Category: Programming

  • Beginning Windows Store 8.1 Development: Upgrading Starcraft II Profiler (C#, XAML, PHP)

    For my final year project at University I had decided that I would be developing a Windows 8 application, something I, at the time had no experience in. Over the 2013 Christmas break I decided I would create a Windows 8 application in order to understand the basics and fundamentals of the development and just…

  • Remastering Call of Duty Quiz

    Being my most popular application to date, Call of Duty Quiz was one of the first applications I ever made for the Windows Phone and since creating it my programming skills have come a long way. I felt it was time to re-create the popular application with a visual overhaul and new questions alongside the…

  • StarCraft II Profiler

    Latest and Greatest app. Consolidates and builds upon all previous Windows Phone knowledge, having spent months creating previous applications as I was going through large learning curves, I was able to create StarCraft II Profiler in less than one week. SC2 Profiler uses API’s provided by Blizzard Entertainment in order to fetch data for specific…

  • First Android Development (Eclipse, Java, XML)

    In order to broaden my skill base and allow my applications to reach a larger audience, I decided to finally begin development on the Android platform. After years of solely developing for Windows Phone it was a brand new experience to being developing for an entirely different platform. While there are features which are amazingly…

  • Steam Live Tile (Windows Phone)

    After completing my Weather Phone 8 application I had grasped some very complex skills within the Windows Phone operating system as well as PHP, upon realising there was not application in the marketplace which would create a Live Tile out of Steam profiles I began work on Steam Live Tile. Expanding on my knowledge of…

  • Or Die Trying… (Complex XNA Game)

    For an assignment at university, we were required to form a group and begin the development of a game, based on a clients brief. Upon assigning the programming roles to myself and another member of the team, we worked extensively together to create something truly special. From the start I constructed the foundation for the…

  • Tribal Wars (Physics Game)

    A recent assignment from Bournemouth University required me to form a group and construct a game which demonstrated Newton’s three laws of motion. Once a group was formed it was decided that I would understake all of the programming on the task while my class mate worked on all the art and audio. We ended…

  • Spaceman & Slime: C# + XNA

    Spaceman & Slime is a game I created for one of my assignments at Bournemouth University. The game is a re-skinned version of the classic, tactical board game Hounds and Hares built using C# and XNA for the Windows Phone OS. Having used XNA and C# extensively before I was keen to finally put all…

  • Weather Phone 8 (C#, PHP, SQL)

    One of my latest software development venture was Weather Phone 8, combining the skills of all my previous applications together, allowing me to create something truly powerful. Weather Phone 8 Product Description: “Keep up to date with all your weather locations and even pin a special live tile which will always update weather for your…

  • AlcoWiki (C#, SQL, PHP, XAML)

    [quote]AlcoWiki is a comprehensive and detailed alcoholic drink database for the Windows Phone OS. Through the use of Windows Phone magnificent user interface integration and brilliant graphics, AlcoWiki presents a fantastic way to discover new drinks and learn loads about the ones you already love. Whether you love nursing a nice cold pint or downing…