Steve Bromley 🦆

🎮 Games User Research Consultant | Make games players love: 👾 mostly on the Blue app now.

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Want to run reliable playtests, or start a career in games user research?

I've just relaunched 🎮 https://t.co/YNRBm5sEDw with free how-to articles, training and new games UX jobs.

+ find the exclusive Playtest Kit, and the bestselling book "How To Be A Games User Researcher"

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Ben (@benthUXiastic) is doing some great work to understand and address the barriers to playtesting for indie developers (a subject close to my heart).

If you are an indie developer, you can help by sharing your experience in his survey here: https://t.co/Rqgz7ybLqA

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@ZenOfDesign That’s Thunderbird 3 in the background. The most ambitious crossover event in history.

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I’ll be at Develop again today - the conference in the morning, and the Games Accessibility talks in the afternoon. If you see me, say hello for a free printed copy of Playtest Plus, or some pro-research stickers!

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Some great examples in this thread about how important understanding the context of play is for game design.

When defining your players, if you’re hoping to impact the game (rather than the marketing) this is essential - https://t.co/2hg4iVwmEO

[Damion Schubert - @ZenOfDesign.com on bsky @ZenOfDesign]

Good design is really understanding HOW people interact with your game, which may include WHERE they interact with their game. Case in point...

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@robmanuel The Brighton Pavillion AI candidate felt like this - cheap advertising for a digital marketing agency.

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Paul is great. Hire Paul as a product leader at your company!

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Love @grmcall’s work, and this topic is hugely important for user researchers. Our challenge quickly becomes not “how can we run a study” but “How can we create an environment where running a study matters”, and Graham’s work addresses that topic.

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Today's GI Sprint talk focuses on figuring out the vision for your game at the concept stage, and why that's so challenging

Organisational psychologist Graham McAllister details why it matters so much, and how developers can overcome the issue

https://t.co/ASELzSjVJw

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Two tactical voting websites covering Mid Sussex. Both give different recommendations 🤦

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Who is going to @developconf this year?

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@Tony_Gowland @James_Batchelor This was a great insight into your process and the new strategy - thank you for sharing!

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@CariWatterton @WonderpusGospel @AtomfallGame The game looks amazing, and great to hear how accessibility has been built into it from the start. Congratulations!

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@johnnndi @ExEIH Loved The Road, and love bleak music - looking forward to checking out @ExEIH

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Incredibly valuable to see regularly see players interact with your game, for even the best designers.

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This was a great opportunity to see first hand how playtesting can inspire iteration - and with a fantastic view!

[Flanders Game Hub @FLGameHub]

Playtesting games is essential for gathering valuable feedback on gameplay mechanics, user experience, and player engagement!

We organised a playtest day with @Steve_Bromley guiding the process, our #Gamedev learned how to leverage this feedback and iterate on their games.

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@itshannahflynn If studios are in the UK, they could also probably use this funding to work with you for free: https://t.co/mImnlH9aV8

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@jess_tompkins_ (On re-reading, I failed to explain that this is also available on streaming)

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@jess_tompkins_ There’s also a live show from the National Theatre! (Although it’s very similar to the first series)

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@RJDos1 Really sorry to hear this Raymond. Hope you are holding up ok.