Six Rockfordians contribute to Wii’s new Conduit game

Add comment June 5th, 2009

Nintendo’s new Wii video game, aimed at competing with PlayStation 3 games, features work by six Rockfordians and will hit stores June 23.

Along with Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick who contributed guitar riffs to the game, the others involved, according to an e-mail sent me by Eric Nofsinger, chief creative officer of High Voltage Software Inc. in Hoffman Estates, which developed the game:

“The Rockfordians that had the most direct involvement in the Conduit were Mark Muraski, Pat Dolan, Tom Martin, and me.

Mark is an audio engineer and designs and implements sound effects and music for our games. Mark joined our team in March of last year and has really added a lot to the feel of the game.

Pat is a game designer and has had a big role in our online multiplayer experience and overall game balancing. Pat joined our team in 2004 and has played a positive role in making our game polished and fun. Pat has worked on more than 10 shipped games in his career.

Tom is a line producer, and his role is organization, facilitation of communication, and scheduling. Tom started in 2005 and this is his third game in his career.

My role is chief creative officer, and I am responsible for all elements of the game and the development of original intellectual properties. I have worked on over 70 shipped games and DVDs in my career. I started at High Voltage in 1994.

Another local that had some limited involvement was Damion Davis, a senior animator here at High Voltage Software.”