--- title: I Built a Mobile Farming Game in 6 Days (with AI + Expo) description: A developer shares their experience building a mobile farming game in six days using React Native, Expo, and AI tools. The workflow involved using ChatGPT for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-mobile-farming-game-in-6-days-with-ai-expo--lo4uyif62 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Built a Mobile Farming Game in 6 Days (with AI + Expo) | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their experience building a mobile farming game in six days using React Native, Expo, and AI tools. The workflow involved using ChatGPT for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-mobile-farming-game-in-6-days-with-ai-expo--lo4uyif62 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lo4UYIf62.png og:image:alt: I Built a Mobile Farming Game in 6 Days (with AI + Expo) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Built a Mobile Farming Game in 6 Days (with AI + Expo) **[Simon Grimm](https://daily.dev/sources/galaxies_dev)** · 14 min read · 74 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A developer shares their experience building a mobile farming game in six days using React Native, Expo, and AI tools. The workflow involved using ChatGPT for planning, Cursor for coding, and various AI models for different tasks. Key learnings include leveraging Expo Application Services (EAS) for automated builds and deployments, the challenges of game design versus development, and the limitations of AI when debugging complex state management issues. The developer emphasizes that while AI dramatically accelerated development, understanding the underlying technology remains essential for solving critical bugs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@theubaidistan** · 1 upvotes > just intergration of API within few minutes and facing alot of errors to suriving till at the end maybe you just buy the key to easily access all features demo key might be diffcuity to intergration since you survining alot of errors to fight and resolve them **@drift** · 0 upvotes > cool, AI so powerful now **@zalts** · 0 upvotes > using vibecoding, it's all nice and working until production ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How to ship an AI mobile app fast with Expo](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-ship-an-ai-mobile-app-fast-with-expo-qb8tzbmaa) · Expo Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-mobile-farming-game-in-6-days-with-ai-expo--lo4uyif62) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I Built a Mobile Farming Game in 6 Days (with AI + Expo)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-mobile-farming-game-in-6-days-with-ai-expo--lo4uyif62","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-mobile-farming-game-in-6-days-with-ai-expo--lo4uyif62"},"datePublished":"2025-11-27T17:18:25.487Z","dateModified":"2026-10-15T02:19:23.905Z","description":"A developer shares their experience building a mobile farming game in six days using React Native, Expo, and AI tools. 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