The importance and complexity of playtesting for successful serious game design

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The importance and complexity of playtesting for successful serious game design 📅 Wednesday 20/05 10:30-12:00h 📍 Workshop Space B 📒 Session Description Entertainment games often undergo extensive playtest phases before they are shipped to the actual players. In serious games this is often done differently: they are designed with an

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Roland Klemke
Open University of The Netherlands, The Netherlands / TH Köln, Germany
Melina Rose
TH Köln, Germany

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The importance and complexity of playtesting for successful serious game design

📅 Wednesday 20/05 10:30-12:00h
📍 Workshop Space B
📒 Session Description

Entertainment games often undergo extensive playtest phases before they are shipped to the actual players. In serious games this is often done differently: they are designed with an evaluation goal in mind that primarily focuses on the “serious” aspects of the game: the learning objectives and the correctness of the content transported. But is this a sufficiently broad perspective?



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