Playtesting Best Practices - Real World and Online

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 for 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.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Backe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032813486
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3281348-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: CRC Press Guides to Tabletop Game Design
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; The arts, Games development & programming, Games development and programming, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Board Games, Computer Games Design, Digital Animation