Thoughts on Game A

• 6 Weeks in, but more like 1 week.
• Eliminate friction
• I think only one of you showed both players side by side in your video or images.
• Consider your “voice” in your press kit.

Playtesting

The iterative design process requires designers to be willing to make significant changes to the design. If you are “married to” your initial ideas, and unwilling to make more than small changes, the value of prototyping and playtesting will be small.

Making significant changes to a design—especially in reaction to outside feedback—is risky. If you don’t have a clear, strong design values prototyping and playtesting will push your design around, but it won’t push you towards anything.

Your goals need to be mostly fixed, and your design needs to be mostly flexible.

Some tips to achieve this:

• Write your goals down. This keeps them from slipping.
• Test early. The longer you “live” with an idea, the more attached you become.
• Make quick, dirty prototypes. The more effort you put into an idea, the more attached you become.
• Separate creating and analyzing: In a studio environment you often have someone that focuses on the goals (creative director) and someone who focus on the design (designer).
• Remember feedback is data not decisions.
• Be willing to cut even good ideas. [Kill Your Darlings](https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-does-it-mean-to-kill-your-darlings#:~:text=“Kill your darlings” is a,sake of your overall story.)

Design Values