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Toby Gard

Game Credits

Production

Here They Lie (2016)   (Directors)
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (2014)   (Game Director)
 

Design

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary (2007)   (Story Designer)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Design Consultant)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Lara Design & Creative Consultant)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Designer)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Designer)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend: Tokyo (2006)   (Design Consultant)
Galleon (2004)   (Director)
Tomb Raider: Gold (1998)   (Original Concept)
Tomb Raider (1996)   (Original Concept)
BC Racers (1994)   (Game Design)
 

Writers

Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)   (Story)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)   (Story)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary (2007)   (Story Designer)
 

Art/Graphics

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Lara Design & Creative Consultant )
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Lara Design)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Action Adventure (2006)   (Original Character Design)
Tomb Raider: Gold (1998)   (Lead Graphic Artist)
Tomb Raider (1996)   (Lead Graphic Artist)
BC Racers (1994)   (Graphic Artist)
 

Video/Cinematics

Tomb Raider (2013)   (Cinematics Directors)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)   (Cinematics Director)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)   (Cinematics Director)
 

Support

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Creative Consultant)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Creative Consultant)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Legend (2006)   (Lara Design & Creative Consultant)
 

Thanks

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010)   (Thanks to)
 

Other

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Anniversary (2007)   (Consultant Designer)
 


Developer Biography

Toby Gard designed the character Lara Croft for Core Design's Tomb Raider, but left the company before the game was released to found his own development studio, Confounding Factor. The studio released Galleon for the Xbox in 2004 following a lengthy development period.

He returned to the Tomb Raider series in 2006 as a consultant for Crystal Dynamics' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend. Gard worked on subsequent titles in the series Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Underworld. He has also been employed by Focal Point Games LLC and Spark Unlimited. In 2014 Gard founded his own studio, Tangentlemen.

Last updated: Oct 10, 2016

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Portrait

2005 during TR Legend interview
2005 during TR Legend interview
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Related Sites

  • Critical Path /// Toby Gard -- Features several video interviews with Toby Gard.
  • Interview with Toby Gard -- Gamasutra interviews Gard about the creation of the Lara Croft series and its protagonist, his reasons for leaving Core Design, and his work on Galleon, among other things (Oct. 23rd, 1998).
  • tobygard.com -- Toby Gard Game consultancy.
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