The Tale of Despereaux
Platforms: Microsoft Windows · WiiGenres: Genres · Action · 3rd-person (Other) · Direct control · Fantasy · Licensed
Based on the movie of the same name, The Tale of Despereaux stars Despereaux, the mouse with the big ears, who is not afraid of anything. When the human Princess Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux goes to the rescue. Gameplay is the standard 3rd-person...
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Age Rating
E10+
Cast & Crew · 202 people
- David M. Rushton· President
- Chris Rushton· Vice President, Executive Producer
- Dave Kemker· Chief Art Officer, Technical Artists
- Don Milham· Technical Director
- Bradley Timmins· Technical Director, Engine Team Lead
- Tony Rushton· Chief Creative Officer
- Rico Lujan· Business Development
- Jeff Dent· Producer
- Zack Perschon· Associate Producer
- Jerry King· Gameplay Programming Lead
- Todd Smith· Gameplay Programming
- Nick Seegmiller· Gameplay Programming
- Jay Barnson· Gameplay Programming
- Brad Grimm· Gameplay Programming
- Ryan Bird· Art Lead
- Kurt Quackenbush· Level Art Lead
- Mike Snyder· Rigging Lead
- Adam Hathaway· Lead Animator
- Heinee Hinrichsen· UI Lead
- Sarah Curnow· Assistant to the Art Lead
- Carson Davidson· Level Artist
- Tyler Davis· Level Artist
- Dustin DeWitt· Level Artist
- Erik Exeter· Level Artist
- Becca Golins· Level Artist
- Josh Goodale· Level Artist
- Jared McAllister· Level Artist
- Charlton Miller· Level Artist
- Mikio Moriyasu· Level Artist
- Lill Ohman· Level Artist
- LaNae Richardson· Level Artist
- Mark Wahlquist· Level Artist
- Matthew Wood· Level Artist
- Brandon Wright· Level Artist
- Christopher Wright· Level Artist
- Nicole Mott· Level Artist
- Greg Carter· Character Rigs
- Mikhail Merkurieff· Character Rigs
- Brandon Plagemann· Character Rigs
- Bo Hacking· Character Models
- Tyson VanWagoner· Character Models
- Jonathan Coombs· Character Models
- Ryan Hudson· Character Animation
- Ian Johnson· Character Animation
- Allen Stevenson· Character Animation
- Grant Heath· Technical Artists
- Brandon Strong· Level Design Lead
- Bret Wardle· Level Design
- Sam Curnow· Level Design
- Ross Sewell· Level Design
- Chuck Sutter· Level Design
- Niven Wofford· Level Design
- Ryan B. Persch· Level Design
- Andre Morales· Level Design
- Seth Cook· Camera Design
- Paul Milham· Camera Design
- Jason Santti· Character and Animation Design
- James Russell Lees· Script and VO Design
- Joseph S. Tingey· Front End and Interface Design
- Adam D. Hunter· Additional Design
- Aaron Pendleton· Additional Design
- Zach Woolf· Additional Design
- Darrel Cameron· Additional Design
- Asa Dang· Additional Design
- Stephan Frost· Additional Design
- Eric Diemer· Additional Design
- Jason Perkins· Audio Director
- Greg Bower· Audio Team
- Patrick Coffin· Audio Team
- Josh Holyoak· Audio Team
- Jason Crawford· Additional Music by The Sound Psychic
- Hal Rushton· Engine Team Producer
- Brent Anderson· Engine Team
- Paul Blagay· Engine Team
- Matthew Boynton· Engine Team
- Eric J. Brown· Engine Team
- Ryan Graham· Engine Team
- Dave Robinson· Engine Team
- Daniel Silver· Engine Team
- E. J. Thayer· Engine Team
- Wen Zhang· Engine Team
- Kim Passey· Concept Art Director
- Cameron Gardner· Concept Art Lead
- Miles Collins· Concept Art
- Patrick Spens· Concept Art, Storyboard Artwork
- Sarah Partington McPhie· Concept Art
- Jonathan Clarke· Concept Art
- Thomas Tholen· Concept Art
- Nasan Hardcastle· Storyboard Artwork
- Don Seegmiller· Storyboard Artwork
- Glenn Harmon· Storybook Cinematics
- Randall Sly· Storybook Cinematics
- J. Chad Erekson· Storybook Cinematics
- Pengyu Chen· Additional Programming
- Matt Fry· Additional Programming
- Curtis Mirci· Additional Programming
