Revisiting Silent Hill 1: A Journey Back to the Roots of Survival Horror

Silent Hill 2 Remake: A Masterclass in Revitalizing Horror

Fixing the missing Kosovo on Steam Community Profiles

New Personal Website Launched


I have a love/hate relationship with Java. So... I'm doing something with it. More to be announced.

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Point of Sale Java


![Doom Logo](/images/work/index/doom-clone/doom-logo.png)

Alright, so here’s the deal: I’m making Doom… but in Unity. Yeah. The classic, old-school Doom—the one with pixelated demons and that iconic rock music—is getting a fresh coat of paint, but still staying true to its roots. Why? Because Doom is legendary, and I figured it’d be fun to take a swing at recreating it in a modern engine while keeping the retro vibe intact.

### What’s the Plan?
- The Classic Feel: Doom’s movement is fast, fluid, and super satisfying. I’m working on making sure that the gameplay stays as close to the original as possible. No unnecessary slowdowns, just good ol' action.
- Retro Vibes, Modern Touches: Of course, the pixel art was a huge part of Doom’s charm. But I want to modernize it a bit, keeping that 90s aesthetic while adding some cooler lighting and visual effects that give it a more polished feel.
- The Sound: Let’s be real, Doom’s soundtrack slaps. I’m making sure the music, sound effects, and the overall audio all match the chaos and fun of running through hell while blasting demons. Nothing’s getting lost in translation here.

### Updates
It's been a blast so far, and I'm excited to share more updates as I get deeper into the development process. Stay tuned for more details, screenshots, and maybe even some gameplay videos soon. Let’s get this Doom train rolling!
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Doom Clone


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<img src="/images/work/index/tom-and-jerry-remake/tomandjerry_cover.jpg" alt="Tom and Jerry Cover" style="display: block; margin: 0 auto;" />

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When I was a kid, one of the fondest memories I had was playing Tom and Jerry: Fists of Furry and Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers with my twin brother.
Those games were a staple of our childhood and we'd spend hours laughing and competing against each other, trying to land the perfect pie throw or dodge
a frying pan. The chaos, the humor and the charm of those games were unmatched, and it always felt like Tom and Jerry had come to life in our living room.

Fast forward to today, I've decided to embark on a project that feels like a love letter to those memories. I'm combining the best elements of Fists of Furry
and War of the Whiskers into one ultimate game using Unity. This isn't just about recreating the old games; it's about taking the essence of what made them 
great and giving them a modern twist.

To bring this vision to life, I'm using:
- Unity: The backbone of the project, where all the magic happens. Unity gives me the flexibility to craft the gameplay mechanics and bring the characters to life.
- Blender: For creating and refining 3D models. The original games had a distinct look, and I'm striving to capture that nostalgic charm while modernizing the visuals.
- C# Programming: Writing the scripts to handle character movement, animations, and interactions. This is where the gameplay really comes together.
- Texture and Animation Extraction: I'm carefully studying gameplay footage and extracting inspiration from the original games.

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### The Vision
The new game will merge the frantic, fast-paced gameplay of Fists of Furry with the expanded mechanics and arenas from War of the Whiskers. I want players to feel the same excitement my brother and I felt but with updated visuals, smoother mechanics, and new surprises.

Some key features I’m working on include:
- Dynamic Arenas: Interactive environments where players can use objects as weapons—just like the originals.
- Multiplayer Support: Local and online modes so friends (or siblings) can relive those competitive moments.
- Modern Graphics: A fresh coat of paint using Blender and Unity’s rendering pipeline to make the characters and arenas pop.

### A Personal Journey
This project is more than just a technical challenge; it’s deeply personal. It’s about honoring those carefree days spent with my brother, laughing at the chaos on screen. Working on this game feels like I’m weaving those childhood memories into something tangible that I can share with others.

As I progress, I’ll be documenting each step—from designing the characters to coding the gameplay. It’s a journey that’s equal parts nostalgic and exciting, and I can’t wait to see it come to life.

Stay tuned for updates as I continue to build this tribute to Tom and Jerry: Fists of Furry and War of the Whiskers!

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Tom and Jerry Remake


This is a classic Snake game implemented in Java using Swing for the graphical interface.

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### Game Overview
- Objective: Control the snake to eat food and grow in length while avoiding collisions with itself and the game boundaries.
- Controls: Use the arrow keys to direct the snake's movement. The snake moves continuously in the direction you choose until you change direction.

### Key Components:
Game Board:
- The game board is a grid of tiles, each 25x25 pixels.
- The board size is adjustable; in this implementation, it's 600x600 pixels.

