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User testing is important here. Take it with a grain of salt. Players are often children who want chocolate for dinner. There's no substitute for testing and fe
by aww_dang 5y ago
User testing is important here. Take it with a grain of salt. Players are often children who want chocolate for dinner. There's no substitute for testing and feedback.
- medymed 5y agoAnd user testing is so different than developer testing. Users have to learn from scratch and undergo the friction of learning a mechanic without context in basic and then more advanced forms. Whereas the game developer can often play their own game half-blindfolded and can correlate any particular game change with a section of code in one’s head.
- aww_dang 5y agoAdditionally, when you're talking about something novel, users usually play games through tropes. Violating their expectations is almost a crime. It has to be done carefully.