The article explores how game testers can effectively test classic titles like Super Mario Bros by studying similar games, defining clear test scopes, designing practical test cases, handling bugs, and continuously improving test processes while considering player experience and non‑functional issues.
The article analyses the indie puzzle game COCOON, explaining how its designers use implicit visual, auditory, and world‑nesting cues—while preserving 50% of previous mechanics—to guide players subtly, maintain a comfortable learning curve, and earn multiple industry awards.
This article provides a detailed testing guide for short‑term game events, covering their unique challenges, requirement analysis, risk mitigation, test case preparation, execution strategies, communication practices, player experience considerations, log verification, post‑mortem analysis, and activity reuse recommendations.
This article recounts the GDC 2022 talk by LeiHuo UX on the UX design of Naraka: Bladepoint, detailing the game’s core concepts, four development stages, combat simplification, balance adjustments, resurrection redesign, and the surprising impact of its face‑customisation system, all driven by the central "freedom" philosophy.
This article explores the appeal of collecting cards in strategy‑focused trading and collectible card games, examining the distinction between physical TCGs and digital CCGs, the three core pleasures of card games, and how designers balance rarity, value, and gameplay experience.
This article explains how game designers use core mechanics to create events that spark player emotions, outlines eight key emotional triggers, describes four methods to vary emotional experiences, and introduces flow and immersion as ways to validate emotional design.
