Andy Thomason 1
Andy Thomason,
a British senior programmer, computer games game programmer, and until 2017 lecturer at Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London, where he teached game programming at postgraduate level. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Electronics from the University of Manchester, and a M.Sc. in mathematics from the Open University, and is a games industry veteran from his involvement in computer chess and console games in the 1970s until the present 1. Andy Thomason is author of the chess program Killer Chess (K. Chess), which participated at the First World Microcomputer Chess Championship 1980 in London 2 3. He was also involved in the developing of a Flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th 4.
Selected Publications
- Andy Thomason (2005). Faster Quaternion Interpolation Using Approximations. in Kim Pallister (editor) Game Programming Gems 5. pp 247–267, Charles River Media, ISBN 1-58450-352-1 5
External Links
- Andy Thomason - United Kingdom | LinkedIn
- Thomason, Andy, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Andy Thomason's projects and lecture notes
- Gamasutra - Features - Day in the Life: Andy Thomason, Games Technology Researcher and Writer
- Andrew Thomason's ICGA Tournaments
References
Tom Fürstenberg (1980). The First World Microcomputer Championship. Chess, December 1980 mentions Killer Chess↩︎
Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980 mentions K. Chess↩︎
Andrew Thomason Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames↩︎