- Toby Gard
Toby Gard is a
computer game character designer andconsultant .He was originally employed at
Core Design , the company that developed the popular "Tomb Raider" video game series, where he conceived the idea of "Tomb Raider " and designed the lead character,Lara Croft . Gard left Core Design during the development of "Tomb Raider II ", because he was opposed to the marketing of Lara'ssex appeal , and felt he did not have as much creative control over the game as he originally had [ [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19981023/gard_01.htm "Interview with Toby Gard of Confounding Factor"] ,David Jenkins , October 23, 1998 atGamasutra ] .Later, he developed the
Xbox game "Galleon" atConfounding Factor , a game development studio he and co-developer Paul Douglas founded in April 1997.After finishing "Galleon" in 2004, he was hired by Eidos (publisher and
copyright holder of the "Tomb Raider" series) to work withCrystal Dynamics on "". His role within Legend was limited to anadvisor /consultant , rather than a designer of the game.His expertise was again used in "" when he was given the role of lead designer. He also contributed to the audio commentary that accompanied Anniversary.
References
External links
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,24117/ Toby Gard] at
MobyGames
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* [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20000720/gard_01.htm "Building Character"] , Toby Gard, "Game Developer", June 20, 2000 atGamasutra
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