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Playtesting and Record Keeping

Brand Game Development

When you playtest a game, alone or with other people, you’re going to be creating a lot of data. And so on and so on… How do you keep track of all this information? Log every single playtest with the game and make sure your playtest matches with a game version number. It seems easy enough from the outside.

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Solo dev Rohan Nowell of Doggy Don’t Care “Just start building and ideas will come” 

PreMortem.Games

The mobile game about a Magpie that swoops down and attacks pedestrians was successful enough for Nowell to keep developing games. “I I like variety in my work (art, coding, animation, marketing); it keeps things interesting and I also love seeing my own progress over the weeks, months and years.” I like variety in my work”, he says.

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Dev Diary: 03/31/17

Brand Game Development

I’ve created a playtesting log and I’ve done 11 tests so far. If you want to learn more about record-keeping and playtesting, I’ve got a great article for you to check out. I take my own advice, and this is what my playtesting log looks like. They are the red and blue lines and dots you see below.

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6 Ways to Find Play-Testers for Your New Board Game

Brand Game Development

Write down everything they say and keep a good attitude even if you disagree. Play-testing is the most important part of board game design. It’s how you turn rough, raw ideas into polished, ready-to-play games. It’s also brutally difficult. This is a follow-up on last week’s post, How to Turn Your Ideas Into Reality.

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12 Simple Ways To Get Better At Game Development

DameDev.tv

If so, keep reading for some great tips and watch the Livecast for all 12 ways to get better at game development. Do you ever wonder how you can get better at game development? He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's 's very own Instructor extraordinaire).

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How to Turn Your Ideas Into Reality

Brand Game Development

That’s true whether you’re making a board game or book, recording a video or podcast, starting a new job, entering into a new relationship, buying a new home… You get the idea. ” And, wow, did you all deliver! Now I have a three-month backlog of questions to get through! Need help on your board game? Just jump in.

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Year 10 of the Cogmind

Grid Sage Games

The final 2024 number by the end of next year will also be higher, almost certainly breaking the record. The final 2024 number by the end of next year will also be higher, almost certainly breaking the record. The ratio of direct work on Cogmind vs optional supporting work, mostly community-facing stuff. The dip below 1.0

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