AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2025

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. Image 2: GDC 2025 attendees demo Amazon GameLift Streams. Register for a free exhibit hall pass and book a meeting.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

External validation rarely comes your way, especially while seeking attention on social media – which is absolutely required to build a community and get to be known by players. 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’.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

PiecesOfKate: Considering the potential benefits of social media (such as Twitter) for promoting a game, versus your personal dislike of those channels - if you were to make another game would you rejoin, or avoid it? I assume you mean "playtesting" since we don't do beta testing. That wasn't true back then. Gustavo: Hi Ron.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 1, 2017

Look for engagement – comments, likes, conversation, and social media traffic. If something slips through your playtesting, it might very well be caught in the review stage. When they’re good at what they do, reviewers connect with their audiences, even if their audience isn’t very big.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 17, 2018

That wasn’t true back then. ** PiecesOfKate: Considering the potential benefits of social media (such as Twitter) for promoting a game, versus your personal dislike of those channels - if you were to make another game would you rejoin, or avoid it? I assume you mean “playtesting” since we don’t do beta testing.

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DameDev.tv

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Our 'AHA' moments Playing more games can make you a better game developer Join game jams to improve your game development skills Form a community of game dev friends Playtest each other's games and offer valuable feedback. Play More Games (0:38 - 3:00) Playing more games can improve your skills as a game developer.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 18, 2020

Kenny runs the Pangea Games social media as well as a company called Overboard Games , which makes board games in Tabletop Simulator for various different publishers. I also create all the social media posts for Pangea Games, including the weird cheese question. This week, though, I have something special in mind.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

.” “Under the ever watchful eye of Adam Duncan our art director, Gavin Kusters, principal artist, and game/creative director Ty Carey, the myriad of talented artists who contributed to the project, we raised an infernal vision of Hell unlike any you will likely see in contemporary media.”

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014. Along with handling all the business, Ben has playtested and helped develop our designs. I’m a designer, and I do development and social media outreach. Will is the lead designer.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 29, 2021

From time to time, I see board game creators on social media who have been working on the same design day-in, day-out for years on end. Now look, some parts of game design – like playtesting or accessibility testing – can be tedious. Of them, they seem to fall into two basic camps. And the second camp?

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DameDev.tv

OCTOBER 7, 2022

for people to playtest and provide feedback. Follow Stephen on Social Media and check out Tilecraft [link] [link] [link] Check us out on social media [link] [link] [link] Remember, we host live develogy livecasts every Tuesday at 10pm BST on our YouTube channel. Hosting Your Game On Itch.io

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Feedback from playtest sessions with friends or players is really important. I try to avoid social media in general, but I do need it to connect with players. Once I feel that a solution is clear enough, I tend to get a sudden impulse to start making it, so I just follow that urge.” Especially early-on.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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. On the other hand, minting involves tokenizing the assets on the selected blockchain network. It helps you refine the gameplay experience.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Playtesters are vital in finding bugs, glitches, and potential issues. Questions about how the public will receive the game, dealing with bug reports, and getting media coverage become crucial. Roadblock #5: Inadequate Testing Testing is more than just a checklist; it’s a critical phase for game quality.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

During this phase, frequent iteration and playtesting are crucial in finetuning the multiplayer experience.  Develop a website, engage your online community, and build a social media presence. Quality Assurance and Optimization Thorough testing is crucial for multiplayer games. This will help create awareness about your game.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

It contains overviews about the design process of GenoTerra as well as research about existing projects that influenced this prototype in the context of entertainment and interactive media. Playtesting - “One of the best experiences I made with this prototype” fellow student testing GenoTerra.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Good ideas do come spontaneously, albeit inspired by random discussions among players, reactions to various situations in game, even playing other games and consuming various non-game media. We shall see.

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Grid Sage Games

JUNE 30, 2023

When a community is heavily concentrated in any one form of social media, you naturally start to think about leveraging that platform to encourage community interaction and improve the overall experience. Discord Integration? Either way, there are certainly different thresholds for what we want to include in different environments.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret: The rest of the time you spend, is how much time it takes to develop the game, playtest, produce the artwork, playtest, write the rules, playtest, revise, and prototype. Garret: Work more on building a social following and media/reviews before launching a Kickstarter, and do more media and update prep ahead of time.

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