PixelPal is a web app brought to life in the 2025 WDCC x SESA hackathon!
In just under 48 hours and with the theme of nostalgia, our team made a site that fulfils the childhood fantasy of being able to talk to your favourite characters!
You can chat or talk with AI-powered characters in real time, powered by speech recognition and modern AI models.
🎭 Choose and interact with different cartoon characters
🎤 Voice chat powered by react-speech-recognition
💬 Text chat with AI responses
🔐 Google Sign-In authentication
⚡ Fast builds & hot reload with Vite
🎨 Clean and responsive UI with Tailwind CSS
Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite
AI Integration: OpenRouter API, Speech Recognition
Styling: Tailwind CSS
State Management: Redux Toolkit
Linting: ESLint + TypeScript + React rules
- Clone the repo
https://github.com/tarakpatel1000/aicartoonfriend.git- Install dependencies
npm install- Start the dev server
npm run devThe app will be available at http://localhost:5173
With Love, Andrew, Arisha, Aryan, Lina, Maalav, and Tarak