Maybe your rules are confusing. Provide
answers if they get really stuck, but for the most
part, let your testers ?¬? gure it out. You will learn
much more from the mistakes players make than
you will if they play the game ?¬‚ awlessly based on
your explanations.
The best way to run a playtest is to have an objective
person run the test while you watch from behind
a one-way glass or on a video feed. If you are doing
this at home by yourself, you might not have that
option. The next best solution to help control your
impulse to talk too much is to create a test script.
This script will keep you on track and remind you of
your role as an observer. Your script should include
at least the following sections and perhaps several
others depending on the type of test you are doing.
So now that you have all these strangers in your o?¬? ce
or living room, what do you do with them? At this point,
many game designers make a common mistake??”they
begin to tell players about their game, how it works,
their plans for future developments, their hopes and
dreams for the game. But this defeats much of the purpose
of ge ing a fresh perspective on the game.
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