Alexander J Wolf

Current Work

Since the summer of 2013, I have interned as a research assistant with Doug Turnbull, a professor at Ithaca College. I have been continuing development on a project he has been working on with other students for the past few years, MegsRadio. MegsRadio is an online radio player similar to Pandora, but with more expansive features like the ability to create a station based on emotions, genres, instruments, and other tags in addition to artists. The site also has an emphasis on promoting local bands, and is based on the CraigsList model. In the future we hope to develop the site to be easily portable to other locations, allowing a MegsRadio Ithaca, MegsRadio Rochester, and so on. The project has been a great opportunity, and has allowed me to further develop my web programming skills. It has also helped me learn more advanced practices such as utilizing jQuery and Ajax, as well as using pylons, a Python-based web application framework. My most recent work has involved the creation of an embeddable player for the site, as well as developing a RESTful API to support iOS and Andriod mobile applications. The current version of MegsRadio can be found at the link above.

iOS

Github - A few of my iOS projects.

During the '13 spring semester, I learned objective-c and got a good grasp on programming for iOS devices. One of the first large projects I took on was to make a prototype app for the app competition held at Ithaca College during the spring semester. My team created a social app called "What Is That?", What Is That? that is based on the concept of recording yourself making a strange noise, sending that noise to a friend, and having them draw what they think the animal would look like that makes your sound.

For our Software Engineering class, each of the five teams was assigned a large project to complete by the end of the semester. My team's project was called iDiagnose. The goal of the project was to create an iPad app that would serve as a digital interface for the DSM-IV, or the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. One of the main problems the app aimed to alleviate iDiagnosewas the difficulty of actually using a physical version of the DSM-IV. The book itself is very large and cumbersome, so having a digital interface on an iPad would greatly increase the usability of the information.

Both Xcode projects for "What Is That?" and "iDiagnose" can be found on my github page, either by following the link at the top of this section, or through the far right icon at the top of the page.

Flash Games

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  • Memory

    Rorschach

    Game made for Global Game Jam 2014.

  • Point and Click Game

    Point and Click

    Straightforward point-and-click game. One of my favorite projects.

  • Sandwich Game

    Sandwich Game

    Fun game where you follow ticket orders and make sandwiches.

  • Drum Machine

    Drum Machine

    Create up to three drum, piano and guitar tracks and mix them together.

  • Battleship

    Battleship

    My version of the classic game.

  • Connect Four

    Connect Four

    My version of the classic game.

  • Memory

    Memory

    A very simple flip-the-card style memory game.

Unity Games

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  • 3D Minesweeper

    3D Minesweeper

    My take on the classic PC game, but in three dimensions!

Videos

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As of the Fall 2013 semester I have completed my thesis film, "User Friendly", for my Cinema and Photography degree. I can't put the film publicly available online, as I'm currently entering it into many different film festivals, and they require that the film not be available to the public. However, I do have the film on Vimeo protected with a password. If you would like to see my thesis film, please send me an email at either awolf1@ithaca.edu or awolf@alexanderjwolf.com and I would be happy to send you the link and the password. I just ask that you don't share the link and password with others. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy it.

The Great Cookie Clash

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    The Great Cookie Clash

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    A Thyme For All

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    Animation Compilation

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    Ithaca Farmers Market

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    Claymation Motion Test

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    Innuendo

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    The Silent Truth

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    Parkie Style

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    Man vs Wild

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    Seulement

Other Work

I'm involved in many activities on campus, one of which is the Ithaca College Gamers Symphony Orchestra. The group is dedicated to playing the wide spectrum of video game music, in an attempt to show college students and the community in general that video games can be a center for great artistic expression. Below is a recording of the group's first concert performed at the end of the Fall '12 semester.


In addition, here is the recording of the concert from the Spring '13 semester.