:: Introduction ::

The reason of this section, is to give to know all the visitors the history of Croft Generation, from its origins until the present time, its different design versions, big projects, exclusive, etc.

Firstly, some information about the webmaster, my real name is Sergio, but all know me for my nick SeRmOnGaR, I live in Zaragoza, Spain, and at the moment I am studying technical Engineering of Computer science of Systems, at the moment (year 2007) I am 23 years old. You can see my picture next.

The web became online December 9, of 2001, and I get soon a summary of material of Tomb in my hard disk, this effort thought that it was good idea to share it with my friends that they also liked TR, then I put it online after giving it to think which could be its design.

It was necessary to give to this first design a name, for that time, there was something of information about the new game, TR The Angel of Darkness, and it had to not think a name known so far, I found to add it as domain something that was Tomb Raider, it was very seen, so I participated of the provisional name of TR AOD, before called Next Generation, and I combined it with the main character's last name. Also, new said domain would be good for successive to surrender, Croft Generation would not be the obsolete name with the step of the time.

:: Design ::

Next I show you the web designs that there were throughout these years, rescued some of them of filed cds, although some of them when getting lost a lot of alone information could make an assembly to give us an idea.

Croft Generation v.1: This design was one of the first ones, an improved version and the only one that I keep in cds, since its versions predecesors looked like each other, but fewer developed were; for the first time I incorporated contained flash, as the menu of the left, the one which after appearing descended, also sounded a shot when pressing the section to which was wanted to consent. The banner of the web was located in the top of the web and of fixed form, and the contents in the center of the page. In the main page, they were the upgrades like in all the versions, and it had a drawing assembly of Lara and Kurtis with shortcuts to a record of introductions flash, the prizes obtained for Croft Generation, it countdowns for the game TR AOD and for the second movie TR COL.

Croft Generation v.2: This second design was upgraded with the release of TR AOD and the second movie. The miniature that is shown next is since about the Christmas version that had, its previous aspect I don't conserve it in any side, but an idea can be given. It had a headed fixed, where the logo of Tomb Raider appeared with fire textures and Laras of AOD and TR2, next a menu flash with sounds, clicking in the arrow more sections appeared. In the page of upgrades, it was shown in three columns, that of the left was good to show shortcuts, and to their right the messages of the new tagboard. In the center we could read all the upgrades and the different sections. The white area of the left was the publicity of the web in those moments.

Croft Generation v.3: This third design, it was upgraded with the wait of the first details of TR Legend, it has an Egyptian tone, with their two lateral columns, where the menu desplegable is for the first time to their left, and to their right the tagboard. In the central area, their gray bottom had a degraded clearer, to finish in the base of some steps with a TR4  Lara seated and a scorpion. The one headed superior, for the first time changed aleatorily every time that one entered in the web and the logo of Croft Generation it changed form, being present in all those headed. Next, the miniature that is shown, is a sketch made since with photoshop that kept, the original version  got lost, but you can make yourselves an idea which was its structure.

Croft Generation v.4: The fourth design and the most current, it accompanied us during the whole remaining wait of TR Legend and after their exit, waiting desired news of TR Anniversary. This design picks up graphics of Legend like the walls of caves of blue colors. Once again those headed are shown in way different aleatory drawings, renders on the wall of blue color and the logo of the previous design of Croft Generation. In the part lateral right it's accesses to the tagboard and the survey, among other things. In the central part as always, the upgrades and where it goes located the whole content of the web. As new feature, and thanks to my friend's idea Rodri, the web incorporated in each page, in an aleatory way, a sound clip, where we could listen characteristic sentences of Tomb Raider, so much in games as movies. The gallery of images was optimized, showing in a more intuitive way its sailing through the different pages that formed it.

