Hamza Niaz
Hamza Niaz
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Bio

Hi there! I am a fourth year computer science and business student at the University of Alberta and am currently seeking a 2024 Level Up Project.

I am knowledgeable in backend technologies such as Python, Java and SQL as well as HTML/CSS/JavaScript in the frontend realm. Along with tools and frameworks such as Android Studio, Firebase, Github, Figma and MongoDB to round it off. I enjoy solving problems, creating things and learning more about artificial intelligence, game development, data science, UI/UX, android development and software engineering.

Feel free to reach out to me!

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Website development Mobile app development Security (cybersecurity and IT security) Software development Artificial intelligence

Skills

User experience (ux) design 3 Audio transcription 2 Design elements and principles 2 Firebase 2 Game testing 2 Hypertext markup language (html) 2 Playtesting 2 Pull/merge requests 2 Restful api 2 Design tool 1 Figma (design software) 1 Mobile application development 1 Software design 1 Usability testing 1 User experience (ux) 1 User interface prototyping 1 User interface testing 1 User interface (ui) design 1

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Pixels to Players
Pixels to Players
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Software Developer - Game Playtesting Service

We are looking for a developer who will work with Pixels to Players to create a platform to collect player information during game testing. Our goal is to establish a centralized and scalable playtesting program for development teams to do by remote. This includes video recording and audio transcription, form submissions, scoring assessments and data-base management. This is a continuation of an Alpha version created earlier this year. A technical document is available with additional information including links: to access the source code, to access the database and RESTful API documentation. Candidates should be familiar with Vue, Javascript, HTML and Firebase. Repository is Github.

Matches 2
Category Website development + 4
Closed
Haletale Inc
Haletale Inc
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mobile App UI / UX Design & Prototype

Our company would like to explore designing a prototype for a native mobile application version of our current web based product. We currently have a lot of traffic to our product via the web and we would like to start to attempt to capture some of that user activity via a mobile application. Tasks may include: Conducting background research on our existing web application for the product. Identifying key areas of our current product and how they might translate to a mobile application. Learning and using various software design tools. We strongly recommend students learn how to use Figma as this is the latest and greatest tool currently available. Creation of a screen by screen UX / UI prototype of a native mobile application which can be used on both iOS and Android Conducting UX / UI testing with real potential users potentially involving paper prototypes or other software tools to support this

Matches 5
Category Mobile app development + 3
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Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Business
University of Alberta
September 2020 - Current

Personal projects

Typaholic
November 2023 - November 2023

Simple typing game to improve typing speed, made in JavaScript.
- Player has to type along to match randomly chosen quote, fetched from Quotable API.
- Incorrect letters highlighted in red, correct letters highlighted in green.
- Calculates and shows words per minute, best score, and has feature to skip quote.
- One neat application is that you can replace the quotes with your study material, and
can memorize the material through typing.

QR Scanning Game
January 2023 - April 2023

Pokemon Go inspired Android app, made for a semester long course project. Final grade of 100%. Players can scan QR codes for points, and upload them to the app for other players to see and compete with.
- Collaborated with a fresh team throughout the semester, effectively communicating with
team members and addressing individual needs and concerns.
- Following Scrum, utilized GitHub to finish assigned tasks before each sprint deadline.
- Worked on both front end (XML) and back end (Java), but main responsibility was completing the UI for the whole app.
- Used Firebase Firestore to manage the database and CameraX API for the camera
and scanning functionality

Mustang & Sally
December 2022 - Current

A 2D platforming game with a story centered around the main character’s mental disorders.
Made in Unity with a group of friends, with work being divided and communicated through
GitHub. Game is in progress.

Spotify-like Database Project
November 2022 - November 2022

A school group project: a python program that interacts with a database using SQLite3 in order to complete tasks that are in music apps such as searching for a song or an artist, etc.

Multipurpose Discord Bot
August 2022 - January 2023

Created a simple multipurpose Discord bot in python.
- Fetches images from Google based on a keyword
- Connects to a channel and plays music on command
- Other general features, like chatting with the bot and telling jokes.
In progress.

Interactive Visual Novel Game
February 2022 - February 2022

Made a visual novel game in Python for a 24-hour Hackathon using Ren’Py where your in-game decisions have an impact on the outcome of the story. Group project with 4 total
members.

Pong
November 2020 - November 2020

For a class assignment created the classic game of Pong in Python, played by two players.