A short, 40 minutes lecture, given to Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) students in December, 2014.
This talk is about how play testing is done before TestFairy and how playtesting has improved since TestFairy.
10. Tools of The Trade
● Self-Testing
○ My game is fun!!1
○ My game is bug free.
11. Tools of The Trade
● Self-Testing
○ My game is fun!!1
○ My game is bug free.
● Focus Group Testing
○ Are single women, 18-35, my target audience?
○ Wow, much budget!
12. Tools of The Trade
● Self-Testing
○ My game is fun!!1
○ My game is bug free.
● Focus Group Testing
○ Are single women, 18-35, my target audience?
○ Wow, much budget!
● A/B Testing
○ It’s “Play Game” or “March Into Battle” ?
○ I don’t know why they prefer this, but it works better.
13. Tools of The Trade
● Self-Testing
○ My game is fun!!1
○ My game is bug free.
● Focus Group Testing
○ Are single women, 18-35, my target audience?
○ Wow, much budget!
● A/B Testing
○ It’s “Play Game” or “March Into Battle” ?
○ I don’t know why they prefer this, but it works better.
● Over-The-Shoulder Playtesting
○ Why did you just do that?
○ You weren’t supposed to do that..