PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation. 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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Dev Playtesting Art Games 160

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It launched to little fanfare in Korea but it became the de facto FPS standard in China thanks to a massive focus on continuous releases of new (and often left-field) modes (ranging from bike racing to ‘soccer with knives’) and extravagant, overpowered, expensive weapons and outfits catering to local taste.

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Content FPS Mobile Mobile 52

Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

In my first prototype, I had special “Draft Leaders” cards shuffled into segments of the Adventurer deck. In playtesting, the time between turns has rarely been an issue. The Race to the Finish. This is an example of how simple playtesting of a change can trump what you, as the designer, “thinks” will be the effect.

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Tile Games Playtesting Balance 130