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Banana Level Up

Banana Level Up is a browser-based AI avatar demo for selecting collectible-figurine characters, generating new characters from text descriptions, and inspecting available character views in a 360° viewer.

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Independent OpenViST project profile, based on linked sources.

Banana Level Up — OpenViST project profile in Image & Video AI.
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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use the hosted demo to explore its character-generation and rotation workflow; use the repository when you want to run the app locally or examine its image-generation scripts.

Who it is for

  • People exploring prompt-based character and avatar concepts
  • Game and story creators prototyping figurine-style characters
  • Developers interested in a React and Vite character-generation demo

Documented uses

  • Generate a new character from a natural-language description.
  • Browse eight supplied base characters.
  • Rotate a character using mouse controls or keyboard arrows.
  • Compare four-direction views and, where complete assets exist, eight-direction views.
  • Configure Gemini or OpenRouter for chat and image models.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project documents a hosted GitHub Pages demo. Local development requires Node.js 18 or higher and a Gemini or OpenRouter API key. The repository is MIT-licensed.

  • The app supports Gemini and OpenRouter and requires users to provide a provider key for AI features.
  • The README says the browser app stores keys in local storage and calls the provider directly.
  • Four-direction rotations are generated by documented Node scripts; eight-view JPEGs are added manually.
  • Base character images are included, so generating them is not required just to run the app.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up the local development app

Install the project and start its Vite development server.

Before you start

  • Node.js version 18 or higher
  • A Google Gemini API key or OpenRouter API key

Steps

  1. Clone the repository and enter its directory.

  2. Run npm install.

  3. Run npm run dev.

  4. In the app's AI Assistant chat panel, choose Google or OpenRouter and enter the corresponding API key.

Expected outcome

The development app runs locally and has a configured provider key for its AI features.

Guide limitations

  • The documented setup does not include deployment steps.
  • The key is stored in browser local storage and used for direct provider calls.
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16 October 2026
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seehiong/banana-levelup · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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