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Posted by Remi Lavoie on Wed, 08 May 2013 04:28:00 EDT in Indie, Production
On May 2nd, Execution Labs hosted its first official playtesting session for all the teams in its first cohort. This blog explains how our team, Pixel Crucible, proceeded and gathered some feedback and experience along the way.
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Comment In: Playtesting for Indies [Blog - 05/08/2013 - 04:28]

1 As soon as you ...

1 As soon as you can. Like mentioned here: r n If you 're not embarassed, you 're testing too late. r nhttps://www.playtestcloud.com/blog/2013/05/02/5-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-playtesting-your-game/ r n r nDon 't think it 's too early to test, as soon as you have something worth testing, start testing. It can still have placeholder ...

Comment In: Inside the Execution Labs Incubator: I'm gonna need a bigger canon [Blog - 03/01/2013 - 04:50]

As one of the members ...

As one of the members of the Execution Labs teams, I feel that describing your game idea to a wide variety of people, from business/investors to fellow game developers is one of the biggest challenges, especially in the game 's infancy. It is one we had to face on our ...

Comment In: Apotheon makes ancient art work in a modern game [News - 10/29/2012 - 07:14]

Wow, I just saw the ...

Wow, I just saw the latest update video from Spriter, looks like they added Bone Hierarchy, and IK. r nLooks like fun :

Comment In: When digital versions of board games surpass the originals [News - 10/25/2012 - 02:05]

Great article. While I do ...

Great article. While I do agree that the tile-matching patterns in Triple Town are simple and easy to understand, the scoring system is far from straight forward. There is no feedback as to what combination scored me the most points, or what the point values are at all. The end ...

Comment In: Mark of the Ninja highlights this week's Best of Indie Games [News - 09/14/2012 - 09:30]

Mark of the Ninja is ...

Mark of the Ninja is a terrific game. Great Job to the folks at Klei Entertainment.

Comment In: Is The Auction House In Diablo III A Feature Or A Crutch? [Blog - 08/22/2012 - 04:17]

I think one of the ...

I think one of the biggest issue with the auction house among many, many others , is that it takes you out of the game. I reminds you, you are playing a game, you are not your character, you are someone playing a character . Which makes the actual game ...

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