The Team

EpicDuel was created by a company called Epic Inventions, LLC, and was founded by Jonathan Duran in January of 2008. 

EpicDuel was acquired by Artix Entertainment in October of 2009.

The Team

Titan - Game Director, Artix Entertainment
Enthusiastically developing computer games since high school, founder Jonathan Duran will build on his expertise, business knowledge, and previous successes to turn EpicDuel into a thriving sustainable community. In spring of 2007, Jonathan earned his Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences in Computer Information Systems and earned his MBA from Youngstown State University in spring of 2008. Jonathan is certified as an Adobe Systems expert in Flash®, and has experience in multiple programming languages, databases, and web servers. His computer work has been recognized as best-in-show out of over 200 collegiate participants at YSU’s annual forum for student scholarship, and his projects have been selected to represent the university at multiple regional conferences.

Nightwraith - Lead Artist, Artix Entertainment
Constantly driven by the desire to unleash his creativity, Bernard Schmalzried will utilize his active imagination to put EpicDuel at the forefront of browser-based online gaming. Bernard has been a part of the creative process on a professional level since his first year at Youngstown State University in which he took on a massive illustration project for a new tabletop RPG, Galactic Conquest. In 2007, he published a number of his artistic endeavors, forming Fish Combo Productions, a freelance illustration studio that has exhibited at Wizard World Chicago 2007, the second largest comic book convention in the United States. In fall of 2007, Bernard earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Technology and is prepared to dedicate all of his energies to defining the aesthetic direction of EpicDuel as its Chief Creative Officer.