Winter’s CV

Mowin People Website

Link: https://www.mowinpeople.com (you’re on it right now!)

Languages: PHP, SQL, JavaScript (JQuery), HTML

My personal website. I’ve been creating browser games and WordPress plugins

Sep 2023 – Present

Click Counter WordPress Plugin

Link: https://www.mowinpeople.com/the-button

Technologies: PHP, SQL, JavaScript (JQuery), HTML, AJAX

A plugin created to create an HTML button which displays the number of times it has been clicked by all users. It also records and can display the number of clicks by the current logged in user.

• I managed an SQL database to store the total number of clicks
• I implemented AJAX to change the value on the button in real time

Mar 2024

Virtual Fidget Spinner

Link: https://www.mowinpeople.com/virtual-fidget-spinner

Languages: GDScript (Godot 4)

A browser game where you spin a fidget spinner and nothing weird happens when it goes fast.

Feb 2024

Musical Controller

Link: https://www.mowinpeople.com/musical-controller

Languages: GDScript (Godot 4)

A browser game that, with a game controller connected, lets you play music.

• I invented a unique control scheme for the controller to intuitively reach 27 different notes
• I designed 8 interactive lessons to teach players the controls
• I utilized basic audio effects to make the most out of a few sound files

Feb 2024

Jan 2024

Space Ninja

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Wintinc.SpaceNinja

Languages: GDScript (Godot 4)

An Android game developed solely by me and published to the Google Play Store.

• I designed an input system which comfortably handles simultaneous inputs
• I implemented a compositional approach for easy configuring of enemy behavior
• I managed my time to stay on a schedule from conception to release

Jun – Oct 2023

Euchre Simulator

Languages: Python 3, Python 2

A project I forked from https://github.com/pgwhalen/euchre_sim to compare game strategies by simulating lots of euchre games

• I improved and fixed the parts of the original code that did not function correctly
• I used statistical proportion tests to determine whether one strategy’s performance was significantly better than another’s
• I translated the code from Python 2 to Python 3

Jul 2022 – Aug 2023

Capstone

Languages: Maple, MATLAB

Completed at the end of my underquaduate degree, guided by Dr. Patric Morton, focused on primality tests and Lucas Sequences.

• I proved several results about Lucas Sequences for myself
• I programmed the AKS primality test in MATLAB
• I developed and delivered a presentation on teh properites of Lucas Sequences to the Math Department

Jan – May 2023

Tile Hero

Link: https://wrappercrab.itch.io/tile-hero

Languages: GDScript (Godot 3)

A 3D game with turn-based gameplay where you move simultaneously with the enemies

• I created enemy models and animations in Blender
• I programmed enemy AI to decide their actions based on their surroundings

Apr – May 2023

WWW

Link: https://wrappercrab.itch.io/www

Languages: GDScript (Godot 3)

A short 2D puzzle-platformer in which you control 2 characters at once and the goal of each level is to get them to meet.

Nov – Dec 2022

Windows Forms Game Engine

Languages: C# (WinForms)

A simple game engine in Windows Forms which implements scenes as windows and sprites as pictureboxes. With it, I created a game called “Spotlight” where you move around a spotlight and zap viruses.

Oct 2022

CMY Cubes

Languages: Python (Pygame)

A project where you can rotate and move 5 CMY cubes at different distances from the screen.

Sep 2022

Squarb Stack

Link: https://wrappercrab.itch.io/squarb-stack

Languages: C# (Unity)

A stacking game where the goal of each level is to balance a required number of shapes.

May – Jun 2022

Data Science

Languages: R

A one-semester course I took where I learned the basics of data science and how to use the R programming Language.

Jan – May 2022

Internship-Tracking Database and Website

Languages: PHP, SQL

I led a team of four to create a working website and database to keep track of internships.

• We created an efficient, organized database structure
• I facilitated discussions of possible solutions when problems arose
• We communicated with the client to specify their true needs from the site

Aug – Dec 2021

Bracket Creator

Languages: Java

A program which has the user input contestant names and organizes them into a single-elimination bracket. The user can set the winners of each match as well.

Nov – Dec 2020

Mirrors and Math Presentation

A presentation and poster board given at the end of high school where I explained an extension of the concept of inverses and “even” and “odd” graphs to three dimensions.

May 2019