Identity

Steven
Trueba

aka Alter. · Creative Technologist · Seattle → California

Available for projects12 yrs freelance200M+ streamsAudio · Visual · Spatial

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Freelance creative technologist building at the edge of spatial computing, generative AI, and sound. Currently shipping Three.js scenes, Godot prototypes, and agentic harnesses for local models.

Music producer and vocalist as Alter. — independent, persistent, and still releasing every month.

Experience

2025 — 2026

Jr. Product Owner — Denali.ai

Navigated product timelines with architecture and developer teams. Built 3D camera systems integrated with AI models in regulated manufacturing. Designed internal context management systems; prototyped workflows across multiple streams.

2018 — Present

Creative Director — Alter.

Founded an independent music project achieving sustainable royalties. Portfolio exceeds 200M+ streams. Collaborated with artists across music, fashion, and film — TeZATalks, Andie Case, DEELYLE, and others.

2015 — Present

Freelance Media Consultant

Hundreds of projects: live shows, documentaries, weddings, brand events. Early access to GPT-3, DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and RunwayML Gen-1. Runs Alter/AI Discord — tools, open-source, and local model workflows.

2013 — 2015

Retail Specialist — Apple

Became the go-to creative technology resource. Supported iPhone 6 and Apple Watch launches through personalized demonstrations.

Highline Community College — Sales, Marketing & Design (2010–12)

University of Washington — Audio Engineering (2011–12)

Shoreline Community College — Music Production (2012–13)

Philosophy

When you're genuinely passionate, the line between hard work and smart work blurs. You pour in effort because it's engaging — not just a grind — and that passion fuels finding clever solutions because you're invested in the outcome.

For me, it's a cycle: deep curiosity leads to focused effort, which reveals smarter ways to work, which fuels more curiosity. A positive feedback loop driven by the projects themselves.

Currently exploring

Agentic harnesses for local modelsIn-context learning techniquesSpatial scenes — Three.js & GodotUnreal Engine 3D pipelinesContext engineering patterns

Projects

Current Builds

Alter. // AfterAlter.x

Independent music label, Faircamp gallery, and living visual archive. 8 years of releases, 200M+ streams, and a full catalog across music, film, and fashion.

FaircampMusicVisualalterxyourxego.com

Preview coming soon

Agent Harnesses & Context Engineering

Optimizing workflows to power leveraged dev tools inside Unreal, Godot, and Blender — abstracting tool calls to speak only in results. Powered by local models via LM Studio / Hermes Odysseus.

UnrealGodotLM StudioMCP

Preview coming soon

Squad-Based Narrative RPG

Godot engine template built for repeatability. Dialog adventure with branching multiple choice and audio-reactive features — designed as a reusable foundation for narrative games.

GodotAudio ReactiveNarrative

Preview coming soon

Mini Apps Suite

Key Scale Mapper and Spatial Priority Planner — two focused utility tools for musicians and creative technologists managing complex, spatial workflows.

Web AppMusicSpatial

Tokyo Edit — AI Film

Started from a real photographer's concept. Developed an entire AI-generated film reflecting that photographic vision through generative mediums and AI pipelines.

AI FilmRunwayMLGenerative

Preview coming soon

Discord AI Archive

Curated thousands of AI and technology links over years. Built a scrape-and-process pipeline to surface a searchable archive of topics and original links from the Alter/AI community.

DataAIArchive