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) | (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 (1995) | (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 (1995) | (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
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.