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1214: 44: 329:, Gard's work included co-writing the story, directing the cinematics, voice direction, motion capture direction (along with camera setup and managing the animators and lighters), and directing the European TV advert for the game. Gard and Eric Lindstrom received a nomination for 199:, even asking Gard to implement a nude code into the game, which he refused to do. His vision for Lara was "a female character who was a heroine, you know, cool, collected, in control, that sort of thing" and that "it was never the intention to create some kind of ' 299:, his work became "hands on" during the production and eventually included Lara's visual redesign, overseeing character design and creation, co-writing the story, designing and implementing parts of the character movement system, and directing the cinematics. 227:. Neither option appealed to him, so he left the company. Gard had been headhunted by other software companies including Interplay and Shiny Entertainment (which prematurely announced that it had hired Gard) but did not take up their offers of employment. 629: 751: 784: 689: 132:(born 8 June 1972) is an English video game character designer and consultant. He was part of the team that created fictional female British archaeologist 191:. His work on the game included building and animating most of the game's characters (including Lara), animating the in-game cutscenes, storyboarding the 1540: 562: 1118: 619: 210:
already an established hit, Core was no longer giving Gard the creative freedom he originally had. In the end, he was given the choice of making a
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was limited to "story consultant", while also adding his voice to the audio commentary included in the game.
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was announced soon after. The game had a protracted development period and was released in 2004 on
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In 2014 Gard founded a new studio called Tangentlemen, where he would work as director on
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He has been the owner of Cathuria Games since 2019, where he worked on indie game
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recognizing her as the "most successful human video game heroine".
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along with co-developer Paul Douglas, who had worked with Gard on
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After the closure of Confounding Factor, Gard was re-hired by
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Focal Point Games (Toby Gard's game consultancy business)
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Confounding Factor

E3 2005
Chelmsford
Essex
Video game designer
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft
Guinness World Record
Chelmsford
Essex
Core Design
BC Racers
Tomb Raider video game
Lara Croft
FMVs
sex appeal
Page 3
port
Nintendo 64
Tomb Raider II
Confounding Factor
Galleon
Microsoft
Xbox
Eidos
publisher
copyright holder
Tomb Raider
Crystal Dynamics

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