Hey everyone! I just soft-launched my browser game on itch and wanted to share it here for feedback.
Play it here: https://colyolyoctopus.itch.io/afk-intern-protocol
AFK Artifact: Intern Protocol is a free browser-based turn-based RPG about being an extremely underqualified intern inside an unstable artifact facility.
You fight containment breaches, read enemy intent cards, collect cursed gear, manage Lab Stability, customize your intern, visit Dale’s questionable shop, and slowly unlock more of the facility’s systems. The tone is dark comedy / weird workplace horror, but nothing NSFW or adult.
The current soft-launch build includes:
- Turn-based JRPG-style combat
- Attack, Skills, Items, and Special / Field Protocol actions
- Gear drops, rarity tiers, equipment, and scrap
- Intern customization
- Dale’s Shop
- Facility Management tasks
- Lab Stability
- Pre-stage story screens
- Boss encounters
- Artifact Delivery Vault rolls
- Endless Zombie Horror Mode after Act 1 completion
- Desktop browser support, with mobile browser support improving
This is still a soft-launch build, so I’m not pretending it’s perfectly balanced yet. I’m especially looking for feedback on the opening flow, combat clarity, UI readability, mobile behavior, and whether the story/humor lands.
I’m a solo creator building this (with advice from Birbley) as part of the AFK Artifact Co. universe, and I’d genuinely appreciate any thoughts from people who enjoy small browser RPGs, weird indie projects, or cursed little lab games.
Thanks for checking it out!