{"id":582,"date":"2026-05-13T16:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/?p=582"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:13:16","slug":"the-third-play-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/2026\/05\/13\/the-third-play-test\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third Play Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Written by Yushan Yao<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yushan is responsible for recording the feedback from this playtest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FeedBack:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Disadvantages:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The button used to skip to the next line of dialogue in player conversations needs to be made slightly larger. it\u2019s not very noticeable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a \u2018Guide\u2019 option to the start screen to inform players of the key bindings required during gameplay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The safe house isn\u2019t very conspicuous, perhaps a sign could be added.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some players have pointed out that there is currently no background music in the game, which detracts from the immersive experience, and have suggested that I add some.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As NPCs are 2D characters, some players have commented that it is difficult for them to spot players when approaching, which increases the game\u2019s difficulty <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is a staircase in the scene that looks out of place, and the player would like it removed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick-up system is not working.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Advantages\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Players have said they really like the style of our game; it\u2019s quite unique (3D environments combined with 2D NPCs).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some players have said that the jigsaw puzzle mini-game in the safe house is great fun. What\u2019s more, the illustrations are very cute, which helps to alleviate any feelings of fear\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the art assets are already in place for this final playtest; only the art assets for the character rooms have yet to be imported, but this will not affect the game as a whole. As Yushan mentioned during the last playtest, once the art assets have been imported, players will no longer feel disoriented within the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yushan stepped in during the build process, which resulted in a key mechanic failing to work in the final game. However, Yushan quickly identified the issue and fixed the Blueprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from this issue, most of the players\u2019 suggestions relate to minor details. Following testing, the core gameplay flow has been found to be sound. However, certain details need to be added and optimised to enhance the players\u2019 gaming experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Yushan Yao Yushan is responsible for recording the feedback from this playtest. FeedBack: Disadvantages: Advantages\uff1a Summary\uff1a Most of the art assets are already in place for this final playtest; only the art assets for the character rooms have yet to be imported, but this will not affect the game as a whole. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playtest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/scopophobia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}