Business solution examples

CASE 6

AI Game Debugging Robot

In the debugging process of video game development, having an AI play the game to work out the bugs results in significant cost savings over having a human do it.

Case overview

With video game development companies, currently, humans play through the games to discover bugs, but since this is quite expensive, a request was made for a system in which AI plays the game automatically.

Background / Challenges

  • Debugging is the process of discovering and reporting various bugs in video game software while it is under development.
  • Because debugging takes place during the time between when the game is nearly finished and the release date, the work is concentrated into a short, intensive interval.
  • Because debugging is done by humans, the overall cost is expensive and it can be hard to find people to do the work.
  • Though it is possible to do debugging work with no experience, in reality a certain level of skill and knowhow is required, and there is a shortage of people with this level of skill.

Results / Outlook

We developed an AI system that plays games automatically. Doing the debugging work over and over trains the AI, and we think it will be able to handle even more complicated games in the future.

Our solution

Developed an automatic debugging system

Developed a system that plays video games automatically, using an AI in the place of humans.