Playtest

Known as: Play-testing, Playtesting, Playtests 
A playtest is the process by which a game designer tests a new game for bugs and design flaws before bringing it to market. Playtests can be run… (More)
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2017
2017
Evolving Game Skill-Depth using General Video Game AI agents
Most games have, or can be generalised to have, a number of parameters that may be varied in order to provide instances of games… (More)
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2017
2017
AI-based playtesting of contemporary board games
Ticket to Ride is a popular contemporary board game for two to four players, featuring a number of expansions with additional… (More)
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2015
2015
Quantifying Individual Differences, Skill Development, and Fatigue Effects in Small-Scale Exertion Interfaces
Game mechanics in sports video games for skills like running and throwing are nothing like those skills in real sports. Adding… (More)
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2015
2015
Moving Beyond Fun: Evaluating Serious Experience in Digital Games
Games are normally considered to be "fun", though recently there is growing interest in how gameplay can promote empathy and… (More)
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2014
2014
Automatic playtesting for game parameter tuning via active learning
Game designers use human playtesting to gather feedback about game design elements when iteratively improving a game. Playtesting… (More)
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2012
2012
Initial Results from Co-operative Co-evolution for Automated Platformer Design
We present initial results from ACCME, A Co-operative Co-ev olutionary Metroidvania Engine, which uses co-operative co-evolutio n… (More)
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2011
2011
When Gaming is not Suitable for Everyone : Playtesting Wii Games with Frail Elderly
This paper discusses the accessibility of commercially available video games for frail elderly players by providing an exemplary… (More)
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2010
2010
System and Context - On a Discernable Source of Emergent Game Play and the Process-Oriented Method
Mobile games are based on the physical movement of players in a game world, combining real world with virtual dimensions. As the… (More)
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2007
2007
Real-Time Sweetspot: The Multiple Meanings of Game Company Playtests
Game design, like gameplay, is situated. Though we find ourselves in a period of global growth and consolidation in the games… (More)
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2005
2005
Player-Centred Game Design: Experiences in Using Scenario Study to Inform Mobile Game Design
There is a need for systematic, research-based and tested game design methodologies that take the needs and preferences of… (More)
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