Movie Search is a React-based web app that lets users browse trending movies, search for specific titles, and save their favourites for later. It was built over the course of a week as a hands-on way for me to explore working with React fundamentals while applying them to a clean, user-facing project. The app pulls real-time data from an external movie API and offers a responsive interface that allows users to interact with and personalize their movie list.

I wanted to cover a wide range of React concepts in one project, so Movie Search includes hooks, React context, conditional rendering, localStorage (for favouriting), and working with JSX for dynamic UI design. On top of this, it also gave great practical experience with component-based design, managing state, and switching between screens in React.

Delivery Guard is a smart, anti-theft device designed to prevent porch piracy. It was programmed in C with STM32CubeIDE, and uses 3 STM32 microcontrollers to control an electromagnet that locks the box, along with controlling the button input, ultrasonic sensor, and system status. When powered, it remains locked until the button is pressed, triggering a motor to open the lid and reset the system and ensuring safe storage until the package is retrieved by its owner.

This project was a great opportunity for me to further design embedded systems in a real-world context and helped me significantly improve my technical documentation skills. Overall, it stands out to me as one of the most complete and well-rounded projects I've contributed to, blending teamwork, C programming, and problem-solving into a cohesive, functional prototype.

Peggle is a 2D game developed in C# using Visual Studio 2022 that was inspired by the original 2007 game of the same title. The game features a custom, 2D phyiscs engine created entirely without the use of any external libraries, handling motion, dynamic collisions, and gravity.

The collision algorithm was created using derivative logic, running continuously within the game loop. I also made use of object-oriented programming for the pegs, the ball, and keeping track of the score. This was by far the most technically challenging game I've worked on, as it required recreating physical forces in a simplified, 2D environment. Despite the difficulty, it pushed me to consider how these forces could be realistically approximated, and I'm quite happy with the result.

This Brick Breaker recreation was a collaborative project developed in C# by a team of eight using Visual Studio 2022. I took on the role of repository lead, managing the main GitHub codebase, reviewing pull requests, resolving merge conflicts, and keeping version control organized.

Coordinating a team of this size presented challenges, particularily in aligning coding and individual styles. As such, the final product is probably the least polished of the games I've developed, though it gave me valuable experience in technical leadership and a lot of great insight into managing a codebase with a number of members.