ALAN
THORN
GAME DEVELOPMENT EXPERT,
AUTHOR & EDUCATOR
About Alan
Alan Thorn is an internationally recognised expert on games development and education. He specializes in mentoring the next generation of games innovators. With 18 years of industry experience, Alan has made 33 games, written 28 books and presented 30 online courses. As a pioneer of the Open Stream model of Transformative Learning, he advises in Higher Education on Instructional design and speaks passionately about the future of game creation. He also founded BeIndie.Biz to promote indie-education
01 AUTHOR AND INSTRUCTOR
VIDEO GAMES CHANGE LIVES. LEARN HOW TO MAKE THEM
BEGINNER
10 Books and 5 Online Courses
Anybody can make games. Using Open Stream Learning, you can become a game developer. Quickly. Alan has created books and online courses for beginners
INTERMEDIATE
10 Books and 5 Online Courses
Games innovators are reshaping our digital future. You can become one. Alan uses Open Stream Learning principles to help you develop intermediate technical knowledge
ADVANCED
10 Books and 5 Online Courses
You'll need to think differently to become a leader in gaming. The Open Stream Learning methodology will move you securely along a road to technical wizardry
MASTERY
10 Books and 5 Online Courses
Mastery requires you to unlearn bad habits and to establish productive ones. Alan Thorn has created books and courses to build your game development career into a success
SPECIALIST
10 Books and 5 Online Courses
Improve your game development skills by working through complete projects, step by step. Alan Thorn developed the Open Stream model to accelerate your project based learning, creating games fast!
02 GAME DEVELOPMENT
ALAN BUILT 33 GAMES. HE FOUNDED WAX LYRICAL GAMES
MY LATEST WORK. SEE MORE >
03 EDUCATOR AND SPEAKER
ALAN IS CHANGING EDUCATION WITH OPEN STREAM
HEAD OF GAMES
National Film & Television School
The National Film & Television School is a BAFTA-Winning institution. It offers a world class MA in Game Design. Alan leads the course to mentor the next generation of games innovators
ADVISOR
Multiple Institutions
Curriculum Design must target student transformation to cultivate game-changing innovators. Using Open Stream Principles, Alan helps many businesses and universities build sustainable courses
SPEAKER
Multiple Institutions
Game Developers are influencers. They tell us stories and make us feel. Alan has spoken passionately worldwide on the importance of games and storytelling and on the future of game development as an industry
OPEN STREAM
Transformative Learning
Anybody with strong ideas can make successful games. Alan developed the Open Stream Learning model for digital creatives in the information age. This helps you learn game making in virtually no time at all
GAME LECTURER
Multiple Institutions
Games Innovators come from all walks of life. Alan has helped mentor exciting new talent at many universities: Teesside University, London South Bank University, Bucks New University and Royal Holloway London...
CREATIVE POWERHOUSE
Uppingham Summer School
Bringing gamedev skills to younger generations is important for innovation. Alan established the Creative Technologies Powerhouse; a residential Summer School to help teenagers learn games development
UNITY EDUCATION
Multiple Institutions
Learn to make games quickly with a Unity short course. From Middlesbrough in the UK to Dubai in the UAE, Alan runs both online and in-person courses in Unity
OPEN SOURCE CODING
Multiple Institutions
Freely available and Open Source software, like Blender and GIMP, make learning game development accessible. Alan is a frequent contributor to powerful Open Source projects helping you build games effectively
04 LINKS AND REFERENCES
GAME DEVELOPMENT IS EVERYWHERE. SEE ALAN ON THE WEB
Storytelling
Alan explains how to get into games and how to stand-apart from the crowd
NFTS Games
GamesRadar highlights the major life transformations of three students
Changing Edu
This article explores the multi-disciplinary nature of the NFTS Games Design Course
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS. SEE MORE >
05 SERVICES
ALAN HELPS PEOPLE AND TEAMS. HIRE ALAN
SPEAKER
Need an inspirational speaker for your event with new ideas on games development or learning? Alan can transform your audience...
EDUCATOR
Teaching future games innovators is challenging. Alan helps many businesses and universities develop high-impact Curriculum
GAME DEV DOCTOR
Is your workflow broken? Successful games need fully actualised developers. Alan can get your studio on track fast...
MENTOR
Want to be the next big innovator in games but don't have a games background? Alan's one-on-one mentorship helps you skill-up fast!