cqz2k.com

Description

An immersive, retro-OS themed interactive portfolio for music producer 'cqz', featuring a custom window manager, classic media players, and hidden interactive lore.

Key Features

• Retro OS Window ManagerDraggable windows, drag-to-select desktop icons, and taskbar state management
• Integrated Webamp & MediaFully functional classic Winamp emulator and custom video/YouTube players
• Global Audio SynchronizationCentralized volume store syncing DOM media, Webamp, and YouTube IFrame APIs
• Immersive Cyberpunk UIInteractive CMD terminal, boot/shutdown sequences, CRT/noise overlays, and glitch effects

What I Learned

Engineered a complex multi-window state management system. Solved cross-environment audio syncing by unifying Webamp, standard media elements, and YouTube iframes under a single global volume controller. Optimized drag-and-drop interactions using requestAnimationFrame.