Archive for September, 2011

Rich Tanner (class of 2010) was one of the first students to graduate from ACU with a emphasis in Digital Entertainment Technology.  Rich now works at USAA creating mobile applications and, more recently, games!  USAA held an internal competition for it’s employees to create a game.  And Rich was the clear winner!

I’m trying to get some screen shots from Rich to show off his game design prowess, but for the time being, we will just celebrate with him!

(Sniff, I’m so proud!)

If you haven’t seen Jacob Kitt’s movies and parody’s then you have been missing out!

Jacob graduated with a minor in DET in the Spring of 2012 and has already been freelancing in the film industry (expect to see many more announcements as soon as the film is released).  But on campus, Jacob is best known for his parodies and award winning work at film fest.

If you haven’t seen Jacobs’ work, check out his Parodies  and demo real

Corona Labs’ Corona SDK, which is used to develop mobile apps and games, was recently featured in inc magazine. (http://technology.inc.com/2011/09/15/anscas-simplisitic-mobile-app-publisher-rises-in-popularity/)

The popularity and ease of use of Corona is no surprise to DET and Mobile Computing students at ACU, they have been using it for over a year to develop apps and games for mobile devices.

The software is so popular that our own Dr. Brian Burton has even undertaken the project of writing an eTextbook on how to develop apps and game using Corona.
Corona allows someone who want to make an app to develop for both Apple and Android mobile devices at the same time, dramatically simplifying and reducing the time needed to develop an app.