, game engine licensing, server hardware, and marketing fees. As SBS is currently self-funded, the studio currently evaluating multiple options for raising capital, including crowd founding, angel investment firms, and private investors.

Studio Growth
CEO Jeromy 'Caspian' Walsh shared experiences and some information on the changes the studio has gone through in his 'State of Elyria' Developer Journal in March 2019. This included moving to a new office, new developers and a upbeat feel at the studio.

Soulbound Staff
Jeromy W "Caspian", Founder & CEO

Lindsey W "Camigwen", Outreach Director

Eddie S "Heat", Co-Founder and Art Director

Vye A "Vye", Senior Producer

Steve H "Cynax", Lead Programmer

Dean C, Programmer

Josh G "Glaive", Progammer

Victor R "Sekmu", Client Engineer

Michael K "Michael", Software Engineer

Brandon C, Tech/Character Animator

Colin B "Mudokon", Animator

Mark D, Animator

Zachary S "Raevantiel", 3D Environment Artist

Van O, Character Artist

Matthew B, Character Artist

Dennis P "Wiz", Tech Art Lead

Miguel S "Souzou", Tech Designer

Adam T, UI/UX Designer

Adam M "Snipehunter", Lead Designer

Zac R "ZRO", Web Developer

Maika T "Scarlet", Graphic Designer

Sean B, Composer

Mason F, Sound Engineer

Adam V "Serpentius", Community Support Lead

Heather R, Outreach Coordinator