Digital Media Concepts/Toby Fox
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Toby Fox (born October 11, 1991) video game developer, composer, and musician most known for developing and composing the soundtrack for the critically acclaimed roleplaying game Undertale and Deltarune.
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| Nationality | American |
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| Born | October 11, 1991 |
| Known For | Undertale |
| Birth Place | Massachussetts |
History
editFox was a fan of the game EarthBound and began as a forum member on its fansite, Starmen.net, under the username Radiation. He would be an active member on the site and managed one of the site's forums up until 2011.[1] Before starting work on Undertale, he had little experience in actual game development except for the incomplete games he often made with his three brothers using the proprietary game engine RPG Maker 2000.[2] For a while, Fox developed Undertale in the basement of webcomic artist Andrew Hussie, known for creating the popular comic Homestuck, for which Fox also composed tracks for.[3][4]
Games
editUndertale
editUndertale was the first major game completely developed by Toby. He worked on the project independently, with only artwork and sprites being supplied by other creators, mainly freelance artist Temmie Chang.[5] Fox began creating Undertale after already making a battle system using the engine GameMaker: Studio.[6] The original game was meant to be released in 2014 but production was delayed. Undertale was praised for its writing, for which Fox claims he was inspired by internet culture, comedy shows such as Mr. Bean and the game EarthBound.[7] When it came to developing the game itself Fox said he wanted to develop a role-playing game that was non-traditional, had "interesting characters", and that "utilizes the medium as a storytelling device ... instead of having the story and gameplay abstractions be completely separate".[8]Undertale took 2.7 years to completely develop and was financed through a crowdfunding effort on Kickstarter.[9] The game was released on September 15, 2015 for Windows and OS X, and July 17, 2016 for Linux.
Deltarune
editDeltarune is another of the major games released by Toby. Chapter 1 of the game was released October 31, 2018, and Chapter 2 was relased September 17, 2021.
Musical Contributions
editFox is a self-taught musician and has composed soundtracks for many games and comics including Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead, Pokémon Sword/Pokémon Shield, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Alternia and Homestuck. He composed all of the soundtrack for Undertale as well. When it comes to his influences for producing music, Fox states that he tries to be inspired by everything he listens to, especially tracks in video games.[10]
Discography
edit| Discography | |
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| Album | Tracks Composed |
| Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead
(February 4, 2010) [11] |
"Liquid Negrocity", "The Ballad of Jack Noir" (Original Version) |
| Homestuck Vol. 4
(April 13, 2010) [12] |
"John Sleeps / Skaian Magicant", "Carefree Victory", "Atomyk Ebonpyre", "Black" |
| Homestuck Vol. 5
(June 13, 2010) [13] |
"Skaian Skirmish", "Savior of the Waking World", "Happy Cat Song!", "Hardchorale", "White", "Octoroon Rangoon", "Lotus Land Story", "Versus", "Dupliblaze COMAGMA", "Moonshatter", "Sunsetter", "Get Up", "Vertical Motion", "Amphibious Subterrain", "Snow Pollen", "Descend" |
| Alternia
(July 18, 2010) [14] |
"Crustacean", "Showdown", "mIrAcLeS", "The Lemonsnout Turnabout", "Phaze and Blood", "psych0ruins", "Walls Covered In Blood", "dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS,", "Death of the Lusii", "Virgin Orb", "The La2t Frontiier", "Skaian Summoning", "Spider's Claw (Bonus)", "Staring (Bonus)", "Keepers (Bonus)" |
| Squiddles!
(August 26, 2010) [15] |
"Squiddles the Movie Trailer - The Day the Unicorns Couldn't Play" |
| The Baby Is You
(October 13, 2010) |
"THROGUH SONG", "IM HAVING A BABY, AND THE BABY IS YOU", "bootes", "ROSE PRAGNET (feat. ????)", "the rose rap (feat. von fawn)", "uh oh", "vs. bros", "A BABY IS BORN (feat. artemis251 as luigi, chorus singer, kid, and hella jeff)" |
| The Felt
(December 2, 2010) [16] |
"Humphrey's Lullaby", "English" |
| Homestuck for the Holidays
(December 25, 2010) [17] |
"Carefree Perigee" |
| Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent
(January 5, 2011) [18] |
"Umbral Ultimatum", "MeGaLoVania", "Gaia Queen", "Wacky Antics", "Nic Cage Song", "A Tender Moment" |
| AlterniaBound
(March 14, 2011) [19] |
"Karkat's Theme", "Terezi's Theme", "Vriska's Theme", "FIDUSPAWN, GO!", "Darling Kanaya", "Eridan's Theme", "Nautical Nightmare", "Nepeta's Theme", "Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!", "Catapult Capuchin", "Science Seahorse", "A Fairy Battle", "The Blind Prophet", "AlterniaBound", "You Won A Combat", "Rest A While" |
