Reviews of professor Michael Tompkins

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do not take this class if you expect to get into any game theory it is strictly design. Weekly discussions that are meaningless, impossible to get a hold of, follow-along Unity tutorials way too long and he makes mistakes but doesn't cut them out/show the correct way. Brutally slow speaker. Don't expect to get grades until the end of the semester.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Overall, a very unorganized and uninformative class. Professor has posted course materials late almost every single week and has rarely given extensions for lost days. Assignment instructions are very unclear and "lectures" are usually just random youtube tutorials that aren't helpful. Also weekly group zoom discussions that feel very forced.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
The worst class I have taken at MU so far. Tompkins wasn't there for months, no announcements or anything. Then he would give a discussion post assignment. There were 5 assignments total! I love game design and the process of design but he made a joke out of it. The assignments were very basic random aspects of gaming cobbled together. Terrible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I literally have 1 semester left and this guy was my worst nightmare. I am not very good at 3D modeling, nor do I want to be because of him. I really tried my best on these early projects to model easy objects like silverware, but apparently they aren't EXACTLY like my reference image. The man expects perfection. Absolutely DO NOT take this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Tompkins does a decent job with his prerecorded lectures which will walk you through the assignments in the class. It's a great class to take if you want to learn the basics of animation. Make sure you have a decent computer or else your pc will explode. Animation renders take hours to complete and will kill your pc if it is not good.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Game design was a great class to participate in. Weekly discussion boards to communicate and see what your other classmates have idea wise with projects. Some assignments, professor Tompkins gave me an outline that just needed to be filled out. If you like video games and want to learn more about the process, take this class!