Toby Jones
Moby ID: 140903
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Toby Jones is a multimedia and systems programmer and game designer. He started his professional career at Sonic Foundary writing the first version of Vegas Video and Video Capture software (later purchased by Sony). In 2001, he joined Human Head Studios, Inc. as they were finishing Rune: Viking Warlord for PS2. He worked on a variety of tools and designed the build systems used internally. He also wrote the Xbox and Xbox Live code for Dead Man's Hand (2004) and did graphics and gameplay coding for the highly acclaimed Prey (2006).
In the mid-2000's, Toby joined Microsoft where he worked on a variety of projects for Windows. He ported multimedia technologies to x64, and wrote extensive multimedia code for Media Player and Internet Explorer. He was the lead developer for the Media Player plug-in for Firefox, and was the lead developer for the Media Player playback and video rendering engine in Windows 7.
In 2010, Toby left Microsoft to independently explore the intersection of social media, mobile, and game development.
Credited on 6 games
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| Halo: Infinite - Campaign (2021, Xbox Series) | Principal Software Engineers |
| Halo: Infinite - Multiplayer (2021, Windows) | Principal Software Engineers |
| Prey (2007, Macintosh) | Additional Development |
| Neopets: The Darkest Faerie (2005, PlayStation 2) | Programmers |
| Dead Man's Hand (2004, Xbox) | Programming |
| Fighting Legends Online (2001, Windows) | Software Engineer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 3 games with Fred Tatasciore
- 2 games with Jeremy Hinton
- 2 games with Scotty E. Ameling
- 2 games with Alexander Komendant
- 2 games with Julie Loucks
- 2 games with Laryssa Chan
- 2 games with Brian Beebe
- 2 games with Rhona Scott
- 2 games with Amelia Graham
- 2 games with Olive Chou
Companies
- 3 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 3 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 2 games with Human Head Studios, Inc.
- 2 games with Liquid Development, LLC
- 2 games with 1C Company
- 2 games with Mastertronic Games Ltd.
- 2 games with Valve Corporation
- 1 game with 3D Realms Entertainment ApS
- 1 game with id Software, Inc.
- 1 game with Red Eye Studio
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