Lecturer, BA (Hons) Games Art and Design
Ian is a lecturer on the Games Art and Design course and an Unreal Authorized Instructor (Silver) and Fellow for Advanced Higher Education. His background is mostly in games development and programming with the Unreal Engine, with a specialist interest in Procedural Generation and Simulation Games.
My career in education spans from primary schools to universities, where I have developed a broad range of pedagogical skills and approaches to supporting learners. This diverse experience gives me a unique perspective on guiding students throughout their educational journey.
As a game’s developer, I have been actively participating in Global Games Jam as a developer since 2010, as well as leads on organising Norwich as a Global Games Jam Site since 2023. With this, I have developed multiple projects using different games engines including having previously self-built games engines, developing on XNA as well as working on VR projects in Unity.
I have been using the Unreal Engine since the early 2000’s and have actively contributed to projects including Virtual Production shoots for the Film and Media departments, collaborating with the Time and Tide Museum to help students build games for historical artefacts. I am also enthusiastic about positioning the university as an Unreal hub in the East of England.
I have a keen interest in programming, having authored multiple short courses for C++ as well as has an active Udemy profile and course on Blueprint in Unreal Engine with a few thousand followers. As well as having a page on Epic Learning Hub for specific online content and tutorials mostly focusing on procedural generation. As well as has led on projects with students and giving back to local schools in conjunction with Women in Games and supporting primary school children to become future games developers.
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