Seb Long

Driving creative decision-making in video game development using player data, UX & psychology. MD at @PlayerResearch. 🦋

[Seb Long @seb_long]

🦋 https://t.co/p3RDn6yudv

[Keywords Studios @KeywordsStudios]

In 2024, Steam users spent just 15% of their time on new games. How can devs dethrone dominant titles?

Join @seb_long at #GDC2025 for ‘Making Player Data Work': 3 roundtables on using player research during pre-prod, production & post-launch.

📍Details: https://t.co/OkJNTqt50k

[Seb Long @seb_long]

Found out that my personal website contact form has been jettisoning emails into the ether for the last couple months, at the least. Terribly sorry if I haven't gotten back to you — do try again?

[Seb Long @seb_long]

@JulBelanger Thanks Julien, and best of luck.

[Seb Long @seb_long]

I’m grateful to be growing Player Research, despite the games industry’s challenges. A superb team I couldn’t be prouder of.

[Player Research @PlayerResearch]

A career making games better through data? Brighton, UK and Montreal, Canada. Experienced & early-career roles. Join our team of player research specialists, contributing to the world's best games.
➞ Details https://t.co/Sdo83QSuSS
#gamedev #gamejobs #gamesUR #playerresearch

[Seb Long @seb_long]

@Jennissary 🙌🙌🙌

[Player Research @PlayerResearch]

We're hiring: Games User Researchers in Brighton, UK and Montreal, Canada. Experienced & early-career roles. Come join our team of player research specialists, contributing to the world's best games.
➞ Details https://t.co/oF1GK9n9S6
#gamedev #gamejobs #gamesUR #playerresearch

[The Game Accessibility Conference @GA_Conf]

The finalists for AAA Excellence at the 2024 GAconf accessibility awards are @princeofpersia, @StarWarsOutlaws, @dragonage, @LifeIsStrange and @CallofDuty!

Public vote + info on why they were nominated: https://t.co/r5gPqqSZnh

[Game Developer @gamedevdotcom]

Valve sets new guidelines for devs selling season passes on Steam
https://t.co/kZ8BK6KqSo

[Games User Research #gamesUR @GamesUR]

Our annual salary survey is live! If you work in games user research, please contribute and share.
Survey: https://t.co/R3pbh6vTrL
Previous results: https://t.co/trqNUmWvmR

🧵Video of our 2023/24 survey results in thread — but go and complete the survey first!
#gamesUR

[Gene Park @GenePark]

Zelda stories are created AFTER the game design. Eiji Aonuma tells me why he has never written a story first before designing a game

[Games User Research #gamesUR @GamesUR]

Dates for your calendar!
A series of online talks on games user research, hosted by industry experts!

November 11th through 15th.
Full details at the link including watch party info.

Speaker previews in thread… 🧵

https://t.co/U7FtOgaaCx #gamesUR #gamedev

[Tara Voelker @LadieAuPair]

Now that #GAConf is over, I want to share two talks I did from years prior. They aren't about product, but how to your #gamedev team for accessibility.

First up -

Not Like This: Measuring Accessibility Success - https://t.co/h54mouMsbk

[Seb Long @seb_long]

@Jonoridge @EddCoates @uk_ie Don’t worry we turned every question to be about you 😙

[Visa is doing marketing consults (see pinned!) @visakanv]

this is a nice example of desire pathing, where you accept that the path people naturally wanna take (linguistically or otherwise) is superior to the path you originally designed, and adjust accordingly

[Seb Long @seb_long]

@EddCoates @Jonoridge @uk_ie 🙌

[Seb Long @seb_long]

Come join some games UX friends in London this Friday? Panel, mixer, games to try, swish venue….

[Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0 @EddCoates]

Announcement! This Friday, Game UI Database will be teaming up with Limit Break to put on a Game UI/UX Panel + Mixer at Samsung KX in Kings Cross! Hosted by @studioanisa, with guest panelists @seb_long and @_ikouyo.
Free entry, all welcome! Tickets & Info: https://t.co/HvGFGNH2Wo

[The Verge @verge]

Persona director says making beautiful menus is ‘actually really annoying’ https://t.co/fWK0RxNGGV