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date
2026-08-29
words
7 601
read
39 min
sources
10
levels
500
in band
419/500
bot vs human
r +0.14
verbs
8
tests
894
prototypes
10
views
8
date
2026-08-29
·
words
7 601
·
read
39 min
·
sources
10 sources
·
levels
500 levels
·
in band
419/500 in band
·
bot vs human
r +0.14
·
verbs
8 verbs
·
tests
894 tests
·
prototypes
10 prototypes
·
views
8 views

Eight bots played all 500 levels. They were measuring the wrong game.

We built eight bots to play a 500-level arcade game and measure how hard each level is. They played it 720 pixels wide. Phones are 412. Levels do not scale, so the shipped game was roughly twice as hard as the game being measured: 172 of 500 levels in band, not the 421 we were reporting.

Games · Procedural Generation · Testing

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