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Building Better Playtests in 6 Steps

Building Better Playtests in 6 Steps

Elie Mouraud and Steve Bromley write about the best ways to playtest—and the mistakes to avoid when you’re just starting out. ... »

Jessica Barratt Jessica Barratt on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 13 December 2021
Steps to Research Goal Alignment

Steps to Research Goal Alignment

What is Research Goal Alignment?Research goal alignment is defining the true goals and outcomes of research. A great research project ... »

Sarah Romoslawski Sarah Romoslawski on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 23 July 2021
Cue-Behavior-Understanding: A Tool for End to End Evaluative Games User Research

Cue-Behavior-Understanding: A Tool for End to End Evaluative Games User Research

Game user researchers often talk about the importance of measuring design intent. What does this actually mean, though? Simply put, the ... »

Sarah Romoslawski Sarah Romoslawski on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 30 June 2021
Cross-Functional Collaboration in Games User Research

Cross-Functional Collaboration in Games User Research

The ability to deliver great user research within an organization is a team effort. Finding allies of support beyond the research discipline will elevate a good practice to an outstanding one. ... »

Sarah Romoslawski Sarah Romoslawski on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 25 May 2021
Learning Plans for Games User Research Roadmaps

Learning Plans for Games User Research Roadmaps

The first time I had to put together a research plan to thus inform a year’s worth of budgeting was ... »

Sarah Romoslawski Sarah Romoslawski on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 29 April 2021
Directions to Discovery

Directions to Discovery

In our previous blog post, we made the case for doing exploratory research in a game development context. In this post, we get into the details of actually doing it– drawing from an example can help unpack the process. ... »

Sarah Romoslawski Sarah Romoslawski on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 12 March 2021
The Case for Unmoderated Exploratory Research

The Case for Unmoderated Exploratory Research

A rigorous, iterative product development cycle includes plenty of testing, early and often. But what about when there is nothing yet ... »

Sarah Romoslawski Sarah Romoslawski on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 05 March 2021
Competitor Analysis Playtesting

Competitor Analysis Playtesting

Competitor analysis playtesting is a user research methodology that works wonderfully well in determining best practices for player experience in games. ... »

Gareth Lloyd Gareth Lloyd on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 17 November 2020
What's the Point of Playtesting?

What's the Point of Playtesting?

Playtesting your game is one of the best ways to improve the quality of your game by focusing on real-world player ... »

Chris Hugelmann Chris Hugelmann on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 08 October 2020
Writing A Playtest Report: Tips and Tricks for Creating a Strong Post-Playtest Report

Writing A Playtest Report: Tips and Tricks for Creating a Strong Post-Playtest Report

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. ... »

Chris Hugelmann Chris Hugelmann on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 06 August 2020
Adapting to the new normal with unmoderated playtests

Adapting to the new normal with unmoderated playtests

Social distancing in workplaces is here to stay for the foreseeable future, and that means a whole host of challenges for ... »

Gareth Lloyd Gareth Lloyd on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 17 July 2020
Your Game’s First Hour: How Honing in the First-Time Experience is Pivotal to Your Game's Success

Your Game’s First Hour: How Honing in the First-Time Experience is Pivotal to Your Game's Success

The first hour as crucial time: how it can make or break your game Game developers know: the first hour experience ... »

Chris Hugelmann Chris Hugelmann on Become A PlaytestCloud Pro 18 June 2020
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