Ian Gower

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Ian Gower



Jagex

Role								Engine Developer
Team								Engine Development Leadership
Project								RuneScape Old School RuneScape
Employed								September 1999 ─ 25 October 2016

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X								@MrIanGower

Ian Gower is the brother of Andrew Gower and Paul Gower.^[1] He is also the co-founder of Jagex.^[2] He helped create an early version of RuneScape, DeviousMUD, in 1998. He did the graphics and three-dimensional modeling.

In addition, he originally did the conversion for the quests Goblin Diplomacy^[3] and Fight Arena.^[4] He also developed the Hunter skill, Haunted Mine, Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Goblin Generals and Eagles' Peak.

Ian Gower started working on Old School Runescape on 13 October 2014.^[5] On 25 October 2016, Ian left the company to work with his brother Andrew at Fen Research after having worked at Jagex for 18 years.^[6]

Media appearances

Media	Type	Date
RuneScape 18th Birthday - The Origins of RS Q&A	Livestream	14 January 2019
Story Time with the Gower Brothers & Mods Ash, Mark, Mat K & Maylea	Livestream	7 January 2016
Gower Brothers Q&A - Where it All Began	Livestream	6 January 2016
Story Time Livestream with Mod Ash, Mod Mark, Ian Gower, Mod Noldor & Mod Wilson	Livestream	11 February 2015
Runescape Mythbusters Special - Ep. 2	Livestream	1 April 2015

References

^ Jagex. "History of RuneScape: The First Four Years." (Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.) Developers' Blogs.
^ Runescape: The First 20 Years--An Illustrated History, written by Alex Calvin, Jagex, page 21. "The youngest Gower, Ian (Co-founder, Jagex, 2001-2016), made 2D graphics and 3D models, including the human characters in the game."
^ Goblin Diplomacy. Jagex. (Archived from the original on 17 November 2011.)
^ Fight Arena (Members). Jagex. (Archived from the original on 17 November 2011.)
^ Jagex. Ian Gower's Twitter account. 13 October 2014. (Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.) Ian Gower: "Right, time to pack up my computers and move back downstairs to join the @OldSchoolRS team :D"
^ Mod Ronan. Farewell Ian Gower. Old School Announcements Forums. 25 October 2016. (Archived from the original on 8 August 2017.)

[1] Jagex. "History of RuneScape: The First Four Years." (Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.) Developers' Blogs.

[2] Runescape: The First 20 Years--An Illustrated History, written by Alex Calvin, Jagex, page 21. "The youngest Gower, Ian (Co-founder, Jagex, 2001-2016), made 2D graphics and 3D models, including the human characters in the game."

[3] Goblin Diplomacy. Jagex. (Archived from the original on 17 November 2011.)

[4] Fight Arena (Members). Jagex. (Archived from the original on 17 November 2011.)

[5] Jagex. Ian Gower's Twitter account. 13 October 2014. (Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.) Ian Gower: "Right, time to pack up my computers and move back downstairs to join the @OldSchoolRS team :D"

[6] Mod Ronan. Farewell Ian Gower. Old School Announcements Forums. 25 October 2016. (Archived from the original on 8 August 2017.)

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