Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Playtesting is crucial at this point. That’s interesting and new gameplay for Among Us” There were plenty more features and mechanics the team considered adding. When we asked Schell Games what they’re using, they recommended User Testing for their playtesting, and GameAnalytics for collecting quantitative data.

Dev 91

Dev Playtesting Fantasy Render 91

Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

The Mechanic I. I was looking for suitable solutions for having both views in the mechanic of the game. Means: The data is available, but it’s mostly raw data, and it’s a ton!!   Having the character and the story set, the mechanic was implemented. Master Thesis ©Mihajlo Nenad 2018 (German).

Prototyping 52

Prototyping Terrain Open World Rigging 52

Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. Wrangling a dialogue system, from data entry all the way through to troubleshooting or bug fixing, is a common requirement. This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation.

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Writing Scripting Localization 52

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Using that list, I move to a broad research phase, in which I check lots of sources for gathering data. Once I consider I have enough data, I move on to analysis. The process of contrasting each of the data points gathered, finding their flaws or shortcomings, what could be done differently, etc. Which are its verbs?

Dev 160

Dev Playtesting Art Games 160

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. This intro makes it easy for players to get started and feel comfortable with the game mechanics.

Tile 95

Tile Mechanics Feature Mobile 95

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Mechanics that are never quite worth taking advantage of, items that haven’t lived up to their potential, or were later superseded by other options but remained unchanged, or even long-term experiments that were included at some point but never updated/expanded/removed.

Balance 52

Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping 52

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

With various other developers, I’ve talked about all the different parts that go into making a board game: the core engine , the mechanics , rules , and storytelling / internal narrative. Whenever I demo or playtest, I make sure to get the email address of the person, so I can inform them when the Kickstarter starts.

Playtesting 130

Playtesting Games Advertising Prototyping 130

Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The entire mechanic revolves around a single new utility: the Scrap Engine. Although in both cases the results are indeed based on the inputs, the process is not deterministic, so it’s not a pure “crafting” mechanic in that sense. Construct-Related Mechanics. A new utility is born.

Engine 52

Engine Engineering Mechanics Balance 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”. Haussila added that investments in Supercell ID, its own game engines, social graph, and data tools will hopefully spark innovation and new ideas.

Games 59

Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

However, after playtesting, Hudson realized that his game’s meaning was the exact opposite from what he wanted: My game was telling players: You can’t have it all. However, even if designers take the time to build out all of the mechanics needed to create real emotional tension, things can still go awry. Life is zero sum.

Simulation 77

Simulation Agent Game Design Game Designer 77

Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I could save the data to revisit it later, after adjustments are made. In playtesting so far this (among other benefits we’ll get to later) is already clearly tempting players who would otherwise always prefer regular branches over infiltrating a Garrison. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. …alert level xD.

Beta 52

Beta Content Balance Mechanics 52