Games User Research – Notes
Games in the Disabled Community
Games are an important part of the disabled community. If someone has been stuck in the hospital for months, one of the things they don’t want to experience is feeling boredom. We see it everywhere, people play games on the bus, in the park and in other public places to cure their boredom. All access needs are unique, but everyone should be able to engage with the same experience. Games give them a sense of control out of their situation
Why can haptics be bad for someone that’s disabled?
Haptics can be a bad thing for disabled people because it can cause sensory issues
Fundamentals of QA and User Testing :
Give the game to someone and watch them play
Don’t speak only write
If you find yourself wanting to talk and justify something that means you should prioritise fixing it
Games cannot be played wrong but they can be made wrong
Mobile game supremacy!!!
Clean up on Isle – Bug Testing
In this activity, we were asked to find a game on Itch from the Global Game Jam and find bugs if possible. The way that I played this game was to play the game in the most unconventional way, I.E I would press random buttons on the keyboard that were not used for the game play, spam click and spin around multiple times. Some how this method worked (I think), during one point in our game play session, the player stopped taking damage. When Izzy was playing it, she made the player invisible.
After finding the bugs, we wrote them up in a bug report:
Update on Project!