Here Are Some of My Projects.
This is list of projects that I have worked on or am still working on. As
a multi-media designer these projects include various mediums including
websites, photography series, web apps, writings, video game mods,
interfaces, music, video art, and a mix of all of those plus some! Many of
my projects are focused on designing functional digital products, writing
creative works, and expressing art in as many ways as I possibly can. My
current endeavors that I plan to continue on with include bettering my
illustration skills, learning 3D-modeling, and sharpening my knowledge of
coding languages such as C# and JavaScript.
Asveora Social: Open Source Digital Network
This project was started in response to the changing climate of the
internet and the many cracks that have emerged as we have finally hit late
stage web 2. Centralization is beginning to fall apart due to issues with
scaling and walled gardens are becoming ever more problematic. Not to
mention that robust systems of governance, accountability, and user
authenticity are either completely absent or close to completely absent.
Many people have become dependent on large enterprises and companies to do
everything for them in exchange for the sale of personal information and a
lack of true control over their own online presence.
Asveora went from
being a group of friends to being a community project of its own to now
being a full-fledged fight to create a more open, transparent, and
flexible internet. The project advocates for open source software, freedom
of choice, and a strong culture of democratic federation built on
principles that serve the user first and the system second. The goal of
the Asveora project is to utilize the best ideas floating in the muddy
late of web 3 and combine them with the ideas of early web 2, which I like
to call "open web 2", since early web 2 was denoted by user controlled
systems such as web rings and independent chat rooms. You can learn more about the ever growing
project at the following link: https://www.asveora.social
Community Oversight: Social Good Campaign
This is a small scale presentation site created to inform individuals about
why community oversight is necessary in the helping to reform the way that
law enforcement operates. The project serves as an introduction to the issue
and suggests some of the expected outcomes if adoption of the community
oversight system continues. There has been continual growth in the number of
community oversight systems and law enforcement auditor groups since the
1990s. Presently about 200 community oversight groups exist across the
United States and the number keeps climbing! View the project here:
amzrosevca.com/p/community-oversight.html
Death of the Store: Building a Research Archive
This project was an archive book created to discuss the state of
brick-and-mortar stores in the modern landscape and their survival. The
information in this archive may be considered outdated since trends have
shifted about in a somewhat odd manner due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the
way in which society bounced back afterwards. Many of the pictures in this
archive were photographed by me! There are currently no prints of this book
being produced but you can read it online for free here: jpm2k2design.com/p/death-of-store.html
Horizon Wave: Windows 10 Theme System
Horizon Wave is a theme engine for the Windows 10 operating system
with the purpose of bringing game console styled interfaces to
computers. The project started out in 2018 and was called "Aurora
Carpet" originally before being changed to the name of "Horizon Wave"
in 2021 after some significant changes were made to the "Aurora
Carpet" project to where the project needed a new name due to how
different things were after the shift in focus. Horizon Wave's default
theme largely takes influence from the PlayStation 4, Windows
Longhorn, and the Nintendo Switch. The theme engine also has a custom
viewport mode that was built on top of OBS and can be launched
straight from the desktop. The viewport mode's design is largely based
on Nintendo's seventh and eighth generation game consoles. To see Horizon Wave in action, check out the links below!
Horizon Wave Demo:
Horizon Wave Game Channel:
Rain Wave Engine: GDevelop Framework
This project was a fan game dedicated to the classic Sonic the
Hedgehog games and was going to be focused on level creation and
time attacks. The project originally started out as Sonic Gears
and featured a myriad of working levels before the project was
restarted from the ground up as the "Rain Wave Engine" which Sonic
Regnant was then eventually built upon. The Rain Wave Engine was
created with GDevelop and the first ever engine based on Sonic the
Hedgehog's high speed platforming gameplay.
Due to software
constraints at the time, slopes could not be properly implemented,
but years later another individual was able to as the software's
environment became more complex. Sonic Gears, the older version of
Regnant was featured in SAGE 2019's trailer where it was donning
the new "Sonic Regnant Logo" at the time. The game was
unfortunately pulled from the expo due to complications.
Sonic Gears is included in the Sonic Protamedra (aka Sonic XS)
project as well. In the following SAGE 2019 trailer video at the [04:27] mark its appearance can be seen: https://youtu.be/SDtpFtnQjX4
Xaosphora Works: Rewriting Fictional Worlds
Xaosphora Works is a long time project that focuses on
re-imagining already existing fictional works and worlds in an
effort to create more cohesive narratives or alternate
storylines. The project encompasses franchises such as The
Legend of Zelda, Star Wars, Bomberman, and more! The project was
born out of my love for story telling and world building.
Xaosphora Works is home to a group of sub projects which can all
be found through the link below. The first of these projects was
Sonic Protamedra, a re-telling and re-organization of the
classic era of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise that ties in lore elements from the games, comics, and more into a brand new landscape! See it here: xaosphora.com