The lost testreport_1115

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Once Legendary Usability Test
Report
Once Legendary (Nov 2015)
By The Lost:
Miguel Reyes
Michael Lucarelli
Joshua Inzer
Russell Holmberg
Joshua Richmond
Full Sail University
Usability Sec02
November 20th 2015
Table of contents

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Executive Summary…...…………………………………………………………3
Testing Methodology…..…………………....…………………………………...3
Demographics………....…….……………………………………………………4
Analysis/Metrics……………………………………………………………….....5
Recommendations…………….……....…………………………………………7
Issues……...………………………………………………………………………8
Data Collection…………………….…………………………………………....13
Post Mortem……………………………………………………………………..16
References………………………………………………………………………17
Appendix……………………………………………………………....…………18
Executive Summary:
This week, The Lost put to action the plain previously laid out to test the game the game

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Once Legendary, by Team Zulu. As a team we collected data and began to analyze our
findings based on what we had seen. We have come up with some issues as well as
some recommendations for the developers that we have formulated based on the
outcomes of this testing process.
A. Specific Main goals of this test:
a. Collect the data requested by Team zulu
b. Test our hypotheses formulated in week 3
c. Record players reaction to games systems and mechanics
d. Test the fluidity of the game's platforming and combat
B. Overview of test subject selection demographic:
a. Inexperienced to novice game players
b. Ages 15-35
c. Has a solid understanding of the keyboard and mouse interface.
Testing Methodology:
Each team member will select 1 person to test. Tester will be selected based on their
gaming experience and willingness to participate. The ideal tester will be a casual
gamer who is enthusiastic about assisting our testing efforts. Once tester is selected,
the proctor will record the testers name, age, gender, and gaming experience. Proctor
will then introduce the player to the game. This is the red area within the questionnaire.
Testers may play longer than 15 minutes, but must play a minimum of 15 minutes.
Once the player has finished playing, the data in blue will be filled out. This is done in
order to give a baseline of where each individual tester gets stuck.
The questions in green can be asked during play testing or after but must also be filled
in. Proctor will record data for the exploratory questions for each level the player makes
it through. During testing, the Proctor will record questions, statements, and
exclamations. The Proctor is not allowed to assist the player beyond restating what the
game has already told them. Procter must test all three hypotheses (as outlined in the
next section) without letting the player know something specific is being tested for in
order to keep the number of variables in check. For questionnaire, see Appendix B. If
for whatever reason the player cannot complete a portion of the level and quits , the
proctor will record what time they quit, what level they quit, why they quit, and then
move them to the beginning of the next level.

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Demographics
Subject/Tester Age Sex Gaming
experience
Hours per week
spent playing
games
David 17 Male Moderate 3
Claire 21 Female Small 1-2
Tina 31 Female Small 1
Dannie 20 Female Moderate 6
Abigail 21 Female Small 2-3
Analyses/Metrics:
Hypotheses Results:
1.) “Casual Players will not be able to figure out the game’s grapple mechanic with
the game given tip alone.”
This hypothesis has been proven correct as no play tester was able to understand let
alone master this mechanic. No tester made it past the first grappling section in Chapter
2.) Casual Players will become easily frustrated with the collision detection of
enemies and obstacles such as thorns.
This hypothesis has also been proven true as all playtesters reported collision detection
as a primary source of frustrations, particularly when dealing with thorns.
3.) Players will initially assume that the blue “sprites” floating around are
enemies.
Our final hypothesis is inconclusive as we received very mixed results from our testers.
Some of our testers thought they were friendly, some of our testers thought they were
enemies and one of our testers thought they were some kind of power up you could
collect.

