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Computer Programming with Robert T.

Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 12-60
Speaks English, German, Spanish
Teaching since 2006
Bachelors of Science - Math, Computer Science

    About Robert T.

    Robert is currently the Technical Director on King's Quest, developed by The Odd Gentlemen, a subsidiary of Activision. King's Quest peaked as the hottest game on GameStop, has a metacritic score of eighty two, and topped the charts of best sellers on Steam. Robert has been programming for about thirty years now having started at the young age of eight and has been programming professionally in the video game industry for over fifteen years. It was the Atari 2600 that caused him to fall in love with video games, influenced by the classic greats such as Donkey Kong, Pacman, Pitfall, Kaboom, and the list goes on into infinity. Throughout his career of working on games including Golden Tee Golf, Delta Force: Blackhawk Down, Agent P. Doofendash, Cabela's Deer Hunter, Big Strike Bowling he has been able to utilize his well developed sense of engineering and apply knowledge of physics, calculus, 3D math to create these games.

    Instructor details

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    Teaching Hours

    Thursday
    9 AM-11 AM
    Friday
    9 AM-11 AM
    Saturday
    12 PM-4 PM
    Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Pricing
    60 minutes
    $95
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    Experience

    Technical Director

    Mar, 2013 - Present

    Activision / The Odd Gentlemen

    Senior Software Engineer

    Mar, 2009 - Apr, 2012

    DTI / Panasonic

    Senior Software Engineer

    Jan, 2008 - Jan, 2009

    Skyworks Interactive

    Lead Programmer

    Oct, 2003 - Dec, 2007

    Cyberphilharmonic Video Game Design

    Lead Programmer

    Apr, 2002 - Oct, 2003

    Coresoft

    Programmer

    Apr, 2001 - Apr, 2002

    Novalogic

    Programmer

    Jul, 1999 - Apr, 2001

    Incredible Technologies

    Education

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Aug, 1996 - Jun, 1997

    University of Illinois

    Bachelors of Science - Math, Computer Science

    Aug, 1997 - Jun, 1999

    Western Illinois University

    Awards

    2016 Game of the Year Nomination

    Jan, 2017

    D.I.C.E.

    Languages

    Spanish

    Limited Proficiency

    English

    Native Proficiency

    German

    Limited Proficiency

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