RummyCulture Achieves Prestigious Recognition for the ‘SPADENet’ Paper at International IEEE Conference on AI 2024

RummyCulture Achieves Prestigious Recognition for the ‘SPADENet’ Paper at International IEEE Conference on AI 2024

• The paper titled “SPADENet: Skill-based Player Action Decision and Evaluation for Card Games using Deep Neural Networks” has positioned RummyCulture as a trailblazer in the online games sector
• RummyCulture is the first skill-based gaming company from India to participate at the IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024

Bangalore, 6^th August 2024 – RummyCulture, one of the country’s leading skill-based online rummy platforms from the house of Gameskraft, received recognition for its significant achievement at the International IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024, held in Singapore.  RummyCulture showcased a unique paper titled “SPADENet: Skill-based Player Action Decision and Evaluation for Card Games using Deep Neural Networks,” marking a pioneering moment for the company and the Indian online games industry. 

RummyCulture’s submission acceptance has positioned the company as a leader in the AI and gaming sectors. This recognition makes RummyCulture the first ever Indian gaming company to achieve such an honour, underscoring its exceptional technical prowess and innovative capabilities. 

The paper “SPADENet” presents a novel architecture to represent the overall game state and evaluate optimal player actions in skill-based card games, using online rummy as a case study. This research not only advances the understanding of AI in gaming but also enhances player skills on Gameskraft’s platforms by teaching and up-skilling through the findings.

The IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI) is a premier international event that brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. The conference is organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), one of the world’s largest technical professional organizations dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.  

Reflecting on this milestone, Divya Alok, Co-Founding Member, Gameskraft said “We are incredibly proud of our team’s achievement at the IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024. The acceptance of our paper, ‘SPADENet,’ is a testament to the innovative spirit and technical excellence that we strive for at Gameskraft. This recognition not only highlights our commitment to advancing AI in gaming but also underscores our dedication to enhancing player experiences through cutting-edge technology”. 

Launched in 2017 by Gameskraft, RummyCulture has grown to a community of over twenty-five million users. The platform features games designed with a highly user-friendly interface, making it easy for first-time players to learn and enjoy the game without any hassle.  RummyCulture also received India’s oldest AVGC award at FICCI Frames 2024. It was honoured at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Best Animated Frames (BAF) Awards, winning the prestigious “Best Card Game” category. 

About SPADENet paper in brief

1. The paper introduces SPADENet, a generic and versatile architecture designed to represent the overall game state and evaluate optimal actions in skill-based card games.
2. SPADENet architecture enables models trained on one variant of a card game to be easily reused and retrained for different variants with minimal adjustments.
3. The paper includes a case study on Online Rummy, demonstrating SPADENet’s ability to infer the optimal Drop or Play action based on the game state from the player’s perspective.

 Real-world Impact

Such a framework can be leveraged to build the player ecosystem for any skill-based card game. It empowers the gaming platforms to quickly profile and benchmark the players’ skills. The platforms can then design personalized learning and development journeys for the players. For a new player on the platform who needs to learn the ropes quickly, it may act as a Decision Support System while for experienced players, it can help them understand the occasional but costly mistakes they make from time to time. This is particularly important in Real Money Gaming, where players use their own money and depend on their skills to influence game outcomes.

 Efficacy:

1. The models built for Online Rummy using SPADENet architecture showed improvement in Test F1-score across all Rummy variants with the highest being for Pool-6P from 0.767 (existing best-performing method) to 0.908 (18% increase).
2. The odds of favourable game outcomes for Drop or Play action in Online Rummy also increased when players followed SPADENet model recommendations. To assess this, about 68000 instances of Pool-6p games were randomly selected and examined. When the players’ behaviour was in line with the model recommendation (~62,600), they ended up with favourable outcomes in 72% of those games. In contrast, when players chose a different action (~5400), they could only turn the outcome in their favour in ~50% of them. This difference came out to be statistically significant.

Paper Name – SPADENet: Skill-based Player Action Decision and Evaluation for Card Games using Deep Neural Networks (Online Rummy as Case Study)

Event – IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024 Singapore.

Paper Link – https://ieeecai.org/2024/wp-content/pdfs/540900b313/540900b313.pdf

About RummyCulture  

RummyCulture is one of India’s fastest-growing online rummy platforms with more than 2.5 Crore (25 million) players and holds the “Guinness World Record” for hosting the world’s largest online rummy tournament. To provide an exciting, legal, safe, and fair gameplay experience to all users, the platform is RNG & No Bot certified. It also has an ISO 9001:2005 certification. 

With a belief in the power of technology to provide outstanding online rummy gaming experiences blended with best-in-segment customer service, offers, and player rewards, RummyCulture’s games are designed on an extremely user-friendly UI and make it convenient for first-time players to understand and play hassle-free. The platform offers players great opportunities to utilize their rummy skills and win a variety of exciting prizes. 

About Gameskraft 

Since its inception in 2017, online skill-based games company Gameskraft has catered to a growing group of players within the skill-based online games community. It is now one of the country’s most recognised game brands, home to massively popular gaming platforms. Gameskraft operates at the convergence of technology and gaming, offering millions of gamers secure, high-quality experiences. The company’s keen knowledge of the sector drives newer and safer ideas in skill-based gaming.