| ISBN13: | 9781032816678 |
| ISBN10: | 1032816678 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 160 pages |
| Size: | 229x152 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 9 Illustrations, black & white; 9 Line drawings, black & white; 3 Tables, black & white |
| 700 |
Playtesting Best Practices
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Playtesting Best Practices: Real World and Online covers the complete journey of playtesting - the iterative journey to shape and refine tabletop games from raw ideas to balanced and fun games.
Playtesting Best Practices: Real World and Online covers the complete journey of playtesting - the iterative journey to shape and refine tabletop games from raw ideas to balanced and fun games. This step-by-step guide embraces the process and celebrates the purpose of every step, from early self-playtesting to late-stage unguided playtesting, and offers the specific questions and practices the author has refined to perfect his own games.
This book is split up into four main sections, each with a distinct focus:
- Getting ready to playtest: establishing goalposts, brainstorming, self-playtesting, getting organized, how to design a prototype, and writing rules. The focus here is starting good habits and establishing best practices, whether this is your first game or your hundredth.
- Playtesting in the real world: how to find playtesters, how to teach your game, what to do during the playtest, how to take notes and collect feedback, and being a great playtester yourself
- Playtesting online: how to adapt to digital platforms, the best practices to playtesting online, how to use these opportunities well, and cautions about playtesting online.
- What to do next: how to iterate, additional ways to playtest your game, knowing when you're done with playtesting, and choosing how to get your game out there.
Introduction, Section 1 - Getting Ready to Playtest, Chapter 1 - how we got here - a review to catch you up, Chapter 2 - Brainstorming, Self-playtesting, and Organizing, Chapter 3 - Prototyping the Game, Chapter 4 - writing rules and reference cards, Section 2 - Playtesting in the Real World, Chapter 5 - finding playtesters and preparing to playtest with other people, Chapter 6 - teaching your game to playtesters, Chapter 7 - during the playtest, Chapter 8 - taking notes and collecting feedback, Chapter 9 - iterating and preparing for the next playtest, Chapter 10 - becoming a great playtester, Section 3 - Playtesting Online, Chapter 11 - getting started with online playtesting, Chapter 12 - best practices with online playtesting, Section 4 - What to Do Next, Chapter 13 - Stress-testing your game - additional ways to playtest, Chapter 14 - what happens next?, Conclusion
