Chris Janes

Chris Janes serves as Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for Computer Games Programming at the University of Suffolk's School of Business, Arts, Social Sciences and Technology. Previously a gameplay programmer specializing in educational and serious games, he gained recognition as project lead for Hidden: Source (a Half-Life 2 mod) which became an Independent Games Festival finalist in 2006.

His research centers on procedural generation of game content/narrative and artificial intelligence applications. Teaching responsibilities include Python, C++, C#, software engineering, game AI, engine development, and Unity. As a dissertation specialist, he guides student projects spanning procedural city generation, Inverse Kinematic animations, and stealth game AI systems.

Scientific Awards:

• Independent Games Festival awards finalist (2006)

Chris supervises advanced game development dissertations but the provided text contains no details about research grants, laboratory affiliations, or institutional teams.