PomoChamp

A Pomodoro timer disguised as a 16-bit fighting game.

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The problem

Plain Pomodoro timers give you no feedback during the 25 minutes, which for an ADHD brain is its own special torture. Could focus feel like winning a fighting-game tournament instead?

What I did

I designed the whole concept, the database schema, the fighter system, the scoring and the gameplay loop, then built it in Bolt with heavy AI assistance: a full-stack app with authentication, persistent data and a proper state machine.

PomoChamp landing page introducing the 16-bit fighting game Pomodoro timer — The landing page

The Spinal Tap Easter egg hidden in PomoChamp — The obligatory Spinal Tap Easter egg

PomoChamp fighter selection screen — Pick your fighter

PomoChamp fight screen with two 16-bit fighters brawling while the focus timer runs — The fight screen

The outcome

A shipped hackathon entry, built to a hard deadline. Proof of full-stack delivery by a non-developer using AI tools.

What I learned

Building for my own documented need made the design decisions obvious, and a deadline turned out to be a feature in itself: it forces you to ship.

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