James Victor Alvarez
Computer Science student at Concordia University. I enjoy making visually minimal software and incremental games.
Experience
Software Intern
@ MR Control Systems InternationalMay – Aug 2024- •Built IoT automation dashboards.
- •Integrated Sinolta data sources; improved ops efficiency.
GameJam UdeM
@ Université de MontréalMay 2025- •Designed and developed an educational 3D game that helps teachers understand how students feel and learn through interactive level-based experiences.
- •Built in Unity using C#, with each level presenting unique challenges.
ConUHacks IX
@ Concordia UniversityFeb 2025- •Implemented a first-person ray-casting engine from scratch in C++ using SDL2 for rendering and real-time graphics.
- •Developed a multiplayer architecture supporting both TCP and UDP sockets.
JACHacks
@ John Abbott CollegeMay 2024- •Winner of Valnet Mini Challenge.
- •Built an AI-driven web-scraping system to measure news timeliness and implemented keyword extraction using NLP/AI models.
- •Automated data extraction from Excel sheets, GameRant articles, and Twitter posts, handling rate limits and structural differences across websites.
GameJam DINGO
@ Vanier CollegeJan 2024- •Developed a 2D platformer in Unity where players use magic abilities that dynamically alter parkour mechanics and character effects.
- •Implemented custom C# scripts for camera control, state management
Projects
OrderUp
A flutter restaurant app order management system.
FlutterFirebase
Skills
Frontend
React
Next.js
TypeScript
JavaScript
TailwindCSS
Backend
Node.js
PHP
MySQL
Docker
Programming Languages
C
Java
Tools & OS
Git
Linux
My Favourite Music
Music I've been listening to on repeat :)
Roommates
Malcolm Todd
한숨
GRACE
A couple minutes
Olivia Dean
Beanie
Chezile
Bodies
Keshi