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What to Look for in a Gaming Partner in 2024

iXie gaming

Choosing a gaming quality assurance (QA) partner is essential. So, what takes an hour or two at the prototyping phase may take days or weeks if done after release. For instance, if you’re looking at addressing game quality assurance, a qualified tester would be a wise choice.

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5 Ways to Vet Your Board Game Before Launching a Kickstarter

Brand Game Development

Send a prototype to a play-testing service before launching a Kickstarter. Play-testing is how we perform quality assurance in the board game industry. That said, we’re not talking about quality assurance here. I think play-testing services, in general, are a good way to spend money. It’s the culture!

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Self-Publish Board Games or Not?

Brand Game Development

You are quality assurance. You have to spend money making a nice prototype for publishers, sure, but you don’t have to get deep into the behind-the-scenes business processes. They may, however, be able to make the best educational game about Utah’s state history for local schools. You go find the art.

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