1. Game Project IMGD 4000 Due Dates: Form Teams Treatment Website
Tech milestone
Alpha
Playtesting April 25
Beta

2. Playtest Overview Game playable by users outside dev team
Near-final versions of art, decent balance, suitable for beginners
Intent is to get feedback  incorporate into Beta!
Tweaks/adjustments, not new features or major changes
Use roles to assist playtest process

3. Roles Playtesters – play game, provide feedback
Verbal think out lout about play choices (e.g., “I am going to try to use the key here”) not style (e.g., not “this font is ugly”)
Do survey when done (see below)
Facilitators – facilitate test.
Familiarize with game before start
Give playtesters instructions, get them started
Do not converse with playtestsers (only answer questions and maybe “urge” to consider options)
Give survey when done, collecting results
Developers
Confer with facilitators before playtest
During testing, watch only! Do not interact with players (think of it as a one-way mirror)
Prepare survey ahead of time (next slide)

4. Developer Survey Short! Focus on aspects want feedback on
Print copies (at least 5) ahead of time
Create with input of entire team
Must be done before class begins!

5. Playtest Day Three rounds Teams assigned to different role each round
Playtesters - Team A
Facilitators - Team B
Developers - Team C
Developers and Facilitators confer
Facilitators help Playtesters start
Playtesters play, Developers watch
Facilitators give Playtesters survey
Repeat

6. Turn In With Beta, report on playtesting
Specific goals of your playtesting.
Original survey form and Playtester responses
Developer notes from playtest session
Summary of main take-aways from Playtesters
Changes made to the game (if any) based on playtesting
(12 point font, 1.5 line spacing, PDF)