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  <about label="Tim Kurvers">
    <tagline>All-Round Developer</tagline>
    <list>
      <hello label="Hello there!">I'm Tim</hello>
      <professionally label="Professionally">I build websites, games and installations</professionally>
      <explanation label="What is this?">These pages represent my current hideout on the web. More awesomeness will ensue in the upcoming one, promised ^.^</explanation>
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      <residence label="Residence"><address /></residence>
      <contact label="Contact">Feel free to drop me a line!<br /><e-mail account="moonsphere" /><br /><mobile-phone /></contact>
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  <portfolio>

    <apps label="Apps">

      <php-enums-library label="PHP Enumeration Library">
        <tagline>Open-Source PHP Library</tagline>
        <image src="apps/php.enums.png" label="PHP Enumeration Library" />
        <list>
          <description>Library providing enumeration functionality like <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/enum.html">Java's</a> It offers enum constructors through static initialization, enum iteration as well as equality and binary lookup support</description>
          <technologies>PHP</technologies>
          <source><a href="https://github.com/timkurvers/php-enums">Browse on GitHub</a></source>
          <download><a href="https://github.com/timkurvers/php-enums/zipball/master">Zipped from GitHub</a></download>
        </list>
      </php-enums-library>

      <wow-dbc-library label="World of Warcraft DBC Library">
        <tagline>Open-Source PHP Library</tagline>
        <image src="apps/wow.dbc.png" label="World of Warcraft DBC Library" />
        <list>
          <description>Library capable of creating, reading, writing and exporting World of Warcraft's client-side database files. These so-called DBCs store information required by the client to operate successfully and can be extracted from the MPQ archives of the game client</description>
          <technologies>PHP, PDO, MySQL, JSON &amp; XML</technologies>
          <source><a href="https://github.com/timkurvers/wow-dbc-php">Browse on GitHub</a></source>
          <download><a href="https://github.com/timkurvers/wow-dbc-php/zipball/master">Zipped from GitHub</a></download>
        </list>
      </wow-dbc-library>

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      <irc-bot label="Internet Relay Chat Bot">
        <tagline>Custom Bot</tagline>
        <list>
          <description>Bot built on top of the <a href="http://www.jibble.org/pircbot.php">PIRC</a> foundation, used to beat a bunch of IRC challenges on the excellent training website <a href="http://www.hackthissite.org">HackThisSite</a></description>
          <technologies>Java</technologies>
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      <warcraft3-bot label="Warcraft III Bot">
        <tagline>Custom Bot</tagline>
        <list>
          <description>Bot to connect to Blizzard's <a href="http://www.battle.net">Battle.net</a> which hosts games and chat channels for the award winning real-time strategy game Warcraft III</description>
          <technologies>Java, Battle.net, BNLS Servers &amp; Cryptography</technologies>
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    </apps>

    <webdesign label="Webdesign">

      <dwars-door-de-diaspora label="Dwars door de Diaspora">
        <tagline>Dutch TV-Show Website</tagline>
        <image src="ranj/dddd.png" label="Dwars door de Diaspora's homepage showing each team's weekly activities and their current locations"></image>
        <list>
          <description>Website for Dwars door de Diaspora - a weekly Dutch TV-show - in which six Jewish youths seek out their roots. I was responsible for front as well as back-end implementations</description>
          <internship>Webdesigner at <a href="http://www.ranj.nl">RANJ Serious Games</a></internship>
          <technologies>PHP, XHTML, CSS, Flash, SilverLight &amp; JSON</technologies>
          <website>http://www.dwarsdoordediaspora.nl</website>
        </list>
      </dwars-door-de-diaspora>

      <sharkworld label="Sharkworld">
        <tagline>Serious Game Website</tagline>
        <image src="ranj/sharkworld.png" label="Redesign of the Sharkworld website" />
        <list>
          <description>Redesign of the website for RANJ's multiple-award-winning game Sharkworld. I was responsible for technical aspects of the second draft, bugfixing, troubleshooting and ultimately deployment</description>
          <internship>Webdesigner at <a href="http://www.ranj.nl">RANJ Serious Games</a></internship>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, jQuery &amp; PHP</technologies>
          <website>http://www.sharkworldgame.nl</website>
        </list>
      </sharkworld>

