"Retro Revival: Coding the 90s with Amazon Q Developer

This is a submission for the Amazon Q Developer "Quack The Code" Challenge: That's Entertainment! What I Built A retro-style graphical demo (or app) featuring: A bouncing sprite Waveform visualizer synced to music A rotating starfield effect Interactive controls (keyboard input for color/audio changes) Demo demo video link refer :- https://github.com/24nivetha/-the-Amazon-Q-Developer-Quack-the-Code-Challenge-/blob/main/Code%20Your%20Own%20Retro%20Fun!-VEED%20(1)%20(1).mp4 Code Repository https://github.com/24nivetha/-the-Amazon-Q-Developer-Quack-the-Code-Challenge-/blob/main/amazon%20q%20code%20challenge.py How I Used Amazon Q Developer I started with a rough idea: I wanted to create a 90s-inspired graphical demo with starfields, sprite animations, and music sync. Instead of Googling for hours or digging through Stack Overflow, I described each element to Amazon Q Developer in plain English — like:"Generate a Python function that simulates a rotating starfield using trigonometry." Amazon Q immediately gave me usable code with clear structure. That let me prototype fast without losing creative momentum. "Generate a Python function that simulates a rotating starfield using trigonometry." Amazon Q immediately gave me usable code with clear structure. That let me prototype fast without losing creative momentum.

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"Retro Revival: Coding the 90s with Amazon Q Developer

This is a submission for the Amazon Q Developer "Quack The Code" Challenge: That's Entertainment!

What I Built

A retro-style graphical demo (or app) featuring:

A bouncing sprite

Waveform visualizer synced to music

A rotating starfield effect

Interactive controls (keyboard input for color/audio changes)

Demo

demo video link refer :- https://github.com/24nivetha/-the-Amazon-Q-Developer-Quack-the-Code-Challenge-/blob/main/Code%20Your%20Own%20Retro%20Fun!-VEED%20(1)%20(1).mp4

Code Repository

https://github.com/24nivetha/-the-Amazon-Q-Developer-Quack-the-Code-Challenge-/blob/main/amazon%20q%20code%20challenge.py

How I Used Amazon Q Developer

I started with a rough idea: I wanted to create a 90s-inspired graphical demo with starfields, sprite animations, and music sync. Instead of Googling for hours or digging through Stack Overflow, I described each element to Amazon Q Developer in plain English — like:"Generate a Python function that simulates a rotating starfield using trigonometry."

Amazon Q immediately gave me usable code with clear structure. That let me prototype fast without losing creative momentum.

"Generate a Python function that simulates a rotating starfield using trigonometry."

Amazon Q immediately gave me usable code with clear structure. That let me prototype fast without losing creative momentum.