Saeed Afshari is an independent game developer based in Luxembourg. He has published more than twenty titles on the iOS App Store and Google Play under the brand Neat Games, and is focused on developing mobile games for iOS and Android.
He is a member of the Games, Interaction and Novel Interface Technologies (IGNITE) research collective at the University of Luxembourg, working on natural and novel user interfaces and understanding how people interact with games, and how games should interact with people. His current research projects deal with interaction with mobile games, virtual reality head mounted displays, and behavior change through serious gaming. He is the game developer for the European Commission project "LiveCity" which deals with long distance multiplayer gaming on multi-touch tables.
With over fifteen years of experience in game development and interactive media, he has built up skills in platforms including OpenGL, DirectX, Unity, Cocos2d-x, and also interaction design for natural user interfaces and virtual reality. He has invented an algorithm to track permanent magnets for use in mobile games, in particular in the form of a magnetic joystick. He is willing to consult and collaborate on creating games and interactive software targeted for education, entertainment, and social networks.
For more information about Saeed and Neat Games, you can contact <[email protected]>.
Nader Eloshaiker is an Electrical Engineer in Computer Systems. His first involvement with technology started during his secondary school years when he built and sold 8-bit audio digitizers connected to the parallel port of a Commodore Amiga 500.
He became deeply involved in the home upgrade consumer market, always finding employment relating to computers and electronics.
At the birth of web-hosted databases for retail websites, he worked with Mark Cavallo of AEON Graphics developing high-end e-commerce web applications. Since then, he has been involved in a number of creative and advanced web projects with Mark.
For most of his professional career, he has worked at one of the largest automotive manufacturers in the world, based in Australia, managing global engineering design data.
He was also employed at Swinburne University of Technology as an adjunct teaching fellow while working full time as an engineer. His subjects included: object-oriented software design, Java development, web development, server-side web development, and user interface design. He also taught and was the convener for a Masters subject in internet networking infrastructure.
He has an open source application hosted by GitHub entitled Teamcenter Engineering Admin View, used to manage system security and workflow configuration for Siemens data management software. He has also developed BigZip, a free Java-based Winzip equivalent with an intuitive user interface that is ahead of its time.
His current project is developing an original iPhone game with Mark Cavallo. The last 5 years have seen him develop a vast wealth of knowledge with Cocos2d and iOS. This is an exciting direction for Nader and one he will continue to expand upon with his new company, Rotate Gears (http://www.rotategears.com/).
Mohsin Mahmood is an active programmer and passionate developer of iOS Cocos2d-based games. He participated in development of various game projects and some of them are highly successful. Apart from this, he also worked in iOS large-scale business applications. As a technology junkie, he loves to develop with top-notch technologies.
With several years of experience in game and business application development, he has build up skills in cross-platform technologies. Currently, he is performing his duties as a senior software engineer.
For more information about him, contact <[email protected]>.