about River swamp studios
A New Zealand Tabletop Game Design Company.
Background:
What started as a passion project of Ganesh's his first iteration "Tales of the Ramayana"; a RPG set in Myithical India. Inspired by his desire to create a Role Playing Game he could enjoy with his children harkening to their Tamil heritage.
Nathan was asked to help playtest the rule system as a Game Master and after discussing it with Ganesh, he created the setting forf Steam and Sorcery; a world of floating islands and eldritch horrors inspired by the Victorian Era and golden age of sail.
Hoss, a long time friend of Ganesh was invited to play in both of these settings during his time studying media arts. Tales of Steam and Sorcery was his first TTRPG and it instilled a passion for storytelling and illustration which was to last of the course of many years.
Dr. Ganesh Subramaniam
Project Lead, Game Designer, Writer, Artist
Nathan Smith
Lead Writer, Game Designer, R&D
Hoss Aneece
Lead Artist, Graphic Designer, Play-tester