Candy Crush Designers Enlist AI to Playtest Levels, Boost Innovation
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King is using AI tools to playtest and tweak Candy Crush Saga levels, saving designers time and making levels more balanced.
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The AI can playtest a level over 1,000 times to gather accurate gameplay data for designers.
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This helps avoid badly balanced levels that could cause players to quit the game.
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The AI isn't replacing designers - it acts as a "co-pilot" to augment human creativity.
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There's debate around AI's role in gaming, but King sees its tools as enabling more innovation, not less.