Nabeel Warsalee3rd Year Computer Science Student
About Me
Hello, I'm Nabeel!
Here's a little bit about me,
I am a 3rd year Computer Science student at Carleton University in Ottawa. I was born and raised in Ottawa for all my life. My parents come from a small island in the Indian Ocean called Mauritius (maybe you've head of it, but probably not). They left everything they had and moved all the way to Canada to let my younger brother and I have a better life. All their support they have given me throughout the years motivates me to do better and make them proud.
My affinity for technology started at a very young age. I was fortunate to have many computers in the house
since my dad was an IT.
He would teach me many things like what the different parts did and how to assemble them all to make a
computer.
It was when I was in high school that I started getting interested in computer programming.
I started teaching myself through online resources and then I took a programming course at my high school.
It's these events that helped lead me to where I am today.
Below are some more interests of mine...
Sports and Fitness
I've always loved playing sports. My favourite sport is football (aka soccer) but I also like to play basketball. I like doing other outdoor activites such as cycling, swimming and even wakeboarding. I try to go to the gym as much as I can. Exercise and sports is something I value a lot. I see it as another tool to help solve problems and another outlet to practice teamwork and critical thinking.
Travelling
Travelling is something I've been very fortunate to experience and hope to do more of in the future. In 2018 our family went on a month-long trip back to Mauritius and also stopped in Paris, France for a week. In 2019 I had the opportunity to go to Japan with my brother and cousins and it was an amazing experience. My next destination will be somewhere in the Mediterranean!
Gaming
Gaming is a passion that grew alongside my love for technology. My cousins introduced my brother and I to classic games on the N64 and SNES like the original Super Smash Bros and Donkey Kong Country. My current main game I play is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive but when I have more time I like playing story-driven singleplayer games or party games with friends. I find games are a very powerful and creative tool to showcase new technological development.
My Projects
Day Zero
Zombie arcade game made with my partner Eren Sulutas. Based in Processing, the game applies many fundamental programming concepts such as, Object Oriented Design, use of 2D arrays, ArayLists, file writing and more. My main role on this project was the game mechanics and logic. I created things like the movement, the random spawning of zombies and how the zombies interact with the player and more. For the whole breakdown of the project, please visit the Github repo.
How much are you like Danny Devito
My team's CUHacking 2019 project. It would take a photo that you upload to the site and use a facial comparison algorithm to see how much the photo you entered has in common with Danny Devito.
Discord Minecraft Bot
A Discord bot created to store a locations coordinates that a user enters to allow them to access it later. The bot can also perform operations on these locations such as calculating the distance between two locations and the directions from one location to another.
Connect 4 Java Game
Command line "Connect Four" game made in Java. Has a menu that tells you the how to play and let's you play with another person or an AI that I designed and programmed myself.
Discord Faceit Hub Bot
A Discord bot created in order to automatically manage players voice channels when starting a game on the Faceit site. Once a game starts, the bot will automatically move players to their respective team channels by requesting the team information from Faceit via an HTTP request.
Towers of Hanoi Visualization
Visualization of the reknown recursion problem of the Towers of Hanoi. Allows you to select the number of discs and will show what moves are needed to complete the problem.
Python Pong Game
Pong game using the SimpleGraphics library in python. Two player game using the keyboard's WASD and arrow keys.