Let an agent play a game on its own
OpenClaw has been used to drive Forza Horizon and to create bots that could take part in a browser game.
- What they did
- One developer shared a LinkedIn demo of OpenClaw controlling Forza Horizon without any help from the keyboard or mouse. The agent worked in a loop: it captured the screen, sent the image to a vision model, and used the response to decide its next move. Separately, another developer on Hacker News used OpenClaw while working on bots for a multiplayer game that runs in a browser.
- How it went
- The Forza session ran on its own, but the driving was shaky and not close to competitive. In the browser game, the resulting bots were the first to compete in a meaningful way after several earlier attempts with normal LLM-based bots failed.
- Tips
- Start with a short test and watch the cost if your setup relies on repeated vision calls; API models can run about $5 to $30 per day. Check the rules for online games first, since anti-cheat systems may ban automated accounts.
Try it yourself with OpenClaw
Use OpenClaw to control [game or browser game] for [10 minutes] and work toward [goal]. Watch the screen, choose the next action yourself, and tell me what you’re doing as you go. Before you pay for anything, send any message, sign in, delete anything, or submit a result, stop and ask for my approval.
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