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CS/INFO 4154:Analytics-driven Game Design
Playtesting
Class 14:
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Mon Wed Fri
9/29
Alpha Testing 2
9/25
Playtesting
9/27
Alpha Testing 1
10/2
Alpha Postmortems
10/4
Logging
10/6
Data Visualization
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Alpha Prototype
Wednesday!
Three playable levels: easy, medium, hard
List of input methods/keys
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Alpha Testing
Wednesday and Friday: testing / feedback
Monday: postmortem activity
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Alpha Submission
Submit through CMS before class (10:10am)
Whatever we need to run the game
Can ZIP it up or just submit the compiled file
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Playtesting: is the game good?
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Today
Traditional techniques
Newer techniques
Group activity: playtesting planning
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Resources
“Successful instrumentation: tracking attitudes and behaviors to improve games”
Ramon Romero, GDC 2008
“Valve’s approach to playtesting: the application of empiricism”
Mike Ambinder, GDC 2009
“Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to Enhance Gaming Experience”
Mike Ambinder, GDC 2011
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Today
Traditional techniques
Newer techniques
Group activity: playtesting planning
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Traditional playtesting methods
Q&A
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Questions and Answers
What happened when you
went through the portal?
I can freeze water now
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Pros and Cons
Targeted information
Players may not be able to articulate feelings
Biased: everybody lies
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The impact of bias
Dell et al. CHI 2012
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Interviewer’s video Competitor video
Dell et al. CHI 2012
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Dell et al. CHI 2012
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Interviewer’s video Competitor video
Dell et al. CHI 2012
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Without claiming ownership
Dell et al. CHI 2012
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Traditional playtesting methods
Q&A
Direct Observation
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Direct Observation
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Key: reading emotions
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Key: reading emotions
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Key: reading emotions
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Key: reading emotions
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Key: reading emotions
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Key: reading emotions
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Comparisons
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Comparisons
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Comparisons
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Arousal vs. Valence
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Pros and Cons
Can see what players do
Less biased
Hard to interpret behavior
Player might not do what you want
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Traditional playtesting methods
Q&A
Direct Observation
Think-alouds
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Think-alouds
I don’t know
what to do
I keep catching
on fire and dying
Why are you
making me do this
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Pros and Cons
Know what player is thinking
Hard to talk and play at the same time
Player may ramble
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Traditional playtesting methods
Q&A
Direct Observation
Think-alouds
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Today
Traditional techniques
Newer techniques
Group activity: playtesting planning
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Newer playtesting methods
Surveys
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Halo 3 Balance Interface
Are you having fun? Y/N
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Halo 3 Balance Interface
Are you having fun? Y/N
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Halo 3 Balance Interface
Are you having fun? Y/N
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Halo 3 Balance Interface
Pistol:
Sniper Rifle:
3
4
Are you having fun? Y/N
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Survey
Did you like the game? 1 2 3 4 5
(1 = not much, 5 = a lot)
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Survey
Deciding where to go 1 2 3 4 5
Jumping on platforms 1 2 3 4 5
Defeating enemies 1 2 3 4 5
Solving puzzles 1 2 3 4 5
Using the controls 1 2 3 4 5
How stressful were each of the following?
(1 = not much, 5 = a lot)
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More specific survey
Freezing 1 2 3 4 5
Heating 1 2 3 4 5
Flash Freezing 1 2 3 4 5
Flash Heating 1 2 3 4 5
How useful was each ability?
(1 = not much, 5 = a lot)
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Pros and Cons
Less biased
More precision
Loss of nuance
Time-consuming
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Newer playtesting methods
Surveys
Physiological measurements
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Physiological measurements
Heart rate Skin conductance
EEG Eye tracking
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Left 4 Dead 2
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Skin Conductance: Left 4 Dead 2
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Skin Conductance: Left 4 Dead 2
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Skin Conductance: Left 4 Dead 2
M. Ambinder, “Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to
Enhance Gaming Experience”, GDC 2011
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Heart rate
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Heart rate
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Direct, quantitative measures of engagement
Much less biased
Expensive
Nonscalable
Often invasive
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Today
Traditional techniques
Newer techniques
Group activity: playtesting planning
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Monday Postmortem Activity
Goal: summarize the results of your playtest
Discuss two design challenges and what you learned from the playtest
Report results from your survey
No slides
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Group Activity: Playtesting plan
Plan for ~8 players
What will you do with each of them?
Revisit three (or more) playtesting questions
How, exactly, will you answer each of them?
Come up with a survey
~5 questions
Likert scale