• emax_gomax@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Bold to assume having an AI play the game for testing is actually useful. Given how buggy games release nowadays i genuinely wonder which companies still properly have play testers. An AI whose results you mostly ignore is pointless.

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      4 hours ago

      An AI whose results you mostly ignore is pointless good for driving up the share price artificially

      ftfy

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      23 hours ago

      I suspect it’s not a lack of playtesters that’s the problem, but harsh deadlines and crunch. That type of environment leads to tech debt to get things working fast, which leads to hard-to-manage code, which leads to bugs…