The problem

Cycling apps are good at numbers. Watts, splits, zones, the exact moment you blew up on the last climb. None of that makes riding fun. I wanted to see what happens when you drop the seriousness and put some joy back in.

So I submitted Wahoogotchi for the 2025 hackathon, a Tamagotchi-inspired digital companion that grows, reacts, and evolves based on your real rides.

The idea

Wahoogotchi is a digital pet that lives on your ride data. It grows, reacts, and evolves based on what you actually do on the bike. Skip a week and it notices. Finish a long ride and it celebrates with you.

Process

I also used this project to test how far AI-generated graphics and voiceover could take a pitch video. Three tools did most of the work:

• ChatGPT wrote the script. I locked the tone to a 90s as-seen-on-TV infomercial and kept iterating until it read right out loud.
• ElevenLabs generated the voiceover once the script landed.
• Figma generated the fluffy pet companions.

I stitched everything together in Adobe Premiere Pro and added the final touches. That step took longer than the rest of the project combined. If you edit video for a living, you have my respect.