{"id":2040,"date":"2025-03-14T19:56:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T19:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:28:30","slug":"week-5-play-testing-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/03\/14\/week-5-play-testing-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5 &#8211; PLay testing sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cacc59c2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1\"><strong>Mandatory Playtesting Session<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Mandatory Playtesting Session with peers, stafff and other years Students bring a playable build of their games to the session We all go through bug logging in Excel\/ google sheets<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2\">Contact Time<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday (24\/2\/25) &#8211; Improving the first minute of gameplay talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jupiter-hadley-657950164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jupiter Hadley<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday (27\/2\/25) &#8211; Testing workshop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3\">Description<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday&#8217;s session: Each team will bring in a build of their games. Students will take it in turn running the tests of their game and testing other students&#8217; games. They will fill out bug reports and update their project management timelines to be able to implement feedback. The class will then discuss the experience together and plan how they will improve before the next playtesting session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-4\">Outcomes<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students will have tested each other&#8217;s prototypes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students will have a thorough report of the bugs and feedback for their prototype<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students will have a list of fixes\/ improvements to work on going forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-riya-limbu wp-block-embed-riya-limbu\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pQfJuy24Z5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/03\/14\/week-5-playtesting\/\">Week 5 &#8211; Playtesting<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Week 5 &#8211; Playtesting&#8221; &#8212; Riya Limbu\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/03\/14\/week-5-playtesting\/embed\/#?secret=QlUDfGqsFQ#?secret=pQfJuy24Z5\" data-secret=\"pQfJuy24Z5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-riya-limbu wp-block-embed-riya-limbu\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4rVDN0ja38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/03\/14\/week-5-lecture\/\">Week 5 &#8211; lecture<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Week 5 &#8211; lecture&#8221; &#8212; Riya Limbu\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/2025\/03\/14\/week-5-lecture\/embed\/#?secret=6nlmBvKo3l#?secret=4rVDN0ja38\" data-secret=\"4rVDN0ja38\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\">Reflection :<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">After this play test, I got questioned some of the players about how they felt about the artwork most saying it looked great and some saying it fit in the setting. I&#8217;m happy knowing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd34 &#8211; Not implemented <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udfe0 &#8211; Working on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udfe2 &#8211; complete<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">Current vertical slice idea : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Realm (Depression) Containing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hub World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smaller prologue (3 rooms)\ud83d\udfe2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 different enemies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first realm (7 rooms) \ud83d\udfe2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boss fight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\">( Week 4 : old )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finishing Protagonist art \/animation \ud83d\udfe2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finishing Enemy animation \ud83d\udfe0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\"> Week 5 : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finishing Enemy animation (whisper) \ud83d\udfe0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-27-1024x346.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-27-1024x346.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-27-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-27-768x259.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-27.png 1117w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\">After the playtest :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-36.png 1022w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-36-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rl5g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/image-36-768x159.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory Playtesting Session Mandatory Playtesting Session with peers, stafff and other years Students bring a playable build of their games to the session We all go through bug logging in Excel\/ google sheets Contact Time Description Thursday&#8217;s session: Each team will bring in a build of their games. 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