| Homestuck Vol. 7: At the Price of Oblivion
(May 31, 2011) [20] |
"Terezi Owns", "Rumble at the Rink", "Earthsea Borealis" |
| The Wanderers
(July 14, 2011) [21] |
"Mayor Maynot", "Riches to Ruins Movements I & II", "Tomahawk Head" |
| Homestuck Vol. 8
(October 25, 2011) [22] |
"Love You (Feferi's Theme)", "Davesprite", "Frostbite", "The Lost Child", "Judgement Day", "Penumbra Phantasm" (featured in the third part of "Cascade") |
| Improvised Touhou Music with Annoying Commentary (November 29, 2011) [23] | "Girl's Pretty Dress Dress, Do Your Best Now", "Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station", "An Apple Disaster!" |
| I Miss You - EarthBound 2012 (January 1, 2012) [24] | "Fallen Down", "A New Line", "Megalo Strike Back", "Checkerboard Memories" |
| coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A
(April 2, 2012) [25] |
"~~SIDE 1~~", "~~SIDE 2~~", "~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~" |
| coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B
(April 13, 2012) [26] |
"~~SIDE 1~~", "~~SIDE 2~~", "~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~" |
| Cherubim
(March 14, 2013) [27] |
"The Lordling" |
| Undertale Demo OST
(May 21, 2013) |
"Once Upon a Time", "Menu", "Your Best Friend", "Fallen Down", "Ruins", "Anticipation", "Unnecessary Tension", "Enemy Approaching", "Ghost Fight", "Determination", "Home", "Heartache", "End", "Nyeh Heh Heh!", "Home (Music Box)", "Empty House" |
| UNDERTALE Soundtrack
(September 15, 2015) |
"Once Upon a Time", "Start Menu", 'Your Best Friend", "Fallen Down", "Ruins", "Uwa!! So Temperate♫", "Anticipation", "Unnecessary Tension", "Enemy Approaching", "Ghost Fight", "Determination", "Home", "Home (Music Box)", "Heartache", "sans.", "Nyeh Heh Heh!", "Snowy", "Uwa!! So Holiday♫", "Dogbass", "Mysterious Place", "Dogsong", "Snowdin Town", "Shop", "Bonetrousle", "Dating Start!", "Dating Tense!", "Dating Fight!", "Premonition", "Danger Mystery", "Undyne", "Waterfall", "Run!", "Quiet Water", "Memory", "Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap", "Dummy!", "Pathetic House", "Spooktune", "Spookwave", "Ghouliday", "Chill", "Thundersnail", "Temmie Village", "Tem Shop", "NGAHHH!!", "Spear of Justice", "Ooo", "Alphys", "It's Showtime!", "Metal Crusher", "Another Medium", "Uwa!! So HEATS!!♫", "Stronger Monsters", "Hotel", "Can You Really Call This A Hotel, I Didn't Receive A Mint On My Pillow Or Anything", "Confession", "Live Report", "Death Report", "Spider Dance", "Wrong Enemy !?", "Oh! One True Love", "Oh! Dungeon", "It's Raining Somewhere Else", "CORE Approach", "CORE (Soundtrack)", "Last Episode!", "Oh My...", "Death by Glamour", "For The Fans", "Long Elevator", "Undertale", "Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans", "The Choice", "Small Shock", "Barrier", "Bergentrückung", "ASGORE", "You Idiot", "Your Best Nightmare", "Finale", "An Ending", "She's Playing Piano", "Here We Are", "Amalgam", "Fallen Down (Reprise)", "Don't Give Up", "Hopes and Dreams", "Burn in Despair!", "SAVE the World", "His Theme", "Final Power", "Reunited", "Menu (Full)", "Respite", "Bring It In, Guys!", "Last Goodbye", "But the Earth Refused to Die", "Battle Against a True Hero", "Power of "NEO"", "MEGALOVANIA", "Good Night" |
| [S] Collide.
(April 6, 2016) [28] |
"Oppa Toby Style" |
Awards and Nominations
editReception
editUndertale was released to rave reviews by many magazines and publications. The game and Toby Fox was nominated for and won many awards such as Game of the Year, Best Debut, and Best Game Ever. As for Fox's reaction to the massive success of his own game he stated that it overwhelmed him and caused a lot of stress, as he did not want the game to be tiring or spoiled for anyone. He also stated that he is perfectly comfortable if he never makes a game as successful again.[29]
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References
edit- ↑ "Starmen.net".
- ↑ "Seagaia".
- ↑ "Homestuck Kickstarter".
- ↑ "Game Informer".
- ↑ "Undertale Kickstarter".
- ↑ "Existential Gamer".
- ↑ "Game Informer".
- ↑ "Seagaia".
- ↑ "Game Informer".
- ↑ "The Mary Sue".
- ↑ "Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead".
- ↑ "Homestuck Vol. 4".
- ↑ "Homestuck Vol. 5".
- ↑ "Alternia".
- ↑ "Squiddles!".
- ↑ "The Felt".
- ↑ "Homestuck for the Holidays".
- ↑ "Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent".
- ↑ "AlterniaBound".
- ↑ "Homestuck Vol. 7: At the Price of Oblivion".
- ↑ "The Wanderers".
- ↑ "Homestuck Vol. 8".
- ↑ "Improvised Touhou Music with Annoying Commentary".
- ↑ "I Miss You - EarthBound 2012".
- ↑ "coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A".
- ↑ "coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B".
- ↑ "Cherubim".
- ↑ "[S] Collide".
- ↑ "Undertale Blog".
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