{"id":670,"date":"2025-05-15T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/thoseleftbehind\/?p=670"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:27:14","slug":"week-9-playtest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/thoseleftbehind\/2025\/05\/15\/week-9-playtest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9 &#8211; Playtest 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the morning we prepared for the playtest, I (Rosie) finished some extra details on the camp and helped Anna with implementing them into Unity. we  prepared our bug report sheet and made a new survey to share with our play testers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bug report sheet:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/image-106-1024x263.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1736\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>All survey questions and results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/image-108-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1738\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Notes taken during playtest:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Playtester<\/td><td>notes<\/td><td>Time taken<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Playtester 1<\/td><td>\u2013 Did not understand the click to pick up click to drop mechanic<br>\u2013 Never opened the weekly tasks<br>\u2013 Needed instructions<br>\u2013 Confusing which camps produce what<br>\u2013 Failed day 5 twice (did not collect required resources)<\/td><td>1min dialogue &nbsp; 7mins to stop playing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Playtester 2<\/td><td>\u2013 Day 5 starved<br>\u2013 Did really well<br>\u2013 I could tell mostly which camp made what Didn\u2019t take me long to figure out, with the tutorial it was just figuring it out myself<br>\u2013 Enjoyed it<\/td><td>44s dialogue &nbsp; 3mins40s to stop &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>maja<\/td><td>\u2013 I like the sound effects (mouse click)<br>\u2013 \u201cscratches my brain\u201d<br>\u2013 I think that this guy (arnold) produces arms I think<br>\u2013 I\u2019m gonna die soon (day 4)<br>\u2013 Starved day 5<br>\u2013 It would be nice to see which camp is what so have a way to check it mid game<\/td><td>33s Dialogue<br>48s tutorial<br>3min58s to stop<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Playtester 4<\/td><td>\u201cI think I might starve\u201d<\/td><td>37s dialogue<br>42s tutorial<br>00 to stop<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We received some useful feedback during this playtest, but faced the bigger issue of realising that our game was extremely boring. Anna and Joe did some brainstorming to fix the gameplay loop and make gameplay feel more entertaining. They devised this new gameplay loop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/rf2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/image-129.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1930\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They decided to implement 3 new additions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Time control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NPC tasks as progression drive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduce camps as the player builds them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was also a lot of feedback that players needed a reminder on which camp was which, but we decided this could be fixed with a UI pop up when clicking on the camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the morning we prepared for the playtest, I (Rosie) finished some extra details on the camp and helped Anna with implementing them into Unity. we prepared our bug report sheet and made a new survey to share with our play testers. 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