      <wrathnet label="WrathNet">
        <tagline>Community Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/wrathnet.wow.png" label="The original WrathNet website draft" />
        <image src="web/wrathnet.png" label="The now-discontinued version of WrathNet's homepage" />
        <list>
          <description>World of Warcraft related website, currently undergoing maintenance for the upcoming <a href="#item-wrathnet-client">WrathNet Client</a>. Besides a tradional WoW-inspired design, a trendier concept was designed. Both are featured on the right!</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL &amp; C++</technologies>
          <website>http://www.wrathnet.org</website>
        </list>
      </wrathnet>

      <lunarian label="Lunarian">
        <tagline>Web Application Suite</tagline>
        <image src="web/lunarian.png" label="Current draft for the upcoming Lunarian website" />
        <list>
          <description>Interoperable web-development framework focusing on data-driven development</description>
          <technologies>PHP &amp; MySQL, XML/XSL &amp; JSON</technologies>
          <website>http://www.lunarian.org</website>
        </list>
      </lunarian>

      <flower-unique label="Flower Unique">
        <tagline>Company Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/flower.unique.png" label="Flower Unique's impressions &amp; galleries" />
        <list>
          <description>Trendy content-based website for a local florist's. Content-management is done through a flat-file architecture</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, <a href="http://www.lunarian.org">Lunarian</a> &amp; PHP</technologies>
          <website>http://www.flowerunique.nl</website>
        </list>
      </flower-unique>

      <witveld-bloembinders label="Witveld Bloembinders">
        <tagline>Company Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/witveld.png" label="Witveld Bloembinders's homepage" />
        <list>
          <description>Minimalistic but flowery website for a local florist's. Consists of a single-file containing several content blocks</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS &amp; PHP</technologies>
          <website>http://www.witveld.nl</website>
        </list>
      </witveld-bloembinders>

      <pretparkplanner label="Pret Park Planner">
        <tagline>Google Maps Implementation</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y3/pretparkplanner.png" label="The 'Pick-a-Themepark'-step in the wizard" />
        <list>
          <description>Always wanted to find out about the most awesome themeparks? Have a look!</description>
          <technologies>CakePHP, XHTML, CSS &amp; Google Maps API</technologies>
          <website>http://cmd.moonsphere.net/ppp/</website>
        </list>
      </pretparkplanner>

      <toneelvereniging-poespas label="Toneelvereniging Poespas">
        <tagline>Drama Group Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/toneelverenigingpoespas.png" label="Toneelvereniging Poespas' homepage" />
        <list>
          <description>Website for a local drama group - with an integrated ticket-manager</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, PHP &amp; MySQL</technologies>
          <website>http://www.toneelverenigingpoespas.nl</website>
        </list>
      </toneelvereniging-poespas>

      <vc-kwoen label="VC Kwoen">
        <tagline>Friends Group Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/vckwoen.png" label="A caricature of our friends group as beavers, drawn by our master-architect Stef" />
        <list>
          <description>Community website for a group of friends, consisting of ten people, from Hegelsom, Horst, Kronenberg &amp; Sevenum</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, PHP &amp; MySQL</technologies>
          <website>http://www.vckwoen.nl</website>
        </list>
      </vc-kwoen>

      <!--<moonsphere label="Moonsphere">
        <tagline>Previous Personal Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/moonsphere.png" label="My previous personal website" />
        <list>
          <description>My personal website prior to the current one you're viewing. Featured a really old-school deeplinked skeleton, backboned by a self-written PHP framework</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS &amp; PHP</technologies>
        </list>
      </moonsphere>-->

      <moonsphere-chronicles label="Moonsphere Chronicles">
        <tagline>Riddle Game</tagline>
        <image src="web/moonspherechronicles.png" label="The introductional page for the Moonsphere Chronicles" />
        <list>
          <description>Based on <a href="http://www.notpron.com">notpr0n</a>, another riddle game. Unfortunately my mates and myself were forced to drop this project due to a heavy workload</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, PHP &amp; MySQL</technologies>
        </list>
      </moonsphere-chronicles>

      <youth-choir label="Jeugdkoor Hegelsom">
        <tagline>Youth Choir Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/jeugdkoor.png" label="A draft for the Youth Choir website"/>
        <list>
          <description>Website for a local youth choir, incorporating the choir's official colors - red &amp; yellow - as well as the influence of notes &amp; scores</description>
          <technologies>XHTML &amp; CSS</technologies>
        </list>
      </youth-choir>

      <kazoom label="KaZooM">
        <tagline>Previous Personal Website</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y1/tools/design/website.png" label="Visualization of the KaZooM website" />
        <list>
          <description>Another personal website (prior to Moonsphere) named after an alias I used while playing Warcraft III in my younger years</description>
          <technologies>XHTML &amp; CSS</technologies>
        </list>
      </kazoom>

