Slides:

Example:

Unit content:

• Methods for playtests with players
  
• Tasks
  
• Capture and analyse data
• Planning playtests
  
• Example for the playtest report
  
• Introduction: Practical part - Playtesting

Practical part - Playtesting

• Students can select a game (no AAA game) or their own game (which is preferred)
• The game has to be tested with at least 10 players and students have to select at least three methods (methods will be presented in the lecture unit)
• Similar to the expert evaluation, they have to write and submit a report which will be presented

Deadline for report:  04.12

Deadline for presentation slide: one day before your presentation

Please select one slot for your expert evaluation presentation: https://is.muni.cz/tudle/qupn

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Consent form:

Further interesting literature:

• Drachen, A., Mirza-Babaei, P., & Nacke, L. E. (Eds.). (2018). Games user research. Oxford University Press.
  
•  https://anchor.fm/games-user-research-book
• Bromley, S. (2021). How to Be a Games User Researcher: Run Better Playtests, Reveal Usability and Games UX Issues, and Make Games Better. Independently Published.
  
• Hodent, C. (2017). The gamer's brain: How neuroscience and UX can impact video game design. CRC Press.
  
•   Isbiste, K. & Hodent, C. (2022).  Game Usability: Advice from the Experts for Advancing Ux Strategy and Practice in Videogames. CRC Press.
• Lloyd, G. (2022): Mobile Playtesting Playbook: Make Better Games by Testing Early and Often. ‎Independently published.
  

GUR Methods

•  https://www.derekyu.com/makegames/feedback.html
•  Hoonhout, H. C. M. (2008). Let the game tester do the talking: think aloud and interviewing to learn about the game experience. In K. Isbister and N. Schaffer (eds.), Game Usability: advice from the experts for advancing the player experience (pp. 65–77). Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann.
• Desurvire, H., & Wiberg, C. (2009, July). Game usability heuristics (PLAY) for evaluating and designing better games: The next iteration. In International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing (pp. 557-566). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
  
• Desurvire, H., Caplan, M., & Toth, J. A. (2004). Using Heuristics to Evaluate the Playability of Games. Extended Abstracts CHI 2004, 1509–1512. - Schaffer, N. (2007). Heuristics for Usability in Games. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, White Paper.
  
• Laitinen, S. (2008). Usability and playability expert evaluation. In K. Ibister & N. Schaffer (Eds.), Game Usability. pp. 91–111. Burlington: Elsevier.
  

Accessibility

• https://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/I

• GDA Game Accessibility SIG. 2021. For Developers & Researchers—IGDA Game Accessibility SIG: https://igda-gasig.org/how/for-developers-researchers/
  

HCI general - evaluation:

• Wilson, C. (2009). User experience re-mastered: your guide to getting the right design. Morgan Kaufmann.
  
• Rubin, J., & Chisnell, D. (2008). Handbook of usability testing: how to plan, design and conduct effective tests. John Wiley & Sons.

• to take good notes:
  • https://youtu.be/2JZS9jsWcmA
    
  • https://condens.io/user-research-note-taking/