Applications of Computing in Industry : Lecture

Enabling a new generation of games playable online with a single click, the Turbulenz team, with their background in console game development, have created a powerful HTML5 game engine & platform built using modern web technologies. Ian will expose the inner workings of the Turbulenz Engine, how APIs such as WebGL give developers access to the GPU and other hardware and how games go from prototype to product on a web-based publishing platform. He'll also discuss how traditional game development is strengthened by the flexibility and freedom of web development. The challenges, the lessons learnt: all will be revealed, along with code examples, showing how it fits together. No game development experience required, this talk is aimed at students interested in the games industry and who are also curious about what HTML5 has to offer.

Ian is a software engineer at Turbulenz, developing HTML5 games, working with external game developers and looking after the Turbulenz Engine and SDK. He has 5 years experience in the industry working with small studios right up to large publishers such as Ubisoft. Prior to Turbulenz, Ian worked at a start-up called amBX, founded by Philips Electronics, in the areas of gaming and professional lighting. He holds a MEng in Computing from Imperial College London and when he found he could use it to work in the games industry, he jumped at the chance.