Candy Crush is using AI to help solve puzzles, but some game makers worry it’s jeopardizing their livelihoods

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It would be "extremely difficult" for designers to update and reconfigure more than 18,000 levels without AI taking a first pass.

King uses AI to target two separate areas: developing new levels and going back to older levels, in some cases, puzzles that are several years old, and reworking them to ensure they're still worth playing.

An easy level can follow a few difficult levels — or vice versa — to give the game a sense of variety.

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Author / Journalist: Sarah Parvini, The Associated Press

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: United States

Topics: Candy crush A.I. Gaming Artists Gamers

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Published On: 2025-05-12 @ 18:49:21 (11 hours ago)

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