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How to deal with (bad?) player suggestions
Every game which builds a community while still being in active development will soon be confronted with players who post suggestions for new features on its forum. Most of these suggestions, however:
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Good 2D Platformer Physics
I have a basic character controller set up for a 2D platformer with Box2D, and I'm starting to tweak it to try to make it feel good. Physics engines have a lot of knobs to tweak, and it's not clear to ...
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Does inflating scores make players happier?
I realize that this will depend on a game-to-game, situation-to-situation basis and that this is not a very technical question, but I remember hearing in a tech podcast a few years ago that inflated ...
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How do you get useful data from playtesters?
There are a few types of feedback you can get from playtesters, and I wonder how to best gather data for each of them...
Crash Reports. When my C++ game crashes while someone is playing it, how do I ...
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Which approach is better: Frequent small updates, or occasional large ones?
I recently released the first publicly available free Alpha for my top-down shooter: Dread
I'm trying to decide whether a weekly / bi-weekly small update release schedule is better than the more ...
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Where can I share and get feedback on my game idea?
I have read that ideas / game designs / unique mechanics are merely multipliers of execution, and that keeping them secret is just silly. But, I haven't found anywhere to share these ideas and receive ...
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What kind of questions should I ask players in a survey after the game?
I'm finishing a HTML5 browser game, and I'd like to have some player feedback. I was planning to make players take a short survey at the end of the game. Is this the best approach? How long should it ...
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Do players like holiday events?
I remember back when I played runescape, they always had these really interactive holiday events. And players would be squirming all around trying to find where it was. After you would complete it (it ...
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Getting Early User Feedback on Games
Disclaimer: It may be that I'm already doing all the "right" things, but just don't have enough traffic for it to pay off with people giving feedback.
My question is: how do you attract early and ...
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How is Ping-Ponging done in Stage3D & AGAL (Flash Player 11)
Does anyone know how to create a Texture feedback effect in Stage3D / AGAL?
I've just found the term "ping-ponging" in some GPU wikipage, hopefully I'm using it in the right place!
I'll share with ...
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Pathfinding with MicroPather : costs calculations with sectors and portals
I'm considering using micropather to help me with pathfinding. I'm not using a discrete map : I'm working in 2d with sectors and portales. However, I'm just wondering what is the best way to compute ...
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Places to Test Player Interest In Storyline
I am working on an iPad game, and have a few different intro story lines. I would like to get gamer feedback on the intros.
What websites or techniques have others used to get such feedback?
