From Hardcore Gamer to UX Game Designer
As most of you might already know, the gaming industry is quite new and so it is the education related to it. In fact, it is so new that last year was celebrated the tenth anniversary of the first video game university degree in Spain. That is a very short time compared, for example, to […]
Rewards on Antidote – How do they work?
With Antidote you get to experiment and play the newest games while they are in development, but you can also get exciting rewards for doing so! These rewards are divided into 2 categories: Antidote Coins and Experience Points. While both of these rewards can be obtained by simply playing and testing games, they do serve different […]
The Evolution of Racing Games (Part 1)
There is nothing like unleashing your inner speed demon while playing your favorite racing game. Choosing your favorite car and beating out the competition leaves you in a thrill that other games can’t match. To all of you who enjoy the excitement of racing games, do you really know the humble beginning of this great […]
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 […]
A Player’s Guide to Think Aloud Comments
What are “Think Aloud Comments”? Play test feedback plays a major role in user experience (UX) development, and one of the best proven methods for player feedback are think aloud comments, or the active communication of a player’s thoughts as they interact with an interface or game. This feedback style is sometimes described as “eavesdropping on someone’s thinking”, and though this method provides insightful feedback to developers […]
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 […]
How to Provide Written Feedback: Best Practices for Answering Post-Game Surveys
How Written Feedback Helps Post-game surveys are a great way for developers to understand a player’s opinions/experiences of a game, then use that feedback to create a more enjoyable player experience. Player feedback is an important part of developing an enjoyable and appealing game, so it is also important that players try their best to […]
The Psychological Benefits of Video Games
Psychology and video games: background Video games have been notoriously popular for what seems like forever. But why? What is it about video games that makes them so compelling? The United States has the largest video game presence in the entire world, and in 2017, the video game industry earned an astounding $108.9 billion (Strickland […]
Top 10 eSports Games – Show Off Your Competitive Skills
Competition has always been a major factor to playing videogames. Trying to finish the race first on Mario Kart Double Dash, or beating your friend on Street Fighter 2, we all have gone through that. A greater accessibility to videogames has highly favorised the rise of eSports and gaming competitions. Becoming a profesionnal player isn’t […]
10 games turning 20 in 2018!
Do you feel like video games have been part of our culture since recent times? Indeed, it is the case. Still, despite being a rather young industry, some games will already be celebrating their 20th birthday this year and it does not make us feel young yet. 1998 was a major milestone for the gaming […]