{"id":1475,"date":"2026-03-22T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:58:49","slug":"second-playtest-refinement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/second-playtest-refinement\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Playtest Refinement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Second Playtest \u2013 19.03.2026 \u2013 Soul Keeper<\/a><\/span><\/p>

After our second playtest, I made several adjustments and improvements based on player feedback to create a smoother and more polished gameplay experience.<\/p>

  1. Changed the interaction key from Q to E<\/strong> to make controls feel more intuitive for players.\"\"<\/li>

  2. Redesigned the Peacock minigame<\/strong> from a separate extra scene into a UI element within the first scene, improving gameplay flow and interaction smoothness. (With Ollie)\"\"<\/p><\/li>

  3. Replaced the old deer animation art assets<\/strong> with updated versions provided by Lettie, making the deer animations appear much smoother in-game.\"\"<\/p><\/li>

  4. Updated the player character animation assets<\/strong> from Lettie to fix the issue where the character appeared tilted during gameplay.\"\"<\/p><\/li>

  5. Enlarged the animals\u2019 collision volume<\/strong> so players can more easily trigger nearby interactions.\"\"<\/li>
  6. Unified the game\u2019s UI style and fonts<\/strong> with Swan to create a more consistent visual presentation.\"\"<\/li>
  7. Added UI text instructions for the deer-feeding mechanic<\/strong> to help players better understand how to interact with the deer.\"\"<\/li>
  8. Added the game poster illustrated by Swan to the opening<\/strong> title screen to improve the game\u2019s presentation and first impression.\"\"<\/li>
  9. Added the opening animation into opening scene<\/strong> by Lettie. (With Ollie)\"\"<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    Second Playtest \u2013 19.03.2026 \u2013 Soul Keeper After our second playtest, I made several adjustments and improvements based on player feedback to create a smoother and more polished gameplay experience. Changed the interaction key from Q to E to make controls feel more intuitive for players. Redesigned the Peacock minigame from a separate extra scene […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1475"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/sz3c23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}