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NXVR Studio < Unity Asset Sale<p>How do you approach testing in Unity? Do you use playtesters, automated tests, or just wing it and hope for the best? <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Unity3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unity3D</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
NXVRstudio < Unity Asset Sale<p>How do you approach testing in Unity? Do you use playtesters, automated tests, or just wing it and hope for the best? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unity3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unity3D</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
Leta_Darnell<p>Looking for people who want to playtest on Halloween in SF</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halloween</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Youreinvited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Youreinvited</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rpgsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpgsystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a></p>
NXVRstudio < Unity Asset Sale<p>I used to think playtesting was just about finding bugs. Now, I see it as a way to understand how players experience the game and to iterate based on their feedback. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
D.M.<p>I was thinking about some of my old experiences with some small studios in the past, and recalled an incident with collecting any feedback.</p><p>You know there’s something really wrong going on when a studio gets only 1 person to play the whole game, then proceeds to call it a “playtest”, and then takes all, and I mean all the feedback from that person as a holy grail of truth.🙄🙄🙄</p><p>Yeah… Fun times.<br><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/DevelopmentHell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentHell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a></p>
Alrecenk<p>I've made a first pass at the sound effects in my as yet unnamed VR tower defense game, and I'm looking for new play testers. If you're interested in trying to hold back the slime invasion with a band of elemental foxes (and have SteamVR capable hardware) please let me know! <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/VR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VR</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a></p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>Finished processing playtester reports and transcripts from the second round of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> for my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFComp</span></a> 2024 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactiveFiction</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/textAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a>. I had 107 things to fix after the first round of playtesting. Including major structural reworking. This time it's just 53 things, much easier, and I've already done 11. I will work on remaining fixes over next couple of weeks. Then enter the game into the competition. Enormous thanks to my marvellous playtesters. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a></p>
Jerod Leupold<p><a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> </p><p>Give a gamer a well thought out clue and they will game for a day; give a gamer a red herring and they will game for a lifetime.</p><p>- Me after playtesting.</p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>I'm entering a new <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/interactiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/textAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFComp</span></a> next month. Have had huge help from some wonderful playtesters, helping me smooth the playing experience. Today my husband is playtesting for me. I am very nervous! He's played IF games since the 1990s, but erm yup. I'm currently avoiding the study where he is. His initial hiccup was getting an interpreter to work well on his <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, but happily now using Lectrote. Eek! <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFComp2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Playtesting</span></a></p>
Alrecenk<p>Latest round of <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> didn't go great. One tester gave up on the last wave of both of the last 2 levels. The other tester did beat the second to last level but then took a look around the last level and decided not to even try it. Although in both cases they were in the game for about 2 hours, and wanted to get out of the VR headset. Maybe I should have more shorter sessions? But it's so hard to schedule and set-up. <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>I have just registered to enter IFComp 2024. Eek! Still to add cover art (I'm doing it) and obviously the final game file. But very excited. I will have the entry ready by mid August, after the current final round of playtesting. <a href="https://ifcomp.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ifcomp.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFComp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFComp2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CoverArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoverArt</span></a></p>
Vivienne Dunstan<p>Sending out my IFComp 2024 game for its final round of playtesting. Scary and exciting at the same time! <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFComp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IFComp2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IFComp2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InteractiveFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TextGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IndieGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coding</span></a></p>
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)<p>Having a playtest for Land of Gold, my tile collecting game. Let's see if the points are as balanced as I hope. (spoiler: probably not)</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGames</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TabletopGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TabletopGames</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PlayTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayTesting</span></a></p>
Tarren (They/Them)<p>Hey Fediverse, are you a <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> or <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a> developer looking to hire a <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/tester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tester</span></a> for your app or website for <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> and <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/usability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usability</span></a>? I examine every inch of your project to ensure that it works well with <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ScreenReaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReaders</span></a> such as <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/NVDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NVDA</span></a>, <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/VoiceOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOver</span></a>, and <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/TalkBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TalkBack</span></a>. My base rate is $10 USD/hr, but I can be flexible. I have specialties in <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> and <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a>, but am open to all kinds of projects. If this post isn't for you, please boost to help me reach a wider audience for whom it is. <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FreeLance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeLance</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/FediHire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHire</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/AppTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppTesting</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/PlayTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayTesting</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Alrecenk<p>It's important to watch testers and not just get feedback after the fact. Many of the issues I've found and fixed from <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> this past week were never mentioned by the players. <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
Bez<p>Kirsten Lunde and I will be continuing our final play-test through the 50 quests of QUESTABELL on Thursday. (10am UK/9pm NZ)</p><p>Kirsten <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tabletop.social/@LookingGlassWorkshop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LookingGlassWorkshop</span></a></span> just needs a bit of rest/recuperation right now so please send love to her. </p><p><a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a><br> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tabletop</span></a><br> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/wordgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordgames</span></a></p>
Bez<p>Kirsten Lunde and I will be playing chapter 4 of QUESTABELL in 8 hrs time. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_z8HC5ejxc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=X_z8HC5ejx</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p>10am UK, 9pm NZ. </p><p>We'll be carrying on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays until we finish all 50 quests of our co-operative wordgame.</p><p>Playing to check the variety, comfort level, difficulty, and other parts of the quests. </p><p>Full quest booklet coming August 1st. I'm really excited to share it with folk!</p><p><a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/tabletop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tabletop</span></a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/wordgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordgames</span></a></p>
Rob Harper (he/him)<p>So UK Games Expo has come and gone, and I'm in the process of trying to recover both physically and emotionally. It was intense, but the vibe was absolutely great. So many people having a good time, and so many of my game designer friends reporting having successes in various ways. </p><p>I also had a big success, but I don't think I can announce it just yet. I will do as and when, but I am very happy with how one project is going.</p><p>I only got to play a couple of published games over the weekend (ultra-light; neither were new, but both were new to me) and a couple of prototypes (one was my own), but that's how it usually works for me.</p><p>Most of my time was spent as a volunteer in the Playtest Zone (attached picture is of the playtesting on Friday), which is what I have been doing since Covid, and it was time well spent; so many designers getting their games played by so many lovely people. Sorry, I can't tell you much about the designs, but they varied from scrappy, early prototypes, to professionally printed stuff. (I am always happier seeing the rougher-looking games, TBH.)</p><p><a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/UKGamesExpo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKGamesExpo</span></a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/Playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGames</span></a></p>
Noppy<p>You can now try my board game Halls of Teknor in your BROWSER. I'll draw art requests for anyone who will test it. <br><a href="https://www.hallsofteknor.com/uncategorized/you-can-now-try-teknor-in-your-browser/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hallsofteknor.com/uncategorize</span><span class="invisible">d/you-can-now-try-teknor-in-your-browser/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/playtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>playtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prototype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prototype</span></a></p>
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