### Snake:
- The snake is represented by a series of Tile objects.
- The snake's head is the first tile, and the rest are body segments.
- As the snake moves, each body segment follows the previous one, creating the appearance of a moving snake.

### Food:
- Food is randomly placed on the grid.
- When the snake's head collides with the food, the snake grows by adding a new segment at the end of its body, and a new food tile is generated.

### Movement:
- The snake moves continuously in the current direction set by the arrow keys.
- The movement is handled by updating the position of the snake's head and shifting the body segments.

### Collision Detection:
- If the snake's head collides with any of its body segments, the game ends.
- The game also ends if the snake moves outside the board boundaries.

### Game Loop:
- The game uses a Timer to create a loop that updates the game state and repaints the screen every 100 milliseconds.

### Graphics:
- The snake, food, and grid are drawn using simple geometric shapes.
- The snake is drawn using 3D rectangles, and the food is represented similarly.

### Game Over:
- When the game ends, a "Game Over" message is displayed along with the score (the length of the snake).

### How It Works
- The Game class manages the game state, including the snake's position, food, and collision detection.
- The InputManagement class handles user input, changing the snake's direction based on arrow key presses.
- The Main class initializes and displays the game window.

This simple implementation captures the essence of the classic Snake game, focusing on core gameplay mechanics and providing a fun, interactive experience.

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# Download
https://github.com/AmirAliuA/snake-game/releases/tag/1.0

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# Game Demo
![Game Demo](/images/work/index/snake-game/snake-demo.png)

Snake Game


# Read full blog post here
https://amiraliu.vercel.app/blog/steam-browser-extension

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This is a very simple extension that fixes the missing Kosovo flag on steamcommunity profile.
    
The extension detects if you're browsing a Steam profile on steamcommunity.com. If it is able
to identify the Kosovo flag (represented by a .gif file), it automatically replaces the
missing flag with the correct one stored within the extension.

After waiting patiently for years in hopes that Valve would address this oversight, I took matters
into my own hands and developed this solution. Thanks for doing nothing over a simple 10 second flag addition Valve.

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### Download Extension
Firefox Browser: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kosovo-flag-fixer-for-steam/
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Chrome Browser: I'm not paying $5 to upload MY OWN work to a conglomerate. Download the source code and install it locally. 

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# Result after Installing Extension
![Result after Installing Extension](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AmirAliuA/steam-kosovo-flag/main/result.png)

Kosovo Flag Fixer for Steam


This C# program is a simple banking application that follows the Interpreter Pattern. Let's break down the key components and their functionalities:

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1. Interpreter Pattern is a behavioral design pattern that defines a grammar for a language and provides an interpreter to interpret sentences in that language.

2. Expression.cs - Defines the Expression interface, which declares the Interpret method. This method will be implemented by concrete expression classes to perform operations on a bank account.

3. CheckBalanceExpression.cs - Implements the Expression interface. It interprets and displays the account balance on the console.

4. Context.cs - Represents the context in which an interpretation operation is performed. It holds an instance of the Account class.

5. DepositExpression.cs - Implements the Expression interface. It interprets and performs a deposit operation on the provided account, updating the balance.

6. WithdrawExpression.cs - Implements the Expression interface. It interprets and performs a withdrawal operation on the provided account, considering the balance and displaying appropriate messages.

7. Account.cs (Models) - Represents a bank account with a balance.

8. Program.cs - The main entry point for the banking application. It creates an account, a context for that account, and provides a simple console-based user interface to interact with the banking operations.

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**Key User Interactions:**
1. Check Balance (Option 1): Displays the account balance.
2. Withdraw (Option 2): Allows the user to input an amount and withdraw funds if sufficient balance is available.
3. Deposit (Option 3): Allows the user to input an amount and deposit funds.
4. Exit (Option 4): Terminates the program.
 
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**How to Run:**
1. The program starts by creating an account and a context.
2. It enters a loop where the user can choose options (1-4) to perform different banking operations.
3. Depending on the option chosen, the program interacts with the corresponding expression classes to interpret and execute the requested operation on the account.

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**Example Flow:**
1. User chooses option 1: Check Balance.
2. The CheckBalanceExpression is instantiated, and its Interpret method is called to display the account balance.

![App Screenshot](/images/work/index/banking-app/console-banking-app.png)

Banking App


This code is a language detection model that uses the Naive Bayes algorithm 
to classify a given text into one of the 22 languages present in the dataset. 
    
The code imports various libraries such as pandas for data manipulation and analysis, 
numpy for scientific computing and working with arrays, CountVectorizer for extracting features from text data, 
train_test_split for splitting data into training and testing sets, and tabulate for printing out data in a formatted table.

