Alan Thorn

Alan Thorn is a multidisciplinary game developer, author, and educator with 17 years of industry experience.

Alan makes games for PC, mobile, and virtual reality. He founded Wax Lyrical Games and created the award-winning game Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok, working as designer, programmer, and artist. He has written 23 technical books on game development and presented many video training courses, covering gameplay programming, Unity development, 3D modeling, and animation. He has worked in game development education as a senior lecturer for Teesside University, a lead teacher for Uppingham School, and a visiting lecturer for London South Bank University. He is currently the head of department for Games Design and Development at the National Film and Television School.