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"Angelina" is the brainchild of Imperial College London computer science PhD student Michael Cook, and it's just helped craft its first official game release: _A Puzzling Present_. You read that correctly -- a computer AI helped to develop, test, and produce a full on video game (which was subsequently released to the Google Play store late last week). The game's even _free_, should you not trust a synthetic brain to produce your Santa-based mobile platformers.
Cook revealed his project to the world [back in March](http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/angelina-the-experimental-ai-thats-coming-for-our-game-dev-job/) as part of his PhD work -- he calls it, "an investigation into the ways in which software can design creatively." And while the theme of _A Puzzling Present_ isn't exactly what we'd call _wildly creative_, Cook promises the level design and sheer fun to be top notch. Or at least he's hoping as much, lest Angelina's algorithms need adjusting -- regardless, the game is [currently free on Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gba.pp&hl=en), should you wish to test your wits against a cold, calculating machine (and who _doesn't_?).
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Gaming](http://www.engadget.com/category/gaming/), [Handhelds](http://www.engadget.com/category/handhelds/), [Software](http://www.engadget.com/category/software/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/)
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**Via:** [Phys Org](http://phys.org/news/2012-12-phd-student-ai-machine-video.html)
**Source:** [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gba.pp&hl=en), [Angelina](http://www.gamesbyangelina.org/?p=248)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/17/angelina-a-puzzling-present-live/
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