Roger Hughston (Sr.)
Roger Hughston is a software engineer and game director. He worked on Toontown Online for five years before being promoted to oversee all the other games developed by Disney Interactive. His son, Roger Hughston Jr., worked as a programming intern for Toontown Online during summer of 2008.
Hughston was one of the founding members of Toontown Online's development.[1] From 2001 to 2006, he served to be the systems engineer, Principle Technical Staff and Director for Toontown. During 2006, he would branch out to work on other Disney Interactive games, serving as the Chief Game Architect from 2006-2009, and Director of Architecture and R&D from 2009-2011 for Disney Interactive.
Before working on Toontown Online, Hughston worked for Walt Disney Imagineering from 1989 to 2001 (12 years, 1 month.) From 1995 to 2001, he served to be an important technical staff member for WDI's research and development department focusing on database and software systems. Hughston has worked on other notable game titles, such as Apex Legends and Titanfall 2.
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- ↑ From LinkedIn: I am a Founding member of Disney's massively multiplayer gaming team. I served as the systems engineer for ToonTown Online, and worked closely with graphics and game programmers to produce Disney's first MMORPG for children.