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Bandai Namco Studios uses an autonomous AI system to automatically play through game levels and dungeons to detect bugs during game development. The AI navigates environments without prior map data, building its own understanding of the space as it explores.
Details
The AI testing system, developed within Bandai Namco Studios' AI Tech Unit, uses autonomous navigation technology similar to that used in robotic vacuum cleaners: it creates its own maps of dungeons and terrain to move through the game world without pre-programmed routes. The goal is to surface bugs caused by in-game map elements and AI character interactions. This work is described by a technical director in the AI Tech Unit's Game AI Section as distinct from in-game character AI, and is an active part of the studio's development workflow.
Products affected
Internal game development pipeline
Sources & Evidence
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Bandai Namco Studios Inc.: Bandai Namco Studios uses an autonomous AI system to automatically play through game levels and dungeons to detect bugs during game development. The AI navigates environments without prior map data, building its own understanding of the space as it explores (data as of 2026-08-04) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/c294e639-46bd-4fe2-a219-1a8136f8a409. Accessed September 11, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/c294e639-46bd-4fe2-a219-1a8136f8a409
- Data as of
- August 4, 2026
- Last verified
- Not recorded
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