Monthly Archives: March 2018
Blog Post 5 – Playtesting
Playtesting is often an extremely important part in game development and many huge changes can be made to games after playtesting. Some ideas may seem good on paper but when you try them out in the game they suddenly don’t fit at all. Some games have been completely changed based on playtesting alone.
Playtesting for our group was nothing like this. We have been behind schedule for both playtesting sessions and this made it hard to get good and valuable feedback. […]
Blog Post 5 – Playtesting
Playtesting is often an extremely important part in game development and many huge changes can be made to games after playtesting. Some ideas may seem good on paper but when you try them out in the game they suddenly don’t fit at all. Some games have been completely changed based on playtesting alone.
Playtesting for our group was nothing like this. We have been behind schedule for both playtesting sessions and this made it hard to get good and valuable feedback. […]
Blog Comment 4
Hello there Maya!
My name is Jesper and I’m the Lead Designer and Sound for Group Z. You’ve done a good job explaining your reasoning behind your design. You thoroughly explain the reason behind your decisions and I think its very good that the player gets a good learning curve before they face the boss.
I would really like it if you explained why the adventure part was a big problem. You mention it, but you never explain the reason behind it. […]
Blog Comment 4
Hello there Maya!
My name is Jesper and I’m the Lead Designer and Sound for Group Z. You’ve done a good job explaining your reasoning behind your design. You thoroughly explain the reason behind your decisions and I think its very good that the player gets a good learning curve before they face the boss.
I would really like it if you explained why the adventure part was a big problem. You mention it, but you never explain the reason behind it. […]
The Wonders of Playtesting
This week I shall tell you of the wonders of playtesting and the effect it has had on team Qilin.
During this ten week project, we have had two playtesting sessions, both of which have been tremendously helpful in the development process. For our first playtest in anticipation of the Alpha we didn’t have much of a game to present, it was a never-ending level with only two enemies and no power up. Despite having very little to show, we received […]
The Wonders of Playtesting
This week I shall tell you of the wonders of playtesting and the effect it has had on team Qilin.
During this ten week project, we have had two playtesting sessions, both of which have been tremendously helpful in the development process. For our first playtest in anticipation of the Alpha we didn’t have much of a game to present, it was a never-ending level with only two enemies and no power up. Despite having very little to show, we received […]
Comment on Anders
Hey!
I liked to read your blogpost, it was quite interesting. Its quite “sad” that you didnt feel like the playtesting was of any value, however, I understand that if you were already aware of your issues, that it might have been preferable to work on those issues instead of having the playtest, or just feel that it was not needed. Maybe you could have made something up with the questions in the survey to make it more important? In our […]
Comment on Anders
Hey!
I liked to read your blogpost, it was quite interesting. Its quite “sad” that you didnt feel like the playtesting was of any value, however, I understand that if you were already aware of your issues, that it might have been preferable to work on those issues instead of having the playtest, or just feel that it was not needed. Maybe you could have made something up with the questions in the survey to make it more important? In our […]
Comment Week #4
Comment on „Animations, Sprites and my consequent thoughts thereon“, a blog entry published by Felix Rahm:
Heya Felix,
First of all, I really enjoyed reading your blog entry. You write in a fresh, vivid way that I personally find very pleasant to read. The writing style definitely fits the blog post and also you as a person. Content-wise, I have had an easy time to follow along your thought process. I appreciate that you structured your post into different components like […]
Comment Week #4
Comment on „Animations, Sprites and my consequent thoughts thereon“, a blog entry published by Felix Rahm:
Heya Felix,
First of all, I really enjoyed reading your blog entry. You write in a fresh, vivid way that I personally find very pleasant to read. The writing style definitely fits the blog post and also you as a person. Content-wise, I have had an easy time to follow along your thought process. I appreciate that you structured your post into different components like […]
Comment on Isak’s post ‘ Importance of playtesting ‘
https://isakmansen.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/importance-of-playtesting/
Hi,
I found this post well written and straight ou started by introducing the concept of iteration and feedback. In a couple of lines you have summarized what we have been told and explained by our teachers during this year about the importance of playtesting, feedback and iteration.
I can see how the playtesting has helped you with bugs, setting the difficulty and communicating to the player what he can […]
Comment on Isak’s post ‘ Importance of playtesting ‘
https://isakmansen.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/importance-of-playtesting/
Hi,
I found this post well written and straight ou started by introducing the concept of iteration and feedback. In a couple of lines you have summarized what we have been told and explained by our teachers during this year about the importance of playtesting, feedback and iteration.
I can see how the playtesting has helped you with bugs, setting the difficulty and communicating to the player what he can […]
5.1 Comment on another blog – Group A, David Åström
Hello there David, my name is Carl, I am the Lead Designer and Lead Sound of Group T, and I am the one reading and giving your blog some comments and feedback this time.