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Casual vs Hardcore
Unfortunately our sample sizes for a t-value test were very limited as the second
level was uncompletable when we played it and none of our casual testers completed it.
With this being said we felt the only reliable data for this hypotheses was the completion
times for the game's prologue. When this data is subjected to a t-value test the critical t-
value is higher than the t-value proving the null hypothesis (Hardcore gamers will not
perform any better than casual gamers) to be false and the hypothesis “Hardcore
gamers perform better than casual gamers to be true). This is very apparent when
looking at our data as our casual testers took up to 7 times longer (in the most extreme
case) to complete the game's most basic level. (See data collection for more detail)
Sword Levels vs Platforming levels
One interesting thing we noticed is that between last week's data and this weeks data
not a single swordplay level was completed. On the opposite end of the spectrum every tester
who played the game completed both platforming levels. Based on feedback from our testers
we conclude that this is due in part to some of the sword levels frustrating mechanics (see
hypothesis regarding grapple mechanic). With that in mind we would recommend that more
emphasis be placed on making the swordplay levels flow better by better explanation of
mechanics and perhaps a modification of the swordplay system as a whole in order to
streamline the transition between swordplay and platforming levels.

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Death by Type
Another big thing we noticed is that our players died to the environment far more
frequently than they did to the game's enemies in the games swordplay levels. The above chart
illustrates a huge disparity between deaths caused by enemies and deaths caused by the
environment. This data omits environmental deaths from the prologue and chapter two as these
levels do not contain enemies and would skew the results of this data set. That being said, we
feel that this leads to two possible conclusions. Either the game's enemies are too trivial or the
games environmental hazards are too punishing. This is reinforced by the fact the a large
portion of our players frustration in all levels was related to falling down holes or being killed by
things like thorns.

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Recommendations
Our first recommendation regards the games falling animation. We believe that this is a
crucial area of the game that needs attention as all of our playtesters vocalized being extremely
frustrated by it and it is something that affects all platforming levels. All members of our team
reported their testers getting highly irritated when their character fell saying things, like “Get up
stupid!” or “What are you doing on the ground?”, and slamming keys furiously to get their
character standing again. By the end of chapter 2, the expletives and key slamming evolved into
frustrated sighs and destroyed the players moral. Our number one recommendation for this is to
reduce the animation time for the player getting back up. We strongly feel that this would help
reduce player's frustration as it would reduce the amount of time they are unable to control their
character and allow a quicker recovery from error. Some other things you may want to consider
for this issue is increasing the distance the player can travel before landing causes them to fall
or possibly removing the mechanic all together.
Our second recommendation regards the game's transition both too and from what our
team is calling “platformer to hack and slash”. You go through great effort to lay the framework
(quite well we might add) and then the next level becomes a hasty pseudo-tutorial that throws a
lot of mechanics at you at once. Many of our testers felt that the sword levels and the
platforming levels felt like two different games. We think we understand the concept you are
going for but we feel that there are too many moving parts thrown at the player at once during
the sword levels. In order to make the game more fluid we have come up with what we believe
are 2 strong options. The first of these would be to focus on one type of level and stick with it.
We understand that this would be a huge change to your game so our second options would be
to restructure your chapter one. To elaborate based on our playtest, we feel that the sheer
number of mechanics that are thrown at the player in chapter 1 ruin the game's pace that was
set (again quite well) during the prologue. We would possibly consider removing a mechanic like
grappling as it is a mechanic all testers found obscure anyways.
Finally we have a recommendation regarding the character ragdoll in the sword sections. Many
testers reported not being able to fully grasp where their avatar was of what their actual hitbox
was. This led to a lot of frustration with players saying things like “but he didn’t even touch me”
or “I jumped over the thorns though”. Once again we feel that we understand what you are
trying to accomplish with this, however we feel a complete ragdoll of the character presents the
player with too much of an unpredictable hitbox and makes it difficult to accurately perceive
where the avatar is in the gamespace.

