Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness (2002)
Platform: XboxGenres: Genres · Role-playing (RPG) · Behind view · Diagonal-down · Puzzle elements · Fantasy
Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness is a third-person, single-player, action-adventure game featuring spell combat and exploration. Players take the role of Arran, a novice wizard whose magical power grows as he ages throughout his quest to collect spells...
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Cast & Crew · 87 people
- John R. Blakely· Executive Producer
- Brett Close· Lead Producer
- Michael Kosenski· Producer
- Steven Morrison· Art Lead
- Heather Sowards· Audio Lead, Voice Talent
- David Osborne· Design Lead
- John Ramsey· Engineering Lead
- Scott Love· Marketing Director
- Jeff Mrochek· QA Lead
- Michael Halley· Production Assistant
- Adam Adamowicz· Art Team
- Alex Azcona· Art Team
- Brian Bearly· Art Team, Voice Talent
- Dennis Dryden· Art Team
- Gabriel Espino· Art Team
- Brian Fletcher· Art Team
- David Franks· Art Team, Voice Talent
- Keith Ho· Art Team
- Chelsey Johannsen· Art Team, Voice Talent
- Lawrence Johnston· Art Team, Voice Talent
- Ray Lederer· Art Team
- Michael Park· Art Team
- Chaz Sutherland· Art Team, Voice Talent
- Bradley White· Art Team, Voice Talent
- Attila Kirjak· Audio Team, Voice Talent
- Chadwick Mossholder· Audio Team, Voice Talent
- Steve Pabst· Audio Team, Voice Talent
- Michael Smith· Audio Team, Voice Talent
- Christopher Holtorf· Design Team, Voice Talent
- Adam Maxwell· Design Team
- Brian Ullrich· Design Team
- Christopher Zirpoli· Design Team, Voice Talent
- Graeme Anderson· Engineering Team
- Christopher Coster· Engineering Team, Voice Talent
- Charles Farris· Engineering Team
- Eric Harms· Engineering Team, Voice Talent
- Shane Hilton· Engineering Team
- Mike Machowski· Engineering Team, Voice Talent
- Chris Sakanai· Engineering Team
- Shawn Sheridan· Engineering Team
- John Vonachen· Engineering Team
- Timothy Weisser· Engineering Team, Voice Talent
- Thomas B. Wilson· Engineering Team, Voice Talent
- Neal Gamache· QA Team, Voice Talent
- Jason Huck· QA Team
- Travis MacGeathy· QA Team
- Bill Mrochek· QA Team
- Jason Roberts· QA Team
- Erik Theisz· QA Team
- Bill Wadleigh· QA Team
- Les Barstow· OPs
- George Craft· OPs
- Harold Hanlin· OPs, Voice Talent
- Matthew J. Kuenning· OPs
- Keith Baker· Voice Talent
- Graeme Davis· Voice Talent
- Travis Durland· Voice Talent
- Michael Flemming· Voice Talent
- Kurt Kuhlmann· Voice Talent
- Lani Minella· Voice Talent
- Teri Newcomb· Voice Talent
- Lori Nicholson· Voice Talent
- Kate Gilbreath· Thanks to
- Patrick Hager· Thanks to
- Sharon Riggs· Thanks to
- Darien Waldhoff· Thanks to
- William Hodge· Program Manager
- Sébastien Motte· Product Planner
- Barbara Hagen· Product Managers
- Susan Kittleson· Product Managers
- Christopher Lye· Product Managers
- Richard Thames Rowan· Test Lead
- Jennifer Boespflug Dotson· Test Team
- Dawn Burger Dupas· Test Team
- Sean Epperson· Test Team
- Chris Hind· Test Team
- Mark Medlock· Test Team
- Marc Scattergood· Test Team
- Darryl Shannon· Test Team
- Jeff Waibel· Test Team
- Jason York· Test Team
- Corey Dangel· Art Direction
- Ryan Wilkerson· Art Direction
- Andrew C. Flavell· Technical Direction
- Andy Glaister· Technical Direction
- Thomas Fuller· User Testing
- Scott Hirnle· Customer Support
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