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 10 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 |
| Reservoir Dogs (2006, Xbox) | Programmers |
| Neopets: The Darkest Faerie (2005, PlayStation 2) | Programmers |
| Dead Man's Hand (2004, Windows) | Programming |
| Bad Boys: Miami Takedown (2004, PlayStation 2) | Programmers |
| Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise (2002, PlayStation) | Programmers |
| Fighting Legends Online (2001, Windows) | Software Engineer |
| Fuzion Frenzy (2001, Xbox) | Programmers |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 4 games with R. Fred Williams
- 4 games with Craig Rushforth
- 4 games with Mike Procter
- 3 games with Caroline Hart
- 3 games with Bonnie Ross-Ziegler
- 3 games with Fred Tatasciore
- 3 games with Philip Oliver
- 3 games with James Corrigan
- 3 games with Carla Stringer
- 3 games with Mark Capewell
Companies
- 4 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 3 games with Blitz Games Ltd
- 3 games with Mastertronic Games Ltd.
- 3 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 2 games with Human Head Studios, Inc.
- 2 games with Liquid Development, LLC
- 2 games with Sony DADC Europe GmbH
- 2 games with Cenega Czech s.r.o.
- 2 games with 1C Company
- 2 games with Sony Interactive...
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