DATE: 2007/2008
DEVELOPER: Crystal Dynamics
PUBLISHER: Square Enix
DEVELOPER: Crystal Dynamics
PUBLISHER: Square Enix
Very little information is known about this cancelled game. In a 25th anniversary live stream, Meagan showed that a design document for this project existed, but as of February 2023, this hasn't yet been shared publicly.
INFORMATION TAKEN FROM MEAGAN MARIE'S '20 YEARS OF TOMB RAIDER' BOOK:
'Croft Academy never saw it beyond the initial concept phase at Crystal Dynamics, explored after establishing new features for Tomb Raider: Anniversary on the Wii. The team had a chance to play with archaeological tools and unique control schemes in a way that hadn't been introduced to the universe before.
Anniversary Producer, Morgan Gray said that Croft Academy was a chance to go younger, and broader, with the Tomb Raider fandom, "What if we decided to create a space or a school in the fine tradition of 'hero teaches the next generation?'. Lara's a teacher or a chief benefactor in an institution that teaches exceptional young children from around the world. You'd take aspects of Harry Potter, aspects of Scooby Doo, take some Encyclopedia Brown, and take exceptional youths on incredible adventures."
Lara would appear in the game as both an encouraging adult figure and occasional collaborator in the field. "She would be a Dumbledore character, interacting with user-created characters."
INFORMATION TAKEN FROM MEAGAN MARIE'S '20 YEARS OF TOMB RAIDER' BOOK:
'Croft Academy never saw it beyond the initial concept phase at Crystal Dynamics, explored after establishing new features for Tomb Raider: Anniversary on the Wii. The team had a chance to play with archaeological tools and unique control schemes in a way that hadn't been introduced to the universe before.
Anniversary Producer, Morgan Gray said that Croft Academy was a chance to go younger, and broader, with the Tomb Raider fandom, "What if we decided to create a space or a school in the fine tradition of 'hero teaches the next generation?'. Lara's a teacher or a chief benefactor in an institution that teaches exceptional young children from around the world. You'd take aspects of Harry Potter, aspects of Scooby Doo, take some Encyclopedia Brown, and take exceptional youths on incredible adventures."
Lara would appear in the game as both an encouraging adult figure and occasional collaborator in the field. "She would be a Dumbledore character, interacting with user-created characters."
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