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Matthew Balachowski

Michael Balac built and refined core gameplay and user experience features for the mpinel6/CSC4330FInalProject repository over two months, focusing on player personalization, navigation, and AI-driven game logic. He implemented a user naming system, overhauled gameplay rules, and introduced AI turn behavior using Dart and Flutter, emphasizing maintainable code through refactoring and detailed commenting. Michael enhanced UI clarity by updating card rendering logic, enabling real-value feedback for both players and AI, which improved debugging and reduced user confusion. He also managed branding updates and asset management, demonstrating depth in front-end development, state management, and mobile UI/UX design throughout the project.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

90%Features

Repository Contributions

30Total
Bugs
1
Commits
30
Features
9
Lines of code
3,623
Activity Months2

Work History

May 2025

2 Commits • 2 Features

May 1, 2025

Monthly summary for 2025-05 focusing on delivered features, bug fixes, impact, and skills demonstrated in the mpinel6/CSC4330FInalProject: Key features delivered: - AI Card Visual Feedback Enhancement: Updated the image asset path for the AI card to render the card's actual value instead of a back image, improving UI feedback and debugging during gameplay. This change also supported diagnosing a token rendering issue via front card rendering (commit b66283ff441af0334b2c62a680eeadb96d4d6a74). - Branding Update: Renamed the game in the overview from Joker's Joint to Bob's Joint to align with branding (commit 9030ad6ca4a55c2de71ac117736f65c970c656d8). Major bugs fixed: - UI/token rendering debugging support: Adjusted AI card rendering to reveal the token/value, enabling quicker diagnosis of rendering/token issues observed during gameplay (linked to the same AI card commit above). Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved UX clarity during gameplay with real-value card visuals, reducing player confusion and QA time. - Branding consistency across the application, reducing user-facing branding gaps. - Clearer commit history with explicit debugging steps enabling faster future debugging. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Front-end UI rendering logic, asset management, and dynamic image referencing. - Quick iteration and debugging workflows to isolate and fix rendering/token issues. - Branding alignment and content updates within the game overview.

April 2025

28 Commits • 7 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 performance summary for CSC4330FInalProject: Delivered a solid foundation for player personalization, navigation, and core gameplay, with AI turn logic and a major gameplay balance update. Strengthened onboarding, reduced friction to access game sections, and improved maintainability through targeted code quality work. In addition, stabilized the UI and resolved navigation issues to ensure a reliable user experience across sections.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness85.4%
Maintainability86.0%
Architecture77.0%
Performance86.8%
AI Usage21.4%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

DartFlutter

Technical Skills

AI ImplementationCode CleanupCode CommentingCode RefactoringDependency ManagementFlutterFlutter DevelopmentFront End DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentGame DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentState ManagementUI DevelopmentUI/UX Design

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

mpinel6/CSC4330FInalProject

Apr 2025 May 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

DartFlutter

Technical Skills

AI ImplementationCode CleanupCode CommentingCode RefactoringDependency ManagementFlutter

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