How We Built Alicia Storybook with Gemini + Google Cloud

How We Built Alicia Storybook with Gemini + Google Cloud Alicia Storybook is a multimodal AI storytelling app that helps kids and first-time writers turn ideas into complete, illustrated stories. This content was created specifically for the purpose of entering the Gemini Live Agent Challenge hackathon. Why we built Alicia Kids often have incredible imagination but struggle with the blank page. Most tools either feel too rigid or generate everything for the user, which removes creative ownership. We wanted to build an experience where AI acts like a supportive co-creator: helping users write page by page, giving contextual feedback, generating matching illustrations, and keeping momentum through a full 12-page story arc. What Alicia does Alicia guides users through a complete storytelling workflow: Story setup (character, setting, idea) AI-assisted page writing Live coaching (text + voice) Illustration generation per page Completion of a 12-page storybook draft The key product principl