Diamond Hacks 2025 Project - Jaden Manjusri Khang

Zippy transforms homework from a chore into an exciting, friendly competition. This gamified education platform rewards students for timely assignment completion with points that unlock virtual pet collectibles and customization options. Through real-time leaderboards, instant AI-powered feedback, and a compelling gacha system, Zippy creates a powerful motivation loop that makes learning engaging and rewarding.

On your terminal, run cd client, then run yarn install to install our frontend dependencies. Then run cd ../server and run yarn install to install the backend dependencies, and also run yarn start. Finally, run cd ../clientand run yarn run dev.

We will be using next.js framework, with ACM's MERN stack template linked here. We will also be integrating Gemini's API.

We are using a Model-View-API with Real-time layer architecture. Here is our breakdown:

	Next.js as View (Client)
	Express + MongoDB as Controller + Model (Server)
	Gemini API as a smart backend service
	Socket.IO as a real-time event layer