Hello,

My name is Jaden Alberding. I am a thrid year software engineering student currently enrolled at the University of Victoria.

I grew up in Calgary, Alberta and thoughout my childhood I became very intersted in the ocean and video games. These dreams of living by the ocean and following a career with computers came true when I got accepted to the University of Victoria to become a engineer. This lifestyle change allowed to me to become the person I wanted to be.

My first year of university was very busy. Maintianing a work-life balance was the only way I was able to get through the first year. I took up weightlifting, made new friends and made the time to visit the ocean whenever I had the chance. The first year is also where I picked up coding and decided to specialize and become a software engineer.

While Github is a place for code I would also like to share some of my other passions as well. I strongly believe that a balance between technology and the outdoors is neccessary for a fufilling and happy life. Some of my hobbies are as follows:

• Snowboarding
• Car Mechanics (Modifying, Fixing etc)
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Weightlifting
• Gaming
• Photography
• 3D modeling

The following are my current and past projects I am working on:

• Terminal BlackJack using Java ♠️

  • First github personal project
  • Created Visuals in Java by making my own ASCII art for the cards
  • Developed the logic based on previous knowledge of the game
  • Began developing a backend datatbase to save credit data for each player IN PROGRESS

• Personal Website using HTML and CSS 📂

  • Began developing a website using HTML and CSS
  • Future ideas were to integrate 3d models and visual effects using JS

• Battle Snake using Python 🐍

  • Participated in a Hackathon hosted by the University of Victoria
  • Exposed to Python and REST API's to create a autonomous snake player following the game logic of Snake
  • Placed 3rd in Semifinals

• P.L.A.I.T.U.S using Python 🤖

  • Most abbitious project to date
  • Began creating a neural network without using libraries to be able to day trade stocks
  • Goals of the project:
    • Complete Neural Network
    • Impliment reward system IN PROGRESS
    • Create a simultaion
    • Train model on simulated data
    • Use API's to recieve real time data
    • Test trained model on real data
    • Create a front end for the AI
    • Link AI with a trading Broker and test with small account

• Swipe Fight using Unity 🥊

  • A mobile boxing game based on swipe direction inputs and combos from the user
    • Create 3D assets and animations IN PROGRESS
    • Impliment game logic IN PROGRESS
    • Create UI for the game
    • Create game servers
    • Test and polish
    • Publish the game

• More to come...