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Inspiration

We grew up watching Courage the Cowardly Dog, where Courage’s CRT computer felt like a snarky, wise, and slightly spooky oracle. That green glow, the scanlines, the low-resolution charm — it stuck with us. So when the theme was Blast from the Past, we knew what we had to do: Recreate Courage's CRT computer as a real-time chat interface. And maybe give it a second life — to talk again, but this time, with AI.

What it does

basically chatgpt does but in a fun and sarcastic way- the way courage's computer was

How we built it

We used Next.js 15 with the App Router and TypeScript on the frontend, styled using SCSS for full control over the CRT visual effects — including glow, scanlines, and screen bulge. The backend was built with Django, handling routing and user state. For the AI responses, we integrated Gemini APIs, giving our terminal its eerie, interactive voice.

Challenges we ran into

depolyment issues, css fixing was a great headache, time constraints

Accomplishments that we're proud of

people instantly recognized the reference. created a fully functional app that feels like it shouldn’t belong in 2025. built and styled the entire interface in under 48 hours without compromising on polish or weirdness.