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the game. If the core gameplay is no fun or not interesting, you have a faulty
product. Based on the early use of playtesting, it is possible to react on the
feedback from the testers and possibly change the game for the better.
Of course, it is not always pleasant to have someone point out the defects
of a game. However, seeing or hearing players’ experience, even if they are
negative, is valuable feedback. Playtesting improves the flow of the game
and therefore the game becomes better.
There are numerous ways to playtest. One thing that all playtesting methods
have in common is the goal: to gain useful feedback from players in
order to improve the product.
[Fullerton, 2004]
Fullerton, T., Swain C., and Hoffman, S., Game Design Workshop: Designing,
Prototyping, and Playtesting Games (2004), CMP Books, ISBN: 9781578202225
[TMap NEXT, 2006]
Koomen, T., Aalst, L. van der, Broekman, B., Vroon, M., TMap® Next (2006),
UTN, ISBN: 90-72194-80-2
[De Vries, 2009]
De Vries, A., Rules of play Design Essay (2009), HKU GGD2
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Biography
Andrea de Vries is currently a 2nd year
student of Game Design and Development
at the Utrecht School of the Arts.
GDD teaches students to design and
develop games. They are trained to
work in a team and take on different
roles like gamedesigner, programmer,
modeller and animator. As game
designers, students are also taught to
critically think about games and the
role of games and designers within the
industry.
Ewald Roodenrijs is a senior test manager
and a member of the business
development team within Sogeti
Netherlands. As a member of the development
team, he works on different
test innovations like model-based testing,
clouds, crowdtesting, testing augmented
reality and using new media in
testing. He’s also co-author of the book
‘TMap NEXT® – BDTM’, a speaker at
(international) conferences, an author
of various national and international
articles in expert magazines, and has
created various training courses for
test management purposes.
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