- Eric Smith· Additional Programming
- Peter Anderson· Additional Artists
- Henry Bawden· Additional Artists
- Shawn Bird· Additional Artists
- Greg Davis· Additional Artists
- Ian Davis· Additional Artists
- Matthew Dibb· Additional Artists
- Reed Eriksson· Additional Artists
- Rob Field· Additional Artists
- Steve Fox· Additional Artists
- Chad Griffiths· Additional Artists
- Paul Grimshaw· Additional Artists
- Matt Golins· Additional Artists
- Van D. Miller· Additional Artists
- Sambo Ouk· Additional Artists
- Andrew Pace· Additional Artists
- Darren Peterson· Additional Artists
- Anthony Romrell· Additional Artists
- Scott Thurman· Additional Artists
- Michael Teran· Additional Artists
- Thomas Riley· Additional Artists
- Jenna Kemker· Additional Artists
- Robinson Valenzuela· Additional Artists
- Carter Pham· Quality Assurance Director
- Aaron Glines· Assistant Quality Assurance Manager
- Rob Young· Assistant Quality Assurance Manager
- Ryan Colborne· Test Lead
- Trent Baird· Quality Assurance
- Parker Checketts· Quality Assurance
- William Douglas· Quality Assurance
- Steven Downey· Quality Assurance
- Max Fitt· Quality Assurance
- Christina Howell· Quality Assurance
- Cynthia Jolley· Quality Assurance
- Nathan Magro· Quality Assurance
- Chris McGill· Quality Assurance
- Annie Meighan· Quality Assurance
- Rick Mower· Quality Assurance
- Nathan Pyle· Quality Assurance
- Harrison Rollins· Quality Assurance
- Tarrant Rollins· Quality Assurance
- Thomas Fowler· Quality Assurance
- Stephen Rushton· Quality Assurance
- Ryan Hahn· Quality Assurance
- Kyle Rogers· Quality Assurance
- LaDawna Grow· Quality Assurance
- Rich Porter· Quality Assurance
- Carrie Doulgerakis· Special Thanks
- Jessie Cameron· Special Thanks
- Kathy Cameron· Special Thanks
- Corinne Rushton· Special Thanks
- Paris Bailey· Special Thanks
- Garret Fry· Special Thanks
- Rebecca Ann Heineman· Special Thanks
- Jason Brimhall· Special Thanks
- Christy Meyer· Special Thanks
- Kyle Jensen· Special Thanks
- Shaun Michaelsen· Special Thanks
- Terrence Osborn· Special Thanks
- Ethan Smith· Special Thanks
- Jason Smith· Special Thanks
- Jason Kilbourn· Special Thanks
- Jason Barron· Special Thanks
- Nick Hardy· Special Thanks
- Brandon Harmon· Special Thanks
- Kevin Leinbach· Special Thanks
- Marc Babbel· Special Thanks
- Eric Hughes· Special Thanks
- Sid Heyer· Special Thanks
- Luke Meighan· Special Thanks
- Kevin Simmons· Executive Producer
- Troy Dunniway· Creative Producer
- Amy Bennett· Creative Services Manager
- John Choon· Brand Managers
- Kathryn Perez-Fraga· Brand Managers
- Abby Topolsky· PR Manager
- Nicole West· Operations Manager
- William Guerrero· QA Manager
- Valerie Kent· Manufacturing and Print Production Manager
- Sandra Marquez· Print Production and Traffic Coordinator
- Kevin Reilly· Counsel
- Lyvonne Klinger· Post Supervisor
- Jason Tom· Quality Assurance
- José Bernabel· Quality Assurance
- Phillip Saypanya· Quality Assurance
- Adrian Lujan· Quality Assurance
- Carlos Moran· Quality Assurance
- Beckie Holmes· Special Thanks
- Ethan Stearns· Special Thanks
- Nick Torchia· Producer
- Bill Kispert· VP / General Manager Interactive
- Gary Lokum· Sr. Manager Business Development Interactive
- Kam Naderi· Director Business and Legal Affairs
- Angie Gonzalez· Legal Assistant
- David O'Connor· Universal Pictures
- Angie Sharma· Universal Pictures
- Kimberly Lindgren· Universal Pictures
- Gary Ross· Special Thanks
- Allison Thomas· Special Thanks
- David Lipman· Special Thanks
- Tracy Shaw· Special Thanks
- Celia Boydell· Special Thanks
- Tripp Hudson· Special Thanks
- Daniel Booty· Special Thanks
- Peiyu Foley· Special Thanks
- Bekah Sturm· Special Thanks
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