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Why Gamification Makes Everything Else More Fun

Brand Game Development

For that reason, I’ve brought in Sean Fallon, Founder & CEO of Smunchy Games and User Experience (UX) Designer extraordinaire. His background in UX has given him a keen sense of what motivates people to take action. Playtesting in this stage of game design is related to user research in UX design.

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She Got Game on cultivating a thriving environment for female game developers

PreMortem.Games

During the playtest, six people played at the same time, and I noticed they laughed at certain texts, which was great. Robin had an idea for an educational game and needed a graphics and UX designer, which Lucia happened to be. “It She talked to me about the education system in Denmark, suggesting future opportunities.