NourForge Archive Verify Creator
Windows
Create SHA-256 manifests and portable verification data for long-term archive workflows.
Software · Games · Education
James Nour
Software DeveloperGame DeveloperEducator
Creator of NourForge™
Building games, educational software, practical software tools and interactive digital experiences, with a strong interest in AI-assisted development and emerging software workflows.
- James Nour developer & educator
- NourForge™ software & game-development brand
- Projects utilities, educational software
About
A developer, game creator and educator based in Australia.
James Nour is an Australian software and game developer and secondary educator whose interests span software engineering, games, educational technology and AI-assisted development. His work focuses on turning ideas into practical, usable software across games, educational applications and productivity tools.
Through NourForge™ he designs, builds and releases desktop utilities, games and educational software, taking each project from working foundation through refinement, testing and release. The emphasis is on software that behaves dependably, explains itself clearly and respects the person using it.
His background combines software development, information technology and engineering-style technical thinking with mathematics, computational thinking and classroom teaching. That mix shapes how he approaches problems: understand the real task, build something that works, verify it, then refine it.
He also works with AI-assisted and agentic development tools as part of his everyday workflow, treating them as leverage under human direction rather than a replacement for judgement, subject knowledge and testing.
This is a personal professional website. Projects and views presented here are independent and are not affiliated with or endorsed by my employer.
- Software development Desktop applications, utilities and tooling
- Game development Arcade and educational games for desktop and browser
- Educational technology Learning, practice and assessment software
- Education Secondary teaching, mathematics and computational thinking
- AI-assisted development Agentic workflows for implementation, testing and iteration
- Information technology & engineering Systems thinking, verification and disciplined workflows
NourForge™
The brand behind the software.
NourForge™ is the software and game-development brand through which James develops and releases games, educational software, utilities and interactive digital projects.
NourForge is an independent Australian software business founded and run by James. Its public work so far includes Windows utilities for archive integrity and media metadata, with educational software and games in development.
This page is the personal side of that relationship. For product details, downloads, licensing, guides and support, the NourForge website is the place to go. NourForge is temporarily offline at present, so its product pages, downloads and support are unavailable for the time being.
- Utilities
- Games
- Educational software
- Developer & AI tools
Selected projects
Public releases from NourForge.
A selection of software released publicly through NourForge. Each project links to its NourForge product page. While NourForge is temporarily offline, those pages, downloads and support are unavailable.
NourForge Archive Verify Checker
Windows
Verify archives against NourForge and common SHA-256 checksum formats, with chunk-level match analysis.
NourForge MKV Batch Manager
Windows
Preview and batch-update MKV metadata across selected files with no video or audio re-encoding.
More projects will be added here as they are publicly released. Unreleased work is not listed.
Education & AI
Teaching, computational thinking and AI literacy.
Alongside software and game development, James works in secondary education and has a strong interest in mathematics, computational thinking, game-based learning and AI literacy.
Education
His educational interests include helping learners understand how emerging AI tools can expand what individuals are capable of creating, while reinforcing the importance of critical thinking, subject knowledge, evaluation and responsible use.
- Mathematics education and computational thinking
- Game-based learning and educational software
- Digital literacy and AI literacy
- Responsible use of generative AI
AI-assisted development
James explores AI-assisted and agentic development workflows as tools for accelerating implementation, experimentation, testing and software iteration, while retaining human direction, evaluation and responsibility.
- AI as leverage under human direction
- Faster iteration, with verification still owned by people
- How AI changes software-development workflows
- Lower barriers to creation; the same need for judgement and quality
Professional links
Find James and NourForge elsewhere.
Contact
Get in touch.
Professional enquiries, collaborations and portfolio-related correspondence are welcome by email at the address below, or through LinkedIn.
Email: james.nour.contact [at] gmail.com