Hitchhiker

aka: Hitchhiker: A Mystery Game
Moby ID: 161415

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Windows credits (2021)

172 people (151 professional roles, 21 thanks) with 209 credits.

Development by Mad About Pandas

Creative Directors Patrick Rau, Dan Mayer
Production Accountant Katharina Lakner
Publishing Support Timo Ruberg
Project Managers Patrick Rau, Timo Ruberg
Technical Director & Lead Developer Christoph Ender
Developers Max Beutling, Martin Noble, Robin Hentschel, Karolina Janowska
Additional Developers Laurin Grossmann, Marius Kaczmarek, Rico Possienka, Jannis Khammas, Christopher Meier, Christopher Etmer, Maik Zizmann
Level Designers Christopher Meier, Nico Jackisch
Game Designers Patrick Rau, Anne Zarnecke
Additional Game Designers Laurin Grossmann (credited as Laurin Grossman), Karolina Janowska, Robin Hentschel, Nico Jackisch, Timo Ruberg, Christopher Meier
Narrative Designer Anne Zarnecke
UI Designer Dan Mayer
Art Directors Friedemann Mücket, Giulia Pratillo
Artists Maurice Croissier, Katharina Przyborowski, Wenke Stölting, Giulia Pratillo, Anna Eremina, Hannah Flattinger, Leon Kanigowski
Lead Animator Lara Paul
Animators Fridolin Schartner, Maurice Croissier, Philipp Dörl, Lars Lorenz
Writer Dan Mayer
Additional Writing Season Butler, James Mitchell, Ian McNab
Story Consultants Nabeel Abduljabbar, Moritz Lehr, Andrew Delany
IT Thomas Wiede, Enrico Ludwig
Playtesters Hariharan Anpalagan, Tung Cao, Maximilian Kinney, Carla Rother, Deren Saylik, Frederic Wendt, Hariharan Anpalagan, Tung Cao, Maximilian Kinney, Carla Rother, Deren Saylik, Frederic Wendt, Marco Silvestri, Samartha Ingle, Marko Kaufer, Angus McDonald, Emrah Akin, Liese Demmin, Nuray Öztas, Kevin Duell, Jace Varlet, Jessica Jesenofsky, Miriam Wolters, Bettina Bößhenz

Published by Versus Evil

General Manager Steve Escalante
Marketing Francis Fincke, Joel Rodriguez, Mark Sole, Kirk Somdal
Production Lance Christian James, Derek E. Pipal, Antonio Herrera
Community and Influencer Manager Amanda Kirby

Quality Assurance & Localization by Red Cerberus

Head of Global Operations Wladia Summers
Mastering Lab Dio Franco, Victor Hugo Clemente
Functionality Project Manager Lucas Higa
Localization Project Manager Kleber Pessoa
Functionality QA Leads Cynthia Iwanaga, Diego Ferreira Machado
Localization Leads Ana Mulin, Diogo Montoia
Localization Amine Ouahabi, Diego Jimenez, Enrico Sposato, Erika Tanaka, Gabriel Afonso Barberio, Idil Sezer, Marco Biesheuvel, Marjory Rebelo, Monique de Pieri, Rani Kamal Jerji
QA Testers Anderson Araujo Dantas do Nascimento, Andrés Soto Cotta, Enzo Rodrigues Bocchi, Enzo Satow, Gabriel Almeida Percinoto Cardozo, Joaquim Soares Navajas, Pedro Alcarria, Vinícius de Oliveira Vivian

3D Production by Pixeltek

CEO Vitek Goyel
Co-Producer 3D Vitek Goyel
Vice President Madhav Shanbhag
Art Director Akbar Ali Chowdhary
Lead Artist (Vehicles) Nikunj Zaveri
3D Artists Amit Kadu, Leslee Fargose, Anil Jaiswar, Aayush Dave, Swapnil Shelare, Soumyajit Ghosh, Ranjeet Verma

Cast

Vern Eric Hansen
Darlene Susie Kahlich
Keira Salber Williams
Hitchhiker Emre Mirza
Hops Jeffrey Mittleman
Leah Amanda Mahr
Sayed Samir Fuchs
Jack Emre Mirza

Voice Production by Altagram

CEO Marie-Laurence Amigues
Localization Production Manager Alexis Boutonnet
Audio Lead Sandra Babing
Audio Manager Mathias Jahn
Audio Engineer Rene Bridgman
Voice Directors Emre Mirza, Dan Mayer

Motion Capture by Mimic Productions

CTO David Bennett
Mocap Director Alexandre D-Julin
Mocap Assistant Michael Dinitz
Tech Lead Enrico Losavio
Production Coordinator Alexandria Petrus
Studio Manager Helena Steinmann
Studio Dog Wednesday
Motion Capture Actor: Vern & Sayed Gerrit Neuhaus
Motion Capture Actor: Hops & Jack Esteban Castro
Motion Capture Actor: Leah & Hitchhiker Esther Maaß

Sound Design by Syndrone

Sound Designers Alexander Binderer, Lukas Meinardus
Foley Artist Almut Schwacke
Sound design made with FMOD Studio by Firelight Technologies Pty Ltd.
Recording Production for Radio Language Puzzle Mareike Hube, Samir Fuchs
Voice Actors for Radio Language Puzzle Jimmy Trash, Max Nogales, Yves Fontanille, Zbigniew Matura

Others

Video Editing Timo Ruberg, Andrew Schlussel
Original Music Max McCormick, Ryan Cole, Victor Sankov, Polina Tikk
Additional Music David Hazeldine, Tango Tosca Orchestra, Kenny Gunderman, Chris Stromquist, Andrew Summersby, Dan Mayer
"Riddle Hour" theme music based on 'Roll Jordan Roll' by the Joy Drops, available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The Joy_Drops/, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Musical Direction Dan Mayer

Based on the Hitchhiker First Ride prototype

Based on the Hitchhiker First Ride prototype Developed by Mad About Pandas, Published by Humble Bundle as a Humble Original in January 2018
Producer Patrick Rau
Project Lead Eyal Stern
Developers Eyal Stern, Max Beutling
Narrative Designer Dan Mayer
Art Director Friedemann Mücket
Artists Anouk Debruyne, Leon Kanigowski
Writer Dan Mayer

Hitchhiker

Dedicated to Eyal Stern

References

Ride 1: Gatekeeper Story adapted from Franz Kafka's short story "Before The Law" © 1915. Franz Kafka
Ride 2: Gulag Story based on historical events reported in Anne Applebaum's "Gulag: A History" © 2003. Anne Applebaum
Ride 3: Pumpkinseed poem: "Meditation at Lagunitas" from Praise by Robert Hass. © 1979 by Robert Hass, Courtesy of Robert Hass and of ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Ride 4: Refugee story based on the experiences of Nabeel Abduljabbar

Special Thanks

Special Thanks Rebecca Lautner, Goethe Institut Boston, John Gavin Polson, Jens Höft, Alexander Kreischer, Mario Janiszewski, Serenad Yilmaz, Lilly Dancyger, Elisabeth R. Hager, Mareike Hube
Thanks to everyone who supported this project, our friends, families and likers all over the world! Thanks to the great community of artists, designers, developers and makers of all crafts out there inspiring each other to create lovely experiences.
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