PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

True Cooperation One of the defining features of Parallel Experiment is its real-time cooperative gameplay. “Playtesting is key. Olczyk credits a major source of inspiration to “binge-watching The X-Files at the time,” which influenced the supernatural undertones in the games story.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Dark rooms, add breakable wood crates (an Arcane Dimensions feature) in four 512x512 dynamic lit rooms that you unlock into a full 1024x1024 arena with 3 waves 4. Taufner got to focus on gameplay and ignore art, while I got to focus on decor and didn't have to run any playtest sessions or tune the battles. Arcane Dimensions 1.8

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

While I get feedback from friends and playtesters, it doesn’t compare to the iteration you get from working with someone who is equally as invested in the project as you are. Sometimes I have to make a bet that a feature will be fun only to end up cutting later after playtest feedback.”

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AWS Games

MARCH 11, 2025

They also have shared storage solutions, and other core features to streamline game development, including asset management, code collaboration, and project accessibility from anywhere in the world. We can test new features and capabilities while maintaining the performance and reliability our customers depend on.

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Radiator Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

These huge labor-intensive maps are hard to make for a variety of reasons, but in this particular context, the most relevant problem is that playtesting the same hand-tuned encounter repeatedly quickly drains its charm and it becomes difficult to gauge whether it's still interesting or not.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 3, 2019

People sometimes think of gamification as something that isn’t needed or is secondary to other “important” features. You can further pare down journey maps and empathy maps to very specific scenarios and instances which create many playtesting questions. Playtesting in this stage of game design is related to user research in UX design.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2024

One of my close friends, Ches Denison, joined me working 5-10 hours a week as a playtester, game designer, and just a general jack-of-all-trades-guy. Once playtesting began in early 2023, player feedback further refined my vision. I’m also particularly proud of the unique mobile stations feature.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 24, 2024

“The game is still very early in development, but I’m excited to see how several of the planned features will work out, especially what relates to the ‘courier’ gameplay and packing your inventory for long trips,” Ruppert says. “At The visual appeal of Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimor i is also a standout feature. “It

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2025

AWS also hosted insightful sessions featuring Epic Games, Netflix Games, Riot Games, Jackbox Games, and more. AWS presented playable ads for Ludeo and powering Xsollas game streaming service, to game streaming smart TVs for JackBox Games and a time-saving proof of concept playtesting workflow for Epic Games.

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Jon Shafer

APRIL 10, 2020

Diplomacy is a tricky feature which requires a lot of playtesting to evaluate and so this is a fairly long-term project. Hey all, I’ve decided to post my design plan for the diplomacy changes coming in v1.4 to give you an idea of what’s on the horizon. When launching a new project I like to … Continue reading v1.4

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

We seek to build long-form interactive storytelling that features the tactile interactions and transition heavy animation that we’re familiar with. This time around we’re putting a lot more time and resources into playtesting and catching problems early.” Our first game, Genesis Noir, released with its fair share of bugs.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

One of the most eye-catching features of Thriving City is its distinctive visual style. The team of White Star Studios closely monitored the results of early playtest sessions. The inspiration comes from traditional Chinese paintings.” But it took some tweaking to get the right balance.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2023

One of the most eye-catching features of Thriving City is its distinctive visual style. The team of White Star Studios closely monitored the results of early playtest sessions. The inspiration comes from traditional Chinese paintings.” But it took some tweaking to get the right balance.

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Nvidia

MARCH 24, 2022

This extended infrastructure provides a developer platform for studios and publishers to perform their game development virtually, starting with playtesting. With GeForce NOW Cloud Playtest, players and observers can be anywhere in the world. All this is possible with Cloud Playtest on the GeForce NOW Developer Platform.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

Fink shared that the team plans to host open development talks every Saturday on Twitch, where they would discuss new features and gain valuable player input. “We go back and forth with our community until we find a feature that they would like, and we would like, so we have the perfect middle ground of what we want to do.”

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iXie gaming

APRIL 16, 2024

During this phase, testers create a rough sketch of the game’s basic features, previously fixed bugs, areas that were improved, and how they were improved. Playtesting This method involves testers playing the game as the end users. Some popular game-testing techniques include: Combinatorial Testing Load Testing Playtesting 4.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 21, 2024

“Reimagining a classic like ‘Yars Rising’ isn’t just about updating graphics or adding new features. Capturing the Essence of ‘Yars Rising’ “Reimagining a classic like ‘Yars Rising’ isn’t just about updating graphics or adding new features,” James explained.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

During the playtest, six people played at the same time, and I noticed they laughed at certain texts, which was great. The 2023 edition featured exceptional players from Benin, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia. They created videos, and I could see them playing the game.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 15, 2023

During the following Playtesting session, the game designer is unimpressed with the current state, mentioning missing features. Was there a joint Kick-off session before feature development started? How would you approach this?" The candidate will need to delve deeper into what may have caused this misalignment.

