Reviews of professor Dan Alioto

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Dan's Class for Game Prototyping 370 and Mobile Game Development 377. 

Believe me when I say that the higher up in the major you get, the more he respects you. 
I very much Disliked Dan after taking 370. However, in 377 He was much more helpful and was much more hands off. It's just about experience. I can't wait to take 495 with him

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
he didnt really wanna answer any questions. He also taught like we already knew everything. At the end of the year he got upset at my group cuz he didnt add in the instructions where to submit our final project. not only my group but other groups didnt submit in in the right spot. he was very rude uncaring and didnt even own up to his mistake

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Probably one of the worst teachers I've ever had. He does not teach, he just says "get in groups and work" so how are we supposed to learn, it thought a class means that students learn from the teacher. Also very rude and was not happy when students asked questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dan was incredibly rude and confrontational with every interaction he had with students, particularly the female students. When he didn't get an answer he liked, he got angry and petulant. After one discussion with the class, he left the room  because he was so angry. The entire semester he did pretty much nothing to help students with anything.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Alioto seems to be very disinterested in the class. With Covid you would hope that he would try to be a little bit more engaged but he isn't. He also always seems very annoyed whenever we would ask a question and the class seemed to be mostly partner work in Discord.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Hes not as bad as I thought. But he is really scatter-brained so its confusing sometimes. He takes a long time to grade things. as long as you put in effort and work well with your group mates and look at the directions properly, youll be fine. I actually did learn things from this class (but thats from self teaching from the textbook lol).

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I usually don't write negative reviews on professors however taking this class was abysmal and felt like a chore despite the subject matter due to his poor attitude and subpar teaching abilities. Previous reviews said he was a newbie professor but that's no excuse for how poorly he ran the class. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU ENJOY THIS MAJOR!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is called "video game design" but its really nothing about it, other than you design a few board games. This teacher is almost annoyed at being there and is extremely rude to students. He does not teach you how to design games other than "get in your groups". Def the worst class environment I've ever experienced.