Contributing author at PlaytestCloud. Currently playing: Lost Sphear & Destiny 2.
As the prominence of user research in the tech industry continues to rise, more and more game development companies are looking to user researchers to improve the player experience within their title libraries. We recently spoke with two research strategists at Outfit7, Anja Arhar and Nives Đorđević. They confirmed for...
Playtesting your game is one of the best ways to improve the quality of your game by focusing on real-world player behaviour and discovering what players actually think about specific elements of your game. Not only can playtesting enable a better end product for your game through real feedback from...
So you’ve just finished a playtest and now you’re struck with the age-old question of “what now?” ringing in your head. You now have a plethora of information and data, and you need to be able to present it to others in a useful, productive way.
The first hour as crucial time: how it can make or break your game Game developers know: the first hour experience for players is one of the most important times in a game to entice and hook players to continue playing. Mobile games are plentiful in the app store, and...
One of the biggest pitfalls that can occur when playtesting a game is not having the critical distance to look at results objectively. With any research, it is important to take a step back and look at the results as a given, work with them, and move forward in a positive trajectory.
As with any type of research, choosing the right tools and methods is extremely important to gather the information you need. Asking the right questions is vital for user research, making sure that the responses you receive will be useful in gaining insight into your games.