{"id":342,"date":"2019-04-19T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/?page_id=342"},"modified":"2019-04-19T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T19:53:10","slug":"week-12-responding-to-playtesting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/index.php\/week-12-responding-to-playtesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12: Responding to Playtesting\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Playtest Day was quite an eye-opener for us. It is very easy to lose sight of different perspectives and different ways of understanding directions. As a group, we\u2019ve been working very in depth on mechanics and actions within our experience that guide us though the story. Since we\u2019ve effectively been going through the motions for several weeks, it is easy to forget that other individuals, ones who have never experienced our story, may not have the same thought process as they go through the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Playtest-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Playtest-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Playtest-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Playtest-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Playtest-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Playtest-1600x1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two main topics that we\nrealized we need to re-think within our experience were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The introduction, where we introduce the guest to their table and stamp<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Properly directing guest attention.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest1-1024x551.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest1-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest1-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest1-1600x861.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The experience\u2019s introduction is\nan area that we have struggled with the most these past few weeks. We need the\nguest to do a number of actions, including physically moving towards their\nactual desk, and putting their controller onto the table so that the Magic Leap\ncan recognize that this is an actual surface where it will map objects to. The\naction of the guest putting their controller on the desk had an unintended\neffect. Almost all of the playtesters wouldn\u2019t pick the stamp back up. The\nreasoning behind it was that they thought that the object has served its\npurpose, and therefore was not needed. Hardly anybody realized that the\ncontroller was actually their stamp. This was most likely exacerbated by the\nlimited field of view of the device, since it is not a natural action to hold\nyour hand in front of your face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest3-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest3-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest3-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest3-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest3-1600x863.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, once we notified the\nguest about the stamping mechanism, they went one of two ways: Either they\nstill didn\u2019t know what\/where\/when to stamp, or they proceeded to try to stamp\neverything. The latter was actually an issue because there were several\ninstances that they cut the experience short because they stamped the folder\ntoo early, triggering subsequent events within the story, effectively breaking\nthe game. While this can be slightly fixed by only having the stamp register after\na particular event (instead of constantly), the underlying problem of the guest\nnot being entirely sure of when and how they need to stamp is one that we will\nneed to tackle. We can\u2019t provide a \u201cTutorial\u201d, as it will break immersion, but\nwe probably could rewrite the script to incorporate a learning moment while\nstill being part of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest2-1024x558.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest2-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest2-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest2-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/artales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/playtest2-1600x871.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope that this uncertainty of what to do and where to look overlaps with guest\u2019s unsure attention. This, coupled with a greater fine-tuning of spatial audio controls should help with directing the guest where to look. Attaching the sound sources directly to the main characters, as well as the portals on the walls will help immensely. In addition, allowing some time for exploration of the room will also help orient the guests. All of our playtesters wanted this opportunity, so we\u2019ll need to figure out how to let happen naturally within our story\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playtest Day was quite an eye-opener for us. 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