      <!--
      <sotos label="SOTOS">
        <tagline>Foundation</tagline>
        <image src="web/sotos.png" label="SOTOS' homepage"/>
        <list>
          <description>Website for SOTOS - foundation aiming to improve technical education in Senegal</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, PHP &amp; MySQL</technologies>
          <website>http://www.sotos.nl</website>
        </list>
      </sotos>

      <clan-pst label="Clan PST">
        <tagline>Gaming Clan Website</tagline>
        <image src="web/clanpst.png" />
        <list>
          <description>Official clan website for <a href="http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/war3-clan-profile.aspx?Gateway=Northrend&amp;ClanTag=PST">Pro Sheep Taggers</a>, a Warcraft III Sheep Tag clan. Our clan is still going strong on five years, so feel free to visit on the Northrend gateway</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, PHP &amp; MySQL</technologies>
        </list>
      </clan-pst>

      <game-insight label="Game Insight">
        <tagline>Gaming Community</tagline>
        <image src="web/gameinsight.png" />
        <list>
          <description>One of my first websites, was to become a grand gaming network. Unfortunately it was not meant to be</description>
          <technologies>XHTML, CSS, PHP &amp; MySQL</technologies>
        </list>
      </game-insight>

      <xmb label="eXtreme Message Board">
        <tagline>Open Source Web 2.0 Design</tagline>
        <image src="web/xmbforum.png" label="Draft for XMB 2.0" />
        <list>
          <description>Been part of the eXtreme Message Board - more popularly known as XMB - staff between 2002 and 2005. This features a design proposal for future versions</description>
          <website>http://www.xmbforum.com</website>
        </list>
      </xmb>
      -->

    </webdesign>

    <flash label="Flash">

      <cmd-graduation label="Pervasive Gaming">
        <tagline>Graduation Project</tagline>
        <image src="flash/cmd.graduation/painting.jpg" label="In-game character De Vries answering questions about the painting he is pointing at" />
        <list>
          <description>Pervasive games blend the gaming world with our reality. A regular physical phone call suddenly turns into a gamechanger</description>
          <note>Project is currently serving as my <a href="?cv#item-cmd">bachelor</a> graduation project and features art work from Nintendo's <a href="http://www.capcom.com/phoenixwright/">Phoenix Wright</a></note>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3/Flex 4, <a href="http://www.tropo.com">Tropo</a>, <a href="http://www.skype.com">Skype</a><br />PHP, MySQL, JSON &amp; Cryptography</technologies>
          <website>http://cmd-graduation.moonsphere.net</website>
        </list>
      </cmd-graduation>

      <wrathnet-client label="WrathNet">
        <tagline>Flash MMO</tagline>
        <image src="flash/wrathnet/flash2.jpg" label="WrathNet's UI showing an item-tooltip" />
        <image src="flash/wrathnet/flash.jpg" label="WrathNet's Quest Log" />
        <list>
          <description>Flash-client for World of Warcraft as a proof of concept of combining 2d &amp; 3d-worlds. Far from done, but hopefully alive soon</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3/Flex 4, Flash IDE, MVC<br />Cryptography (SRP/HMAC/ARC4)</technologies>
        </list>
      </wrathnet-client>

      <cmd-biogame label="Biogame">
        <tagline>Serious Game</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q3/project/game.jpg" label="Biogame puts you in the role of a biologic farmer" />
        <image src="cmd/y2/q3/project/climax.jpg" label="The climax of the game" />
        <list>
          <description>Biological food is often criticized for its high prices. Why are these so high?<br />Live the life of a biological farmer and compete with your neighbour in this farm-management game to find out.</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3 &amp; Flash IDE</technologies>
          <website>http://cmd.moonsphere.net/biogame/</website>
        </list>
      </cmd-biogame>

      <cmd-worms label="Worms">
        <tagline>Actionscript 3 Assignment</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y3/worms.png" label="An invasion of Worms; Player-controlled worm is indicated by the arrow" />
        <list>
          <description>Simple movement/gravity game created, based on the original Worms franchise</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, Flash IDE, XML &amp; UML</technologies>
          <website>http://cmd.moonsphere.net/worms/</website>
        </list>
      </cmd-worms>

