Reply To: A Playtesting Pool

[chaingunParticipant 1939xp 0]

@piers I think you have summed it up in your last sentence mate. I have signed a non disclosure act while testing for a company and understand fully what it does take.

I also agree with you that as a playtester you have to put any personal feelings aside and be honest with your findings, that said the company or developer has to listen without getting the needle if they are told something they do not like about their product.

One of the techniques I have found to help is to get non gamers to give the game a try, this is to make sure that the mechanics are straight forward. I feel that if they can understand the concepts of the mechanics then the game should be accessible to anyone. I have been lucky with the people I have got to test games are very open minded gamers / non gamers and are great at constructive feedback.