Difference between revisions of "Jon Burton"

Revision as of 05:03, 30 September 2021

Jon Burton

Place of birth: Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth: 1969-08-27 (age 55)
Company(ies): Traveller's Tales
Role(s): Programmer, Executive, Designer, Producer

This short article is in need of work. You can help Sega Retro by adding to it.

Jon Burton is a British video game programmer, designer, and producer, most notable for founding and currently serving as Director of developer Traveller's Tales. Having accumulated a considerable amount of programming talent through his technically-impressive Sega Mega Drive games, Burton designed and programmed a number of first-party Sonic the Hedgehog games, and currently runs the YouTube channels GameHut^[1] and Coding Secrets.^[2]

History

Traveller's Tales

GameHut and Coding Secrets

Burton is best known today for his YouTube channel GameHut. Launched on August 30, 2017^[1], the channel is a means for him to share interesting development history and explanations of his games' advanced graphical effects. Moreover, his calm demeanor and charming personality has seen the channel experience a significant amount of recent success, and the newfound popularity eventually gave rise to a second channel on June 16, 2020^[2], Coding Secrets.

Production history

Galahad (Mega Drive; 1992) — Source Code^[3]
Galahad (Mega Drive; 1992) — Game Design^[4]
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega Drive; 1993) — Intro Code^[5]
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega Drive; 1993) — Additional Code and Concepts^[5]
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega Drive; 1993) — Level Designs^[5]
Puggsy (Mega Drive; 1993) — Game Design and Programming By
Puggsy (Mega Drive; 1993) — Level Problems and Design By
Puggsy (Mega-CD; 1993) — Game Design^[6]
Puggsy (Mega-CD; 1993) — Programming By^[6]
Puggsy (Mega-CD; 1993) — Level Problems and Design By^[6]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega-CD; 1994) — Written and Designed by^[7]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega-CD; 1994) — Programmed By^[7]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega-CD; 1994) — Credit Text Typed and Checked By^[7]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1994) — Written and Designed by^[8]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1994) — Programmed By^[8]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1994) — Credit Text Typed and Checked By^[8]
Toy Story (Mega Drive; 1995) — Program and Design^[9]
Toy Story (Mega Drive; 1995) — Project Design and Development^[9]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Program Design and Implementation^[10]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Programmer^[10]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Project Management^[10]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Program Design & Implementation^[11]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Programmed by^[11]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Special Effects Programming^[11]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Development Director^[11]
Sonic R (Windows PC; 1998) — Program design and implementation

Interviews

Jon Burton interview by Sega Saturn Magazine (October, 1997)

External links

GameHut channel at YouTube
Coding Secrets channel at YouTube

References

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fc.2FGameHut.2Fabout-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://www.youtube.com/c/GameHut/about

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fc.2FCodingSecrets.2Fabout-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://www.youtube.com/c/CodingSecrets/about

[:File:Galahad_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Galahad MD credits.pdf

[:File:Galahad_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p9-4] File:Galahad MD US Manual.pdf, page 9

[:File:Bram_Stoker.27s_Dracula_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 File:Bram Stoker's Dracula MD credits.pdf

[:File:Puggsy_MCD_credits.pdf_p-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 File:Puggsy MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Mickey_Mania_MCD_credits.pdf_p-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 File:Mickey Mania MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Mickey_Mania_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 File:Mickey Mania MD credits.pdf

[:File:Toy_Story_MD_credits.pdf_p-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:Toy Story MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_3D_Blast_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 File:Sonic 3D Blast MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_R_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 File:Sonic R Saturn credits.pdf

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ===Traveller's Tales===
 ===''GameHut'' and ''Coding Secrets''===
-Burton is best known today for his YouTube channel ''[https://www.youtube.com/c/GameHut/about GameHut]''. Launched on August 30, 2017{{ref|https://www.youtube.com/c/GameHut/about}}, the channel is a means for him to share interesting development history and explanations of his games' advanced graphical effects. Moreover, his calming demeanor and charming personality has seen the channel experience a significant amount of recent success, and the newfound popularity eventually gave rise to a second channel on June 16, 2020{{ref|https://www.youtube.com/c/CodingSecrets/about}}, ''[https://www.youtube.com/c/CodingSecrets/about Coding Secrets]''.
+Burton is best known today for his YouTube channel ''[https://www.youtube.com/c/GameHut/about GameHut]''. Launched on August 30, 2017{{ref|https://www.youtube.com/c/GameHut/about}}, the channel is a means for him to share interesting development history and explanations of his games' advanced graphical effects. Moreover, his calm demeanor and charming personality has seen the channel experience a significant amount of recent success, and the newfound popularity eventually gave rise to a second channel on June 16, 2020{{ref|https://www.youtube.com/c/CodingSecrets/about}}, ''[https://www.youtube.com/c/CodingSecrets/about Coding Secrets]''.
 ==Production history==