How Rare Tests Sea of Thieves to Stop Bugs Reaching Players | AI and Games

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Sea of Thieves
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Sea of Thieves (2018)
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In this fourth and final entry of my series on 'Sea of Thieves', I explore how the test-driven development influences the process of identifying and resolving bugs for AI and other gameplay systems, with comments from software engineers who pioneered the approach at Rare.

Check out the rest of the AI of Sea of Thieves episodes:
Part 1 (Mission and World Design): https://youtu.be/SCe0_ymiiSo
Part 2 (Skeletons and Sharks): https://youtu.be/V3inbQfFQb8
Part 3 (Megaladons, Krakens and Skeleton Ships): https://youtu.be/mZOZyCenz1E
Part 4 (Testing and QA): https://youtu.be/Bu4YV4be6IE
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