# TubbyBuddy

- **Event:** [Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon)
- **When:** Oct 26, 12:00 PM – Nov 4, 9:00 PM (EST)
- **Where:** Online
- **Team:** [Leni](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/koenigsmark)
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/OWO9000/TubbyBuddy
- **Demo video:** https://youtu.be/J8uJXpG4LBk
- **Gallery:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3737

TubbyBuddy is a focus app with a cat in charge. It guards the apps that steal your time and turns the hours you win back into real-life rewards.

I built it while rediscovering my curiosity for life, building and being seen. I joined the hackathon to make something I needed myself: a way to make discipline feel like a game, with real coupons that pull me outside to actually live and try new things.

The problem. Every app on our phones and computers competes for the same thing: our time. Blockers only say no, willpower runs out, and the hours spent in the feed quietly disappear. Nothing good happens when you do the right thing.

What TubbyBuddy does. Tubby, a small pink cat, guards the apps and sites you choose on Windows and Android. Open one, and Tubby steps in with a line written just for you by Meta’s Muse Spark. Put it down, and your points and streak stay safe. Open it anyway, and your points burn. Points come only from real focus: finished sessions and daily check-ins. You spend them on real things nearby, like a latte, a climbing day pass or a pottery class. You get a one-time code to show at the counter, and Muse Spark checks a photo of your visit for a bonus. Tell Tubby what you want more time for, and the rewards follow your goals. One Google sign-in keeps everything in sync across phone, PC and web. All the reward art was made with Muse Image.

## More from Meta Global AI Developer Hackathon

- [QuickAisles Team](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3734)
- [FarmPilot](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3735)
- [Tellwater](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3736)
- [Flanker](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3738)
- [thefatedone](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3739)
- [Your Unified Recording Interpreter](https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/meta-ai-developer-hackathon/hackathon/gallery/3740)

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