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The Tale of Archon Staff & Credits

02-11-2005, 12:55 AM#1
Iron_Ian
Though the project is now cancelled, tons of effort went into it. Many dedicated people spent hours working on it. All of them deserve recognition for their contributions to TTOA:

Staff:

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Design Lead
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Name: Ian Hedges
Nickname: Iron_Ian
Location: Ohio, USA
Favorite Foods: Drumsticks (The icecream), pizza, chicken pot pie, lobster.
Favorite Movies: LOTR Series, Gladiator, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Hobbies: Computer gaming/modding, riding my bike, hanging out with friends
Position: Design Lead
Jobs: Mapper, Skinner, Storyline Lead, Web Site Manager

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Art Department
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Name: Alex Murray
Nickname: alpengeist36
Location: East Coast England
Favorite Food: Contrary to popular belief, not Alpen: I don't even eat the stuff
Favorite Moviess: Apocalypse Now, Donnie Darko, LOTR Series
Hobbies: Really whipping the llama's ass (See http://www.winamp.com)
Position: Lead Modeler
Jobs: Modeling & Animation

Name: Alexander Thomas
Nickname: Xaran Alamas
Location: Southeast England
Favorite Foods: Anything Italian, Bacon, other stuff
Favorite Movies: Dragonheart 1 not 2, LOTR Series
Hobbies: Computer gaming, modding, games design, art both traditional and CG, reading, making my own worlds...
Position: Modeler
Jobs: Modeling & Animation

Name: Liam Welton
Nickname: Challis
Location: North of the Umberland, England
Favorite Food: Pasta (How boring, everyone says that, why doesn't anyone ever say black pudding. Oh sod it, I'll say black pudding!)
Favorite Movies: Escape from New York, The Thing
Hobbies: Amature film director
Position: Modeler
Jobs: Modeling & Animation

Name: Mark
Nickname: Mock1
Location: New York City, USA
Favorite Food: Lobster
Favorite Movies: Half-Baked, Terminator 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, etc...
Hobbies: Basketball, music, movies, games, skinnen, chillen and stuff
Position: Skinner
Jobs: Skinning

Name: Simon Kopp
Nickname: acapulco
Location: Germany
Favorite Foods: You won't know it
Favorite Movies: Matrix 3, Final Fantasy, Starship Troopers...
Hobbies: Bike-Trail, Modeling
Position: Modeler
Jobs: Modeling & Animation

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Other Departments
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Name: J. Lobos
Nickname: Metropolis
Location: City of Los Angeles, USA
Favorite Food: Carne asada, steak burritos, all Chinese food
Favorite Movies: Fight Club, SLC Punk, Shaolin Soccer, LOTR Series, Last Samurai
Hobbies: Soccer, Volleyball, Computers, Drawing and reading
Position: Assistant Developer
Jobs: Concept Artist, Skinner, Storyline Reviewer

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Additional Credits:

Characters, storyline, and names for "The Tale of Archon" by: Ian "Iron_Ian" Hedges

Terrain by: Ian "Iron_Ian" Hedges

Cinematics by: Ian "Iron_Ian" Hedges

Art Assets by:

Team Art:
alpengeist36
Challis
Iron_Ian

Requested Art:
Alfred
Cookie
Durumvete
Jester-of-Death
John_Drake
RabidXMofo
Shavar

Public Art:
Chelo
exN
Arch_Angel
Borric der XIII
Clotaire
Krakou
Lil Blue Smurf
nicoli_s
PencilGod
Razorclaw X
RodOfNOD
Rommel
SilentSpyder
Sméagol
Toofik
Z3n
And of course Blizzard Entertainment

Sounds from:
Baldur's Gate Series (Developed by: Bioware and Black Isle) (Published by: Interplay)
Icewind Dale Series (Developed by: Bioware and Black Isle) (Published by: Interplay)
Gladiator (Directed by: Ridley Scott) (Published by: Universal Studios)
Rune (Developed by: Human Head Studios) (Published by: Gathering Of Developers)
Sounddogs.com
Unreal Series (Developed by: Epic) (Published by: Atari)

Music by:
Hans Zimmer
James Horner
Justin R. Durban (Edgen)
Michael Hoenig
RoseWynde

Beta Testers:
Alfred
alpengeist36
Bloodslaughter
Challis
Capn_Sniffies
Draco
John_Drake
Nuladion
Recca
Ravan
Xaran Alamas
Zurg

Thanks to Nuladion for the original TTOA site design (Made in Fall 2003).

Thanks to my coworkers at Reverie Entertainment for their support as well!

Also special thanks to my friends/family for putting up with me spending all my time on my computer.