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Issues:
Joshua R.:
Issue #1: A common recurring issue in this game is getting stuck on corners when
jumping from platform to platform. As you can see below the character often gets stuck
on the corner of a ledge when trying to land on said platform. This almost always results
in falling into the lengthy animation discussed in recommendations or the player's death
if they are hanging over an environmental hazard.
Type: Q/A
Severity:Moderate
Screenshot:
Suggestion: I would suggest examining the colliders on platforms with right angles and
smoothing the corners of so they either land correctly or slide off the edge rather than being
suspended in seemingly mid-air.
Issue #2: One of my big issues with level one and its hints. While I think the hints are well
placed and needed, I don’t think they are as effective as they could be. My two prime examples
are the tip about runes and the tip about grappling. Both of these are unexplained
systems/mechanics and the short tip doesn’t do much to inform the player about them.
Type: Q/A
Severity:Moderate
Screenshot:

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Suggestion: If it were possible to show the player a short recording of their avatar performing
said action or interacting with said system. I think the tips would do a much better job of
informing the player of all the options and tools they are being given.
Russell:
Issue #1: During the prologue i encountered an issue where when i stepped on the trigger
platform to trigger the moving platform to rise, it wouldn't trigger and hence i couldn't progress
further into the story.I had to start this checkpoint over twice due to this issue.
Type: Gameplay
Severity:Critical
Screenshot:
Suggestion: Fixing the button to where it triggers the platform every time.
Issue #2: The second issue that i encountered was another gameplay issue i encountered this
issue when trying to jump both vertically and horizontally, with how the player controls are and
how unstable they feel it's hard for myself as a player to try and move the character in the
direction and in the precise manner that i want to. trying to jump while a player has the sword is
an even more difficult feat due to the ragdoll physics that the player has.
Type: Gameplay
Severity:Moderate
Screenshot:
Suggestion: Having the player still be able to control the player instead of the sword would
make the jumps a little more stable.
MichaelL.:

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Issue #1: One issue that was noticed was with the UI. At certain spots in the game the health
UI would hide behind an object such as a wall in the foreground.
Type: Q/A
Severity:Moderate
Screenshot:
Suggestion: One way to fix this would be to make sure that the UI is set on the most front
foreground on every level.
Issue #2: Another issue found was the cannon balls were unavoidable after this portion of the
game. You could manage to avoid the first one but then you could not avoid any others and
would die instantly on contact.
Type: Gameplay
Severity:Critical
Screenshot:
Suggestion: You could either leave a bigger time gap in between the time that the cannon balls
fire or you could have a pit or something to hide in so the player at least has a chance to avoid
them without dying right away.
Joshua I.:

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Issue #1: Respawn at the checkpoint can result in the player being hung upright on the edge.
The only way to continue is to purposely die.
Type: Gameplay
Severity:Moderate
Screenshot:
Suggestion: Move respawn location slightly more to the right on the platform.
Issue #2: Starting once the player receives the rune sword, the player’s avatar becomes a
ragdoll and center of gravity is based on the swords physics. If the design is meant to be such,
stating so would be beneficial to the developers. When faced with multiple enemies, the player
doesn’t know whether or not the avatar or the sword is the object that needs protected.
Type: Gameplay
Severity:Low
Screenshot:
Suggestion: Recommendation is to create center of gravity on the player and have the sword
work as a moving appendage from the player’s hand. If ragdoll style is intentional, then the
player’s avatar shouldn’t be what is attacked when facing enemies.
Miguel:

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Issue #1: On the third chapter when trying to make it across one of the pits I was unable to
make it across because I was stuck by some invisible attack. I was continuously being harmed
and unable to complete the level.
Type: Gameplay
Severity:High
Screenshot:
Suggestion: This is an issue I felt that could have been avoided altogether by removing the rag
doll physics. Something about that collided with this damage and did not allow me to continue
forward.
Issue #2: The second issue that I found is that when trying to activate a switch the character
will be hard to place properly on the trigger. The ragdoll physics makes it a bit difficult to make
the player land on the button and keep it being pressed. On the first level this was not an issue
but in the second one it happens constantly.
Type: Gameplay
Severity:Low
Screenshot:
Suggestion: Give the character a solid model that allows him to stand up right as he uses the
sword. In order to place yourself on the switches and activate them without frustration.
Data Collection

