Paverson Games is an indie game development studio owned and operated by Dave Beck, in Wisconsin (United States). While Distilled will be Paverson Games’ first official board game release, they have also created numerous video games and interactive historical experiences, including the award-winning Tombeaux, downloadable via Steam and itch.io
When Dave Beck is not making interactive experiences,
he is a Professor of Game Design and the Director and Associate Dean of the University of Wisconsin-Stout School of Art & Design, the largest higher education art and design program in the upper midwest. He is also the founding Director of the Game Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, which is ranked as one of the top game design programs in the country by the Princeton Review. Erik Evensen is the official artist and graphic designer for Distilled. Erik was the artist and graphic designer for Marrying Mr. Darcy, a strategy card game based on Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Mostly known for his comics work, Erik’s projects have been featured online at AV Club, Nerdist.com, Twitch, and Geek & Sundry, and in print in Graphic Design USA and the Washington Post.