Croft Generation v.5: The fifth design, like you can observe it's the last and current, I wanted to give a radical change of aspect, in the first place, I wanted that the design was not as long as the three previous designs, and a good resolution for many fans about 1024x768, it was seen at first sight, without having to displace the page. The design was elaborated completely with Photoshop, a mark with the bottom of the typical rainforest in the grow dark of TR Legend, to its left in each different section, one poses of a different Lara being superimposed a little on the central white square where they go the content of each section. As novelty, in the main cover, Lara moves in format flash the same as in the official page of TR. The design of the logo Croft Generation also evolved in circle form. Also for the first time and to save space and times of load, the tagboard and the polls, so alone they are shown in the page of the upgrades; and to conclude, in the superior area before the upgrades, an announcement image is shown with the most outstanding and novel thing in the web.

:: Projects ::

In the first place, from their beginnings of the web, with the step of the time when the web was given more to know, it appear with the collaboration of El Perico and Mark with its designs web, a project that for time it was working, it was about News TR (NTR) where our week journalist El Perico, edited articles and she informed us of the news of the world TR, her peak was in the times of beginning of Croft Generation, although this independent project supported by Croft Generation separating as web, was not very successful due to the shortage of news after TR AOD, without place to doubts, marked an ones and later in the information of News for the Net.

With the wait of TR AOD, the official web release, but once again there were several versions of the web in several languages, but the 2º language more spoken in the world, Spanish was not translated, neither they took intentions of incorporating it, so in this web, and with great support of other webmasters, The Platform Official Web TR in Spanish. The campaign consisted with a promotional image distributed by several webs where indicated the requirements to obtain our end, sending emails to the webmaster of EIDOS and CORE Design, we get that the official web of TR AOD was translated to Spanish, although it was something delay with the rest of languages, but the most important thing, it was also upgraded from a begining the web in Spanish and up-to-date with the same contents that the rest, we could do it with Legend and Anniversary.

Soon after a very promising project, at the hands of a great team with Rodri to the head, we begin to elaborate the game of the first movie of TR, LCTR: The Game. This project didn't finish seeing the light due to a failure in the creator's computer, where he lost good levels as the Croft Manor, being some files for its possible reuse. The first level, Simón fights against the Robot, it was about to rush, although we prefer to delay the launching to lengthen the duration of the level, but the robot's design was very good, myself played it. Although not everything fell in broken sack, since at the moment we have a great friend that manages the edition of levels as anybody, their name it is Koldo, and he will possibly take charge not in a future very distant, of giving life to the game of the first movie with recovered elements of the previous project, but all this once it concludes their current projects of levels that it is elaborating.

We have a Web copy of the promotional game next: http://lctrgame.croftgeneration.com

With the first announcements of the creation of the game of the movie, Croft Generation contributed all its help to a new project, which didn't finish to give fruit in that instant, was about an electronic gratuitous magazine with all the novelties in the world of TR, the creator of this idea was Copusoft, and the name of this magazine was Tomb Zone, which you can see a capture of the cover that will be the first number, where the project of the game of the first movie, and the web Croft Generation was analyzed.
Maybe what you didn't know, is that due to the lack of news of TR (during the wait of first news of TR Legend) this project had to be delayed, and it arose again later a time with the name of TR Fans Magazine, which many of you already know it.

It is a current project, but that a while ago it gave place, the comics of Tomb Raider in Spanish only they were translated until the number 20, for that that with the instigator of the comics translation, the community CRG, we get between all the fans and users of Croft Generation, to collaborate with this project, it stops little by little to be involved of full, and translating to the complete one the whole saga Journeys, some special ones and vol.1, this project takes a lot of dedication, and from time to time, some member of the web is lent volunteer to translate some numbers of the comics, and me or some other volunteer, mounted that it takes form the comic in Spanish.

The most current project, besides the mythical animations of all the Tomb Raider, which go already from TR1 to TR Legend (soon with the premiere of Anniversary, they will also be included), will be able to discharge the animations of TR1 doubed in Spanish voices soon, thanks to members of TR Fans and Croft Generation. All the animations with very good quality.