Dev Fighting Playtesting 
PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. I definitely recommend getting feedback from external playtesters at each step “On each one of those steps I end up having one or more concrete ‘products’. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 29, 2024
Working in Mixed Reality, I met many ex game devs and artists, who I learned from and was greatly inspired by. Although we weren’t making games, the tech for Mixed Reality was identical to making games, so I picked up a lot of technical ability with Unity, game dev, shaders and more.” Especially early-on.
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PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 30, 2024
After finishing IHAS, I will start to build a strong team to work on games that are beyond my scope a solo dev.” It’s used to both fight enemies and solve puzzles. Playtest early. I have a lot of respect for solo indie developers, but I often struggle with the limitations and it is not what I want to be doing long-term.
Ask a Game Dev
DECEMBER 8, 2023
A long fight should feel like a protracted fight and the time limit should reflect that. A short fight should feel like a sudden burst with a lot of pressure to finish it quickly. After we set our estimate, we playtest it to see how it feels.
Brand Game Development
MARCH 9, 2020
There is some bitter truth behind the joking that Monopoly makes families fight. Watch your playtesters’ reactions. With so many issues, it seems unlikely that Monopoly was thoroughly playtested. At the very least, it wasn’t playtested to modern standards. That’s not how family games are meant to go!
Brand Game Development
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Playtest a Ton. Think long and hard about how much you want the game to fight back against the players. The post How to Make Board Game Rules appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. With all this said, how does one create rules that fulfill the twin purposes of balancing the game and communicating clearly?
Brand Game Development
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
If you hate the game you’re playtesting, do something different. Tasty Humans is about monsters fighting humans instead of the other way around, which gets a sick laugh out of everybody who sees the game. Don’t just playtest it and refine the mechanics. This seems obvious, but never lose sight of it.
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