Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Beta 11 was a huge milestone in Cogmind development, having completed a comprehensive review of all items and their stats and mechanics in order to rebalance where necessary, a process I wrote about in detail last year. The results since then have been great, but what comes next? Lots and lots of fun. They’re that crazy. We shall see.

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iXie gaming

MAY 3, 2024

User Feedback Collect and analyze feedback from real users through playtesting and beta testing sessions. Therefore, when testing, cover all aspects of your game, including audio, graphics, gameplay mechanics, and online features. This feedback provides valuable insights into the gameplay experience.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For independent studios, creative marketing strategies like crowdfunding and early-access Beta releases play a crucial role. Playtesters are vital in finding bugs, glitches, and potential issues. Pre-launch Before the big reveal, pre-launch involves creating excitement. Launch Launch day is like crossing the finish line.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

For Beta 12 I decided to include it on the patron feature voting list, and… it won. This might help spot areas I wanted to adjust, or at least offer a clearer picture of the total challenges and rewards possible in a given map as of Beta 11. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. or large (hard to fit the work in?),

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Grid Sage Games

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Such a button was already added to Beta 13 to support the occasional longer item/effect descriptions, but was given new purpose for the very rare possibility that a robot might have too many total lines in its info window, in which case one way to cut it down to size is to put excess resistances in a popup window.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As part of this update I also improved the mouse behavior as it works with both this and microwarping, so that it will always immediately take that action on the first step (and highlight the intention as such) rather than moving to a more distant selected target location then warping, as it currently does in Beta 12.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The first three years there are Alpha, followed by Beta. What was released as Beta 12 was actually supposed to be part of a larger release, but itself grew so large in scope that it took a while to complete and had to be split off and released alone. As mentioned there was just going to be Beta 12 and that was Scraptown and friends.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

Lancelot's Hangover: After beta testing, what do you do if you realize a series of puzzles doesn't work. I assume you mean "playtesting" since we don't do beta testing. But, at any point in development, from playtesters, bug testers, or us playing the game, we're constantly finding puzzles that don't work.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 17, 2018

Lancelot’s Hangover: After beta testing, what do you do if you realize a series of puzzles doesn’t work. I assume you mean “playtesting” since we don’t do beta testing. Do you cut off the whole series of the puzzles (meaning wasting time/art/effort)?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 22, 2024

For feedback, opt for playtests or betas instead. “Once somebody can lay money down and get your game, the die is cast, the concrete is set,” states Zukowski. Launching in Early Access without proper preparation can lead to poor reviews, which are hard to recover from. Ensure your Steam page is up well in advance.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Having playtested this new mechanic for a while, I’ve found that it comes with many interesting new strategic considerations, a whole new play style which can be both fun and challenging in its own ways. Into Beta 12.

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Grid Sage Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Improvements This whole feature has only just been added for the latest Beta 13 build released for playtesting among patrons , and being a relatively small side project it didn’t exactly go through the complete process of what all can we do with this newfound power?!

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 11, 2024

She used it both as a marketing and playtesting tool. After thorough playtesting with her Kickstarter backers through alpha and beta versions, she launched the demo in September with a significant marketing ramp-up.

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