Michael Thomas Ryan

Michael Ryan (born March 26, 1973) is a developer of video games, and co-founder of Fat Frog Studios.

In 1995, he joined Looking Glass Studios as a quality assurance tester for Flight Unlimited, an innovative flight simulator for DOS. After working as a technical support representative for a couple years, Michael moved over to the design team working as a level designer on Thief: The Dark Project, the first title in the highly acclaimed Thief Series. He later joined the design team of System Shock 2, which was co-developed by Looking Glass Studios and Irrational Games, and published by Electronic Arts in 1999.

A few months after Looking Glass Studios closed its doors in May 2000, Michael joined Mad Doc Software, a newly-formed company just north of Boston. He worked as a designer on a number of projects, including Star Trek Armada 2, a real-time strategy game published by Activision, and an expansion pack for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which was eventually cancelled and released as a free multiplayer-only download.

In late 2003, Michael co-founded Fat Frog Studios with Timothy Farrar, another former Mad Doc Software and Looking Glass Studios developer. They have since developed and released an award-winning title for mobile phones called, Eye of Rana.

While continuing work with Fat Frog Studios, Michael also contracts with Floodgate Entertainment and Arkane Stuidos as a level designer for computer and video games targeting the PC and next-generation video game consoles.

On October 31, 2004, he married his girlfriend of many years, Adviye. They currently reside in Providence, Rhode Island.