Simultaneous and Multiplayer Testing in Game User Research
Why should you go for Simultaneous or Multiplayer Testing? As the paradigm of games evolves, more and more developers show interest in including multiplayer elements in their game. Or they even create a core gameplay loop that entirely revolves around playing with people from all around the globe. Because of this, multiplayer testing and simultaneous […]
UX Case Study: Interviews and Focus Groups
Antidote User Experience Case Overview Previously under the needs of one specific video game studio, Antidote organized a focus group and in-depth interviews for its targeted players. The purpose was to get a better understanding on how to improve the user experience. The studio expressed their satisfaction and highly evaluated the results Antidote had achieved […]
5 Facts about Video Game Events
Few days ago we talked about How to Maximize the Outcome of Video Game Events, that idea came after having visited some of the most important, local or specialized game events. There are plenty of them and as a next post we wanted to talk about it, About Game Events. We started thinking about recommending […]
How to Maximize the Outcome of Video Game Events
Get the most out of your next Video Game Event A new event is approaching, the whole team put a lot of effort to make it great and it is going to be an inflexion point for your project. After some exhausting weeks polishing your game, spending days designing your Booth and arranging your travel […]
User Experience in Video Games: Why it Matters
Various profiles define our identity. Among them, Joan Costa, UX researcher at Sekg, highlights the importance of user experience analytics in the video game industry, and, more specifically, how to implement it in game development processes. Background Joan grew up in Catalonia and has always been passionate about video games. It is when he turned […]
Understanding Gamer Psychology: Why Do People Play Games?
Games have been played for a long, long time now. Remember those countless hours we spent playing Pacman on the arcades or playing Pokemon on our Gameboy Colors as children? For sure we do . While a lot of research has been done concerning the possible negative health effects of video gaming, it is not often […]
Hell yeah! We’re heading to London for the #gamesUR conference
London is on the way! We are delighted to confirm our participation to the #gamesUR conference in London, on 24th of November. Just a few weeks after the game connection in Paris, we are now heading to the most-famous English city. The conference aims to highlights various actors of the gaming industry, with a strong […]
Coming next: Game Connection (01-03/11)
Paris is always a good idea, especially when the Game Connection is there. We are delighted to confirm our participation to the GameConnection in Paris, from 1st to 3rd of November. Earlier this year, we exhibited at the North-American edition in San Francisco; we are now heading to Europe to attend our last videogames event […]
We will exhibit at Barcelona Gamesworld!
We are delighted to confirm our participation to the Barcelona Gamesworld from 5th to 8th of October. As attendees last year, we could already observe the great success of the gamesworld. This year, the major gaming event in Barcelona is back for its second edition with even stronger ambitions. It’s just been a few weeks […]
We are attending the gamescom
We are delighted to confirm our participation to the gamescom in Cologne, from 22nd to 26th of August. An impossible-to-miss for any company of the gaming industry, as it is the largest gaming event in Europe, gathering 345.000 visitors last year and the most amazing talents from all over the world. Only a few months […]