      <ranj-the-great-flu label="The Great Flu">
        <tagline>Counteracting An Outbreak!</tagline>
        <image src="ranj/thegreatflu.png" label="Main UI for RANJ's The Great Flu"/>
        <list>
          <description>Engage in an abstract battle against a virus using medical tactics. Responsible for the implementation of event &amp; game messages</description>
          <internship>Game Programmer at <a href="http://www.ranj.nl">RANJ Serious Games</a></internship>
          <technologies>JSON</technologies>
          <website>http://www.thegreatflu.com</website>
        </list>
      </ranj-the-great-flu>

      <!--
      <ranj-roc-english-adventure label="ROC English Adventure">
        <tagline>Linguistic Multiplayer Adventure Game</tagline>
        <image src="ranj/rocenglishadventure.png" label="A conversation with an NPC in RANJ's ROC English Adventure"/>
        <list>
          <description>Specifically tailored for children, the ROC Adventure game strives to teach them English in an engaging environment</description>
          <internship>Game Programmer at <a href="http://www.ranj.nl">RANJ Serious Games</a></internship>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, JSON, IRC &amp; Flash IDE</technologies>
        </list>
      </ranj-roc-english-adventure>

      <ranj-berenschot label="Berenschot Procurement Game">
        <tagline>Increasing One's Procurement Skills</tagline>
        <image src="ranj/berenschotprocurementgame.png" label="An overview of all the suppliers in Berenschot's Procurement Game'"/>
        <list>
          <description>Procurement is not for the faint-hearted. It requires extensive analysing skills and market knowledge. Responsible for the implementation of events &amp; dialogues with the suppliers</description>
          <internship>Game Programmer at <a href="http://www.ranj.nl">RANJ Serious Games</a></internship>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, JSON &amp; Flash IDE</technologies>
        </list>
      </ranj-berenschot>

      <ranj-berenschot-scenario-editor label="Berenschot Scenario Editor">
        <tagline>Custom Tailored Editor</tagline>
        <image src="ranj/berenschotscenarioeditor.png" label="Editing an event for supplier 'Sniff Shady' in the Berenschot Scenario Editor"/>
        <list>
          <description>Extensive editor developed to allow Berenshot to 'conjure' their own scenarios for their own customers</description>
          <internship>Game Programmer at <a href="http://www.ranj.nl">RANJ Serious Games</a></internship>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, FLEX, AIR &amp; JSON</technologies>
        </list>
      </ranj-berenschot-scenario-editor>
      -->

      <cmd-what-who-when label="What &#183; Who &#183; When">
        <tagline>Detective Questionnaire</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y3/ch/www.png" label="A conversation with a character in the What, Who &amp; When game"/>
        <list>
          <description>Waking up early, having a massive headache &amp; concluding that your entire room is empty. What happened, who is involved and when did it happen?!</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, XML &amp; Flash IDE</technologies>
        </list>
      </cmd-what-who-when>

      <cmd-text-game label="Adventure Games Tribute">
        <tagline>Textual Game</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q3/gedrageninteractie/textgame.png" label="Example of the flow in the Adventure Games Tribute text-game"/>
        <list>
          <description>A tribute to original old-school adventures like Monkey Island &amp; Space Quest</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3 &amp; Flash IDE</technologies>
          <website>http://cmd.moonsphere.net/textgame/</website>
        </list>
      </cmd-text-game>

      <!--
      <cmd-pizza-decoration label="Pizza Decoration">
        <tagline>Prototype Game</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q3/gedrageninteractie/pizzagame.png" />
        <list>
          <description>Always wanted to decorate your own pizza? This is your chance!</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3 &amp; Flash IDE</technologies>
          <website>http://cmd.moonsphere.net/pizzagame/</website>
        </list>
      </cmd-pizza-decoration>

      <cmd-stichting-verzorgd label="Stichting Verzorgd">
        <tagline>Eye Navigation</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/qfs/project/design.jpg" label="Visualization of the atom-focus mechanism" />
        <list>
          <description>Possible solution for the physically disabled to control a computer interface by using their eyes as a point &amp; focus device</description>
          <technologies>MyTobii, Actionscript 3, Flash IDE &amp; XML</technologies>
          <website label="Quiz">http://cmd.moonsphere.net/eyeaf/?quiz</website>
          <website label="Desktop">http://cmd.moonsphere.net/eyeaf/</website>
          <source><a href="http://cmd.moonsphere.net/eyeaf/oefeningen.xml">Exercises in XML</a></source>
        </list>
      </cmd-stichting-verzorgd>

      <cmd-game-engine label="Game Engine">
        <tagline>Prototype Project</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q3/gedrageninteractie/gameengine.png" label="Player trodding around in the Game Engine" />
        <list>
          <description>Random project to create a working game engine, using The Legend of Zelda textures</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, Flash IDE &amp; XML</technologies>
          <website>http://cmd.moonsphere.net/gameengine/</website>
        </list>
      </cmd-game-engine>