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Cocos

MARCH 25, 2024

Also, I’ve been toying around with the animation tool’s “embedded player”… I realize it’s still experimental feature, but it got me thinking… is there a way that we can preview a spine animation in editor without having to manually playtest the game? Particularly in the animation timeline tool?

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This feature set enables you to thoroughly test your video game, ensuring it works as expected and is free from errors. PlaytestCloud PlaytestCloud enables you to playtest any video game on any platform, including iOS and Android. This tool focuses on gathering user feedback and playtesting.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 23, 2024

Whenever I do solo dev work, the feature that always takes the longest and tends to require the most work to get something playable by actual players is the UI. Building out the gameplay features is always a lot of fun, but you can only go so far by fiddling with variables and restarting.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 20, 2019

After several months of brainstorming and playtesting, we settled on the mechanics of Cover Your Kingdom. We started with a popular and exciting mechanic, then enhanced its best features. Expanding the player count in both directions was also a high priority. During the brainstorming time, we considered a lot of thematic options.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

I think that anyone making something like this is slightly delusional, thinking that your latest feature is the coolest thing ever,” he admits. Feedback from playtest sessions with friends or players is really important. Still, he’s highly motivated to release BOTSU. “I But I think this is needed to keep you going.”

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iXie gaming

MAY 3, 2024

Testers ensure that all features work as intended. Network Testing Network testing is crucial if your Nintendo Switch game has online multiplayer or connectivity features. Therefore, when testing, cover all aspects of your game, including audio, graphics, gameplay mechanics, and online features. The outcome?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The first day will focus more on engine contributions and technical discussions around the roadmap and future features, while the second day will be more general purpose with different talks and workshop to share game-making knowledge. Talk: New networking features and Multiplayer API in Godot 3.1 | Fabio Alessandrelli ( Fales ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 2, 2018

After three days of intensive game development and two weeks of playtesting and rating (over 3,500 ratings!), we now have the results for our June 2018 Godot Community Game Jam ! 110 participants developed games with Godot Engine on the theme TEMPERATURE.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Upon establishing your audience, brainstorm unique features and game mechanics. Test Your Game and Deploy Performing thorough playtesting is crucial in NFT game development. Use social media platforms to inform about the unique features of your NFT game. Defining the audience will guide you throughout the development process.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

At that point, Second Dinner revealed that their first project just so happens to be a licensed Marvel IP, which the team has been working on for six months already and is currently beginning to playtest. Marvel Snap starts with a simple intro sequence featuring Nick Fury and Doctor Doom battling each other with you controlling Nick Fury.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Play testers explore the game, checking for bugs, rendering issues, and exploitable features. Before jumping into creating a game, it’s vital to answer critical questions about the game’s type, features, characters, target audience, and platform. Playtesters are vital in finding bugs, glitches, and potential issues.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

During this phase, frequent iteration and playtesting are crucial in finetuning the multiplayer experience.  Multiplayer game developers use game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity as they provide the foundation and features for creating multiplayer games.   It helps address any performance issues, bugs, and glitches in the game.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here’s how you can ensure thorough functional testing for your console game: Test all game features, functionalities, and mechanics to ensure they perform as intended. So, playtesting sessions with actual can help gather insights and make improvements based on player feedback.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Gameplay testing , also called playtesting, is the process of having testers play a game to identify issues, collect feedback, and enhance its quality before official release. It assesses a particular service or feature of a game by setting multiple data values and variables to the game and running it in the runtime environment.

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Grid Sage Games

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Although I already demonstrated much of the first new modal UI layout in an earlier forum announcement , I figure I could review those features here in order to provide closure to this series, plus cover some related dev topics as well as the second modal layout. The inventory! It’s gone! Condensed part headers in action.

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Interesting Choices

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I've created an online prototype for playtesting that has seen almost 2000 games completed with at least a dozen players clocking in at over 100 games apiece. The rapid feedback and iteration cycles enabled by this level of playtesting mean that the game is currently in fantastic shape. victory points in the final era.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This is probably the most loved feature by Flaneer users. Let’s have a look at a production pipeline for a game studio would look like with Flaneer: As you can see in this diagram, Flaneer offers dedicated playtest stations to be shared to thousands of users. Those instances contain only the exe of the game you want to test.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This ensures that many game mechanics, interactions, and features are thoroughly tested. Different game types benefit from varying levels of automated playtesting. This is because they need to be run consistently. In simple terms, test automation covers all edges and branches of your game code.

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