The dataset used in this code contains 22 languages with 1000 sentences from each language, and the output 
should show the count of each language in the dataset. 

The code then splits the data into training and test sets and trains the Naive Bayes algorithm on the training 
set to predict the language of a given text. Finally, the code prints a table with the predicted language of the input text.

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# Flowchart
![Software Flowchart](/images/work/index/ai-language-detection/flowchart.png)

|![](/images/work/index/ai-language-detection/dataset-1-language-count.png)|![](/images/work/index/ai-language-detection/dataset-2-language-count.png)|![](/images/work/index/ai-language-detection/dataset-2-language-count.png)|
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|Dataset 1 language count|Dataset 2 language count|Language Prediction|

AI Language Detection


A simple Billing System written for a University Assignment.

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### Features
- Users Module - manages all the users (CRUD)
- Categories Module - manages all the categories (CRUD)
- Products Module - manages all the products (CRUD)
- Purchase and Sales Module - purchase products from the dealer and sell products to consumers (CRUD)
- Transactions Module - view the purchased & sold product (CRUD)

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![Login Dashboard](/images/work/index/billing-system/login-dashboard.png)
![Users Dashboard](/images/work/index/billing-system/users-dashboard.png)
![Admin Dashboard](/images/work/index/billing-system/admin-dashboard.png)
![Categories Dashboard](/images/work/index/billing-system/categories-dashboard.png)
![Products Dashboard](/images/work/index/billing-system/products-dashboard.png)

Billing System (C#)


![Arduino Project](/images/work/index/arduino-project/arduino.png)

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A very basic traffic light project in Arduino Uno for a University Assignment.

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### Circuit Design
![Circuit Design](/images/work/index/arduino-project/circuit-design.png)

Arduino Uno Traffic Lights


![ECommerce Logo](/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/eCommerce-logo.png)

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I led a programming team of 6 people and handled most of the backend code during a bootcamp in
university, where we successfully developed an e-commerce web application using the Next.js
framework with CRUD functionalities (and PayPal SDKs for payment processing). 

In this role, our group
achieved a perfect score of 100/100, showcasing my strong analytical skills, passion for programming,
and commitment to delivering high-quality results.

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### Features
- Responsive Design - responsive on any device;
- User System - login / logout;
- Search Bar - search bar for products;
- Sorting / filteringby category / price / brand / ratings;
- Purchasing products with more than one quantity;
- Checkout / Order - with cookies saving information
- Order Info - ability to see your orders and if they have been sent (shipping);
- User Cookies - saves the dark mode parameter, checkout info etc;
- Dark Mode - change the theme to light/dark mode;
- Administration - administrators have the ability to add / edit products (s) or users (s);
- Administration - administrators have the opportunity to see how many products are in total, how many products (and who) are sold, how many users the site has;

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| <iframe src="/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/powerpoint-presentation.pdf" width="100%" height="400px"></iframe> | <iframe src="/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/ecommerce-word.pdf" width="100%" height="400px"></iframe> |
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| [PowerPoint Presentation](/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/powerpoint-presentation.pdf) | [Microsoft Word Document](/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/ecommerce-word.pdf) |

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![Light Theme Homepage](/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/home.png)
![Products Main Screen](/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/products-main-screen.png)
![Product Screen](/images/work/index/ecommerce-web-application/product-screen.png)
<div style="position:relative; width:100%; height:0px; padding-bottom:72.435%"><iframe allow="fullscreen;autoplay" allowfullscreen height="100%" src="https://streamable.com/e/s1tkoz?autoplay=1" width="100%" style="border:none; width:100%; height:100%; position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div>

E-Commerce Web Application


A COVID Dashboard implemented in Java & Spring Boot.

![Kizie Screenshot](/images/work/index/covid-dashboard/covid-dashboard.png)


Covid Dashboard


Final assignment given by the university professor during C# training class before enrolling to college.\
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Fun fact: while most of my classmates took the shortcut and grabbed free WPF themes from YouTube, I was the only one who designed my own user interface from scratch. Gotta say, it was pretty satisfying watching everyone else's projects look like cookie-cutter tutorials while mine stood out as original work.

![Login Screen](/images/work/index/login-form/login-screen.png)
![Wrong Password Screen](/images/work/index/login-form/wrong-password.png)
![Users List](/images/work/index/login-form/users-list.png)
![Fetched Users List](/images/work/index/login-form/fetched-users-list.png)

Login Form (C#)


A python script to check if snapchat usernames are available or not.

![Program Start](/images/work/index/snapchat-usernames/su-start.png)
![Username picked already](/images/work/index/snapchat-usernames/su-result.png)

Hi 👋, I'm Amir Aliu!

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