Final Play Testing

Play Testing

To gain a better understanding of the gameplay from the perspective of unfamiliar users, we contacted other groups to playtest our final game. We managed to gather feedback from group 10.

Play Testing by other groups

From the playtests we received very helpful feedback which is detailed below:

Negatives

• Found the game quite difficult at times, especially at later levels.
• Had some difficulties learning the camera movements (rotation in particular).
• Camera movement is too slow.
• The metric balancing is skewed such that the player is focused more on making money.
• User got frustrated when the exclamation mark would disappear and decrease population happiness while they were reading another dialogue.
• Bug found - replaying game would not work.
• Some users were unsure what the metric icons represented.

Positives

• Found the story interesting and engaging.
• Enjoyed the way player actions dynamically reflected on the game world.

Play Testing for other groups

In return for the useful feedback provided, we playtested for group 10.

Feedback given to group 10

• supply and demand system takes a while to get used to
• Interesting take on a city-builder game, they had a food metric which the player also has to account for, less story-driven and more strategic in nature
• Impressive multiplayer component

Improvements made before final submission based on feedback

• Balanced the metric modifiers so it is easier to progress through the game #118
• Made camera rotation movement more intuitive (swapped Q + E) - #126
• Sped up camera movement - #126
• Made it so the player earns money when responding to exclamation mark - #126
• Made it so the exclamation mark cannot disappear while user is reading other dialogue - #126
• Fixed replay issue - #121
• Added explanation of metric icons in exposition dialogue - #126