      <cmd-map-editor label="Map Editor">
        <tagline>Prototype Project</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q3/gedrageninteractie/mapeditor.png" />
        <list>
          <description>Map Editor for the Game Engine, listed above. Currently, saving your designs is not supported</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, Flash IDE &amp; XML</technologies>
          <website display="http://cmd.moonsphere.net/gameengine/">http://cmd.moonsphere.net/gameengine/?editor</website>
        </list>
      </cmd-map-editor>
      -->

    </flash>

    <installations label="Installations">

      <cmd-enlightenment label="The Enlightenment">
        <tagline>Gossip Interactive Installation</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q4/project/room.jpg" label="An overview of the room including the 'Talking Painting'" />
        <image src="cmd/y2/q4/project/interactie.jpg" label="Our friend, Ton, trodding around the room with the compass-sensor-enabled oil lamp!"/>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q4/project/techniek.jpg" label="A peek behind-the-curtain - literally - at the mechanical/technical setup"/>
        <list>
          <description>People have a tendency to talk behind each other's backs. Our interactive installation focuses on this phenomenon - with nothing more than an oil lamp!</description>
          <related><a href="#item-cmd-enlightenment-maquette">The Enlightenment</a> maquette</related>
          <technologies>Java, Processing &amp; Arduino</technologies>
          <hardware>Arduino Bluetooth &amp; Ultrasonic Sensors</hardware>
        </list>
      </cmd-enlightenment>

      <!--
      <cmd-inspiration label="Inspiration">
        <tagline>Wii-Remote Installation</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y3/ch/inspiration.png" label="A pig drawn onto the sky with a Wii-mote"/>
        <list>
          <description>Wanted to stay young forever? Laying down in a patch of grass &amp; observing the clouds? Yep, so did we. With 4 Wii-Remotes, enabling people to draw on a fictional moving sky</description>
          <technologies>Actionscript 3, XML, Flash IDE, JunXion &amp; FLOSC</technologies>
          <hardware>Wireless Infrared Bar &amp; 4x Wii-mote</hardware>
        </list>
      </cmd-inspiration>
      -->

    </installations>

    <misc label="Miscellaneous">

      <cmd-enlightenment-maquette label="Enlightenment Maquette">
        <tagline>Maquette</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y2/q4/omgevingsontwerp/schilderij.jpg" label="The 'Talking Painting' and the control-room" />
        <image src="cmd/y2/q4/omgevingsontwerp/computer.jpg" label="Computers" />
        <image src="cmd/y2/q4/omgevingsontwerp/binnenkomst.jpg" label="The entry" />
        <list>
          <description>Paper-maquette to visualize our interactive installation before-hand.</description>
          <materials>Lots and lots of paper, tonnes of glue, a bucket-load of patience and steady fingers.</materials>
          <related><a href="#item-cmd-enlightenment">The Enlightenment</a> installation</related>
        </list>
      </cmd-enlightenment-maquette>

      <cmd-imagination label="Re-live World War I">
        <tagline>Museum Layout</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y1/q4/imagination/2.jpg" label="A close-up of the trenches" />
        <image src="cmd/y1/q4/imagination/1.jpg" label="An overview of the maquette" />
        <image src="cmd/y1/q4/imagination/3.jpg" label="A soldier on the look-out" />
        <image src="cmd/y1/q4/imagination/4.jpg" label="Closer look at the paintings within the trenches" />
        <list>
          <description>Our proposal for re-living World War I by literally entering the trenches and experiencing art &amp; paintings from that era in the gruesome muddiness</description>
          <materials>Matchsticks for the painting-frames, chicken wire for the base, papier mache for the filling and a few scattered toy soldiers. Additionally, lots of patience.</materials>
        </list>
      </cmd-imagination>

      <cmd-vector-design label="Where the Magic Happens..">
        <tagline>Vector Design Assignment</tagline>
        <image src="cmd/y1/tools/design/vector.png" label="Vectorized version of my own bedroom" />
        <list>
          <description>Vectorized visualization of my own bedroom. Had to include a text-transformation to a visual symbol and a map of the room. Used an actual photo to re-construct the most itty bitty details</description>
          <tools>Adobe Fireworks &amp; Adobe Illustrator</tools>
        </list>
      </cmd-vector-design>

    </misc>

  </portfolio>


</moonsphere>