Mane6 was the development team behind Them's Fightin' Herds. Originally, the team was in charge of Fighting is Magic, but the project recieved Cease & Desist notice from Hasbro for infringing upon their intellectual property rights. As the project was shut down, several members of original Mane6 left the team. The rest of the crew, including Lauren Faust who offered her help to create new characters and settings, would form a new team to start work on Them's Fightin' Herds.
Mane6's Original Members
Members[]
Coredev[]
- Lauren Faust - Creative direction
- Aaron Stavely - Studio management, narrative design
- Omari Smith (NappyRat) - Animation, combat design direction
- Francisco "Fran" Copado (Anukan) - User Interface, brand, level, narrative design
- Lucas Ellinghaus (Leedin) - Character animation, pixel art, sound design
- Chris Huval (Beta) - Engine development, gameplay programming
- Lindsay Towns - Background, character design
Design + Engineering[]
- Mario Cruz (Octokortex) - Combat design
- David Avila - Combat design
Quality Assurance + Community[]
- Jen Barboza (Oreo) - QA analyst, marketing
- Cam McFarlane - QA analyst, community manager
- Derion Swann (MPK) - Community manager
Art + Animation[]
- Jerry Shaffer (Crim) - Special effects animation, pixel art
- James Caskey (Red) - Character animation
- Lauren Anderson (Nepenthe) - Character animation
- Liz Horth (lucine) - Character animation
Music[]
- Stuart Ferguson (RC88) - Velvet, Paprika, Pom, and Tianhuo character themes, their respective stage themes, The Nitty Grid-y theme; Arizona, Paprika, Velvet pixel lobbies themes, Salt Mines theme; some of the Story Mode soundtrack
- Whitetail - Oleander, Arizona, Shanty, Texas, Stronghoof, Nidra, and Baihe character themes, their respective stage themes, Crouch-Blocking Dragon stage theme; Oleander pixel lobby theme, Salt Mines Final Showdown BGM; some of the Story Mode soundtrack
Former Members (pre-2024)[]
- Jay Wright - Animation, character artist, SFX
- Patrick McCarthy (Mauve) - Programming
- Tara Doak (Princess Kiss) - Combat designer
- Lachlan Cartland (AlcopopStar) - Environmental pixel artist
- Klisk Midori - QA analyst
- Kenneth Leung - Engine development
- Ryan Faust - Narrative designer (co-wrote many of the primary cast interactions for story mode with Lauren), finance consultant