Hello everyone, I'm building Motionly, an open-source motion graphics editor that helps you quickly create and refine animations for content creation.
Instead of generating a finished video that you cannot change, AI can help create an editable project that you can open in Motionly and visually adjust. You can tweak timing, movement, fonts, colors, assets, and layouts before exporting the final result.
Curious if anyone here still runs browser pets or desktop companions while working.
I ve been playing around with the idea of making them smarter (context-aware reactions + local AI) instead of just looping cute animations. Launched something in that direction on PH back on June 22nd (Arcrawls) and got some interesting feedback.
Would love to hear:
Do you still use any browser pets?
What would actually make one useful instead of just distracting?
Prefer pure nostalgia (classic Shimeji style) or something more reactive/smart?
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