{
  "id": 13753010,
  "title": "AFK.exe: Grow a Living Office by Stepping Outside with Local AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/afk-exe-grow-a-living-office-by-stepping-outside-with-local-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-11T16:33:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/bmartin2000/afkexe-grow-a-living-office-by-stepping-outside-with-local-ai-1eod"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AFK.exe is a developer game that allows players to grow their workspace by stepping away from their desks. The game features a small 3D office where players sit at a desk, work through coding contracts, and earn money, experience, and skill practice. You complete contracts to earn energy and fresh-air tokens to bring plants into your office. The game was created for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1 \"Touch Grass\".",
  "summary": "This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built I built AFK.exe , a cozy developer game where your workspace grows when you step away. You begin in a small 3D office. Sit at the desk, open the monitor, and work through short coding contracts. Your tiny plant-headed companion, Inez , keeps you company. Fix a bug, run its tests, and earn money,…",
  "key_points": [
    "AFK.exe is a developer game",
    "Players grow workspace by stepping away",
    "Earn energy, tokens for plants"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}