Very intresting way of using the feedback you recieved from the playtesting about the teleport ability. Before reading the text I sort of just took a shot in the dark, and assumed it would be a normal text explaining that the feedback made you guys change the […]
5.1 Comment on another blog – Group A, David Åström
Hello there David, my name is Carl, I am the Lead Designer and Lead Sound of Group T, and I am the one reading and giving your blog some comments and feedback this time.
Very intresting way of using the feedback you recieved from the playtesting about the teleport ability. Before reading the text I sort of just took a shot in the dark, and assumed it would be a normal text explaining that the feedback made you guys change the […]
About the Alumni of the Year award
We are embarrassingly proud of our graduates and former students of the education. We have been teaching game design- and development on Gotland since 2001, so our network of alumni counts in the thousands, with careers across the globe.
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They constantly surprise us with their insight, their productivity, their skill, their willingness to listen, advice and help out. Whether it’s as jury at the Gotland Game Conference, or inspiring the generation of students coming […]
About the Alumni of the Year award
We are embarrassingly proud of our graduates and former students of the education. We have been teaching game design- and development on Gotland since 2001, so our network of alumni counts in the thousands, with careers across the globe.
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They constantly surprise us with their insight, their productivity, their skill, their willingness to listen, advice and help out. Whether it’s as jury at the Gotland Game Conference, or inspiring the generation of students coming […]
Blogpost #5 Playtesting
Playtesting is a vital component when it comes to the development of a game. It’s through playtesting that you get feedback from ideally the target group of your game. This feedback gives you a heads-up whether you are working towards the goal or if there is something steering you adrift. There are different kinds of playtesting where the objectives behind it differ. It could be playtesting from a technical or aesthetic standpoint. Each playtesting gives different feedback to build upon.
One […]
Blogpost #5 Playtesting
Playtesting is a vital component when it comes to the development of a game. It’s through playtesting that you get feedback from ideally the target group of your game. This feedback gives you a heads-up whether you are working towards the goal or if there is something steering you adrift. There are different kinds of playtesting where the objectives behind it differ. It could be playtesting from a technical or aesthetic standpoint. Each playtesting gives different feedback to build upon.
One […]
Blog Comment:1
Petra Aderlund
Hi Petra! I must say I am extremely impressed by your blog Post. You were incredibly thoughtful with explaining every single aspect you had consider while preparing for the making of your game. It was easy to see your thought behind the the colors you choose, by looking and comparing with previous games for children you made it clear why you started of with so bright and colorful colors. You didn’t just pick the bright colors for your different […]
Blog Comment:1
Petra Aderlund
Hi Petra! I must say I am extremely impressed by your blog Post. You were incredibly thoughtful with explaining every single aspect you had consider while preparing for the making of your game. It was easy to see your thought behind the the colors you choose, by looking and comparing with previous games for children you made it clear why you started of with so bright and colorful colors. You didn’t just pick the bright colors for your different […]
Reflection on “Playtesting” blog, by Lina Femling
sasadzigurski
10 mars, 2018 kl. 14:03
Hi Lina,
I had a great pleasure of reading this article. It was concise enough, described the topic and answered all the important questions.
I agree with you that, no matter how many internal playtesting you have, an external input is priceless and really helpful. It is good to see that you succeed in your goal of making the funny game.
There is one thing I don’t quite understand; the swarming mechanic. Is it […]
Reflection on “Playtesting” blog, by Lina Femling
sasadzigurski
10 mars, 2018 kl. 14:03
Hi Lina,
I had a great pleasure of reading this article. It was concise enough, described the topic and answered all the important questions.
I agree with you that, no matter how many internal playtesting you have, an external input is priceless and really helpful. It is good to see that you succeed in your goal of making the funny game.
There is one thing I don’t quite understand; the swarming mechanic. Is it […]
The Jury (so far)
The jury represents the most hard-working participants at the Gotland Game Conference (save for our students, natch). Jurors travel from around the globe to hear our students’ presentations a day before the conference even starts, and to spend the better part of a week playing all of the student productions on the show floor.
Johannes Wadin (Might & Delight), leading the 2nd Year Jury at the 2011 Gotland Game Conference
Each member brings their own set of experience and […]
The Jury (so far)
The jury represents the most hard-working participants at the Gotland Game Conference (save for our students, natch). Jurors travel from around the globe to hear our students’ presentations a day before the conference even starts, and to spend the better part of a week playing all of the student productions on the show floor.
Johannes Wadin (Might & Delight), leading the 2nd Year Jury at the 2011 Gotland Game Conference
Each member brings their own set of experience and […]