Credits
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Gamestar Mechanic is currently being developed and published by E-Line Media in partnership with the Institute of Play.
Gamestar Mechanic was originally developed by Gamelab in partnership with the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab (AADL) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Learning Guide was developed by The Institute of Play and E-Line Media.
Initial research and development was made possible in part by generous funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for an original grant proposal by James Paul Gee, Ph.D and Eric Zimmerman.
E-Line Media
Michael Angst CEO, Founder
Alan Gershenfeld President, Founder
Production Team
Brian Alspach EVP, General Manager
Charles Amis Game Design Lead
John Boeck SVP, Online Operations
Rick Daley CTO, E-Line Media
Michael K Gi Associate Game Designer
Ian Gil Artist; User Experience Lead
Katya Hott Educational Media Specialist
Joey Manley Editorial Designer
Scott Price VP, Product Manager; Game Designer
Phil Puthumana VP, Business Development
Josh Roberts Developer
Kai Matt Skye Game Programmer
Tim Tournay Developer
Sun Yang Artist; Narrative Lead
Additional Creative Contributors
Naomi Clark
Tony Furtado
Amar Ibrahim
Jeffrey Lee
Kyron Ramsey
Lana Zhao
Special Thanks To Our Interns
Alec Alspach
Jordan Angst
Michelle Aubrecht
Derek Baugh
Melissa DiFranco
Cooper Haskell
Zachary Levine
Jeremy Pesner
Noel Ramdhan
Brian Robbins
Loren Sherman
Jabari Toure
Institute of Play
Katie Salen Executive Director
Learning Guide
Nancy Nowacek Visual Designer
Radhika Tandon Curriculum Designer
Eric Nuñez Curriculum Designer
Thor Jensen Writer
Special Thanks To Our Playtesters
Andrew Gardner
Nichole Pinkard
Scott Price
Rebecca Rufo-Tepper
Arana Shapiro
Robert Torres
Charlie Vergara
Connie Yowell
Original Grant Concept and Proposal
James Paul Gee, Ph.D
Eric Zimmerman
Gamelab
Eric Zimmerman President, Founder
Peter Lee CEO, Founder
Jong Woo CEO
Game Design
Katie Salen Lead Game Designer
Greg Trefry Director of Game Design
Charles Amis Game Designer, Story and Dialogue
Mattia Romeo Game Designer
Naomi Clark Game Writer
Tikva Morowati Game Designer
Programming
Michelle McDonald Director of Technology
Robert Wylie Lead Server Programmer & System Architect
Greg Fields Lead Client Programmer
Eric Socolofsky Lead Client Programmer & Client Architect
Michael Weissman System Administrator
Joshua DeBonis Client Programmer
Visual Design
Kyron Ramsey Lead Visual Designer &
Character and World Design
Pollie Barden Lead Website Designer
Phil Weber Lead User Interface Designer
Clint Beharry Website Designer
Audio Design
Amar Ibrahim Lead Audio Designer
Production
Scott Price Producer
Greg Trefry Producer
Catherine Herdlick Producer
Quality Assurance
Nick Rider Lead Tester
Special Thanks
Muon Van Thai
Sun Yang
Carrie Wright
GAPPS/AADL Team
James Paul Gee, Ph.D
Betty Hayes, Ph.D
Kurt Squire, Ph.D
Constance Steinkuehler, Ph.D
Alex Games, Ph.D
Robert Torres, Ph.D