Daniel AchtermanDeveloper BIO
Daniel Achterman began in the game industry as an associate producer on
Myst III: Exile and other titles for
Mattel Interactive. He moved to
Presto Studios in 2001, where he contributed to the design of
Whacked! and did proposal work for new projects.
He started working as a full time game designer in 2003, when he joined
Gas Powered Games to work on the Dungeon Siege franchise. He designed and tuned the game systems and content for
Dungeon Siege II, then went on to lead the design of the expansion pack,
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World, and
Space Siege, before leaving the company in 2008.
Since then, he's worked as a game designer for
Hidden Path Entertainment and
ArenaNet.
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Games Credited
- Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008), Hidden Path Entertainment, Inc.
- Space Siege (2008), SEGA of America, Inc.
- Dungeon Siege II: Broken World (2006), 2K Games, Inc.
- Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony (2006), 2K Games, Inc.
- Dungeon Siege II (2005), Microsoft Game Studios
- Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna (2003), Microsoft Game Studios
- Whacked! (2002), Microsoft Game Studios
- Myst III: Exile (2001), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
- Real MYST (2000), Mattel Interactive
- Creatures Adventures (1999), Mindscape, Inc.
- Myst (Masterpiece Edition) (1999), Red Orb Entertainment
