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Playco cuts manual prototyping fixes by 50% with GPT-6 Astra

Mobile game developer Playco reports that transitioning to OpenAI’s new flagship model halved the manual debugging required to build prototype game mechanics.

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  • Playco utilized GPT-6 Astra to build three themed game prototypes from a single grey-box code foundation, streamlining its rapid development cycle.
  • The studio reported a 50% reduction in manual programming fixes compared to older models, citing Astra's superior spatial and logical reasoning.

Mobile game developer Playco reports that transitioning to OpenAI’s new flagship model halved the manual debugging required to build prototype game mechanics.

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