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Dear indie game developer,
(incl. students)

Welcome to this study on playtesting challenges

 

TL;DR - Quick Overview


  • ⛳ Purpose:
    Understand pain points and needs of indie developers when doing player research
  • ⏱️ Duration: ~10 minutes (mostly clicks; can skip questions or pause survey at any time)
  • ✨ Benefits:
    (on completion)     Access to specialised community for indie player research; get individual help with your challenges; chance to win Steam vouchers: €30 main prize and 4x €5
  • ✉️ Privacy: Anonymous, confidential, encrypted, used for scientific research only
  • ↪️ Impact: Your participation supports the development of solutions that help indies to:
    Simplify playtesting, utilise player feedback more effectively, realise their vision

⛳ Background

Player research (a.k.a. games user research) aims to de-risk game development and improve games by systematically studying the attitudes and behaviours of the target audience in relation to design decisions. This helps to remove unwanted friction and to ensure that the player experience unfolds as intended, according to the designers' vision.

However, effective research is often challenging for indies due to limited resources.

Our mission is to make player research more accessible for indie game developers.
Based on the survey results, we will develop solutions to help you overcome the struggles you and other indies face.

✅ Your benefits

Upon participation, we'll invite you to

  • test upcoming prototypes that assist you in getting better player insights
  • connect with fellow indies interested in learning about player research
  • win 1 of 10 vouchers for Steam worth €5

⏳ What to expect

  • To complete this survey you'll need about 8-12 minutes
  • Most questions are answered by clicking rather than typing. Fields with free text are optional.
  • You're gonna be asked mainly about your personal experiences and needs concerning player research
  • You can skip questions or withdraw from the survey any time.
    The more details you provide the better we can cater to your needs.
  • You can pause and save your progress by clicking on Resume later in the top-right corner any time
  • You need turned on JavaScript to display help options and progress (is enabled by default).
    Mobile participation is possible, but the best presentation is on the computer

✉️ Privacy policy

  • Your encrypted responses will be used for academic purposes, treated confidentially, and can be changed or removed on request.
  • Any resulting publications may only feature anonymized answers

Thank you very much for your support!

Contact / Feedback: If you have any questions, feedback or require further information, please don't hesitate to contact Ben via benjamin.linz@student.uni-siegen.de or use this form.

This survey is part of a Master's thesis in Human Computer Interaction at the University of Siegen, Germany.

 
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