About the Reviewers
Dylan Agis is a programmer and game designer, currently doing freelance work on a few projects while also developing a few projects of his own. He has a strong background in C++ and C# as well as Unity, and loves to solve problems.
John P. Doran is a technical game designer who has been creating games for over 10 years. He has worked on an assortment of games in teams with members ranging from just himself to over 70 in student, mod, and professional projects.
He previously worked at LucasArts on Star Wars: 1313 as a game design intern—the only junior designer on a team of seniors. He was also the lead instructor of DigiPen®-Ubisoft® Campus Game Programming Program, instructing graduate-level students in an intensive, advanced-level game programming curriculum.
John is currently a technical designer in DigiPen's Research & Development department. In addition to that, he also tutors and assists students on various subjects while giving lectures on game development, including C++, Unreal, Flash, Unity, and more.
He has been a technical reviewer for nine game development titles, and is the author of Unity Game Development Blueprints, Getting Started with UDK, UDK Game Development [Video], and Mastering UDK Game Development HOTSHOT, all by Packt Publishing. He has also co-authored UDK iOS Game Development Beginner's Guide, Packt Publishing.
Alessandro Mochi has been playing video games since the Amstrad and NES era, tackling all the possible fields: PC, console, and mobile. Large or small video games are his love and passion. RPGs, strategy, action platformers… nothing can escape his grasp.
With a professional field degree in IT, a distinction in project management diploma, and fluent in Spanish, Italian, and English, he gained sound knowledge of many programs. New challenges are always welcome.
Currently a freelance designer and programmer, he helps young developers turn their concepts into reality. Always traveling all over the world, he is still easy to find on his portfolio at www.amochi-portfolio.com.
Ryan Watkins likes to party. He can be found on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ryanswatkins/.