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Week 4 Data
Proctor/
Playteste
r Level Time
Coin
Pick
up
Deaths By
Enemies
Enemies
Killed
Deaths by
Environment Level Completed/Why
Michael
L./ David
L. Prologue
0:17:3
6 0 0 0 9 Yes
Chapter
One
0:19:1
5 17 4 16 8
No (Couldn't get past
grapple)
Chapter
Two
0:16:3
5 0 0 0 12 Yes
Chapter
Three
0:19:4
2 23 6 23 12
No (Couldn’t get past
area after birds)
Chapter
Four N/P
Josh R./
Abigail R. Prologue
0:24:2
7 0 0 0 0 Yes
Chapter
One
0:21:2
7 25 2 21 25
No (Couldn't get past
grapple)
Chapter
Two
0:10:2
9 0 0 0 10 Yes
Chapter
Three
0:18:1
6 42 5 64 30
No(Became
frustrated by
unresponsive
controls when she
got to the troll fort)
Chapter
Four N/P
Joshua I./ Prologue 0:25:00 0 0 0 65 Yes

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Tina I.
Chapter
One 0:23:00 20 7 9 80 No (Couldn't get past grapple)
Chapter
Two 0:07:00 0 0 0 55 Yes
Chapter
Three 0:15:00 2 20 7 45
No (Couldn’t get past area
after birds)
Chapter
Four N/P
Russell /
Claire W. Prologue 0:35:37 0 0 0 14 Yes
Chapter
One 0:17:21 6 0 4 2
No, could not perform Ground
smash
Chapter
Two 0:18:43 0 0 0 16 yes
Chapter
Three 0:09:24 5 8 12 24 No, Could not get past cannon
Chapter
Four N/P
Miguel/
Dannie Prologue 0:08:32 0 0 0 11 Yes
Chapter
One 0:06:52 7 0 2 0
No, Dannie could not get
passed wooden barrier
Chapter
Two 0:09:16 0 0 0 4 Yes
Chapter
Three 0:09:02 0 2 10 8 No, Could not get past bird pit

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Week 3 Data
Playtester Level Time Coin pick up Level Completed/Why
Michael L. Prologue 0:06:36 0 Yes
Chapter One 0:12:15 21 No, Cube Boss
Chapter Two N/P
Josh R. Prologue 0:05:30 0 Yes
Chapter One N/A 24 No, Cube Boss
Chapter Two N/P
Josh I. Prologue 0:13:43 0 Yes
Chapter One 0:15:00 12 No, Couldn't Grapple
Chapter Two N/P
Russell H. Prologue 0:07:53 0 No, Couldn't get past log
Chapter One 0:08:42 11 No Couldnt Ground Smash
Chapter Two N/P
Miguel Prologue 0:05:00 0 Yes
Chapter One N/A 2 No, Couldn't Grapple
Chapter Two N/P
T-values
Mean 464.4
Variance 44609.3
Observations 5
Hypothesized Mean Difference 0
df 4
t Stat -3.055493365
P(T<=t) one-tail 0.0189122995
t Critical one-tail 2.131846782
P(T<=t) two-tail 0.037824599
t Critical two-tail 2.776445098

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Post Mortem
What went wrong?
Well there were a few things that went wrong with the testing and methodology. One thing that
went wrong was the way our data was collected allowed for overlap and in categories like
enemies and coins collected. This lead to players constantly killing enemies and collecting the
same coins over after death and they were accounted for continuously. Time for us was also an
issue. The first build we got was broken and crashed at the end of the first level every time a
player was about to complete it. As a result we had less time (which was relatively limited in the
first place) to playtest collect all of our data, and conduct our analysis of said findings.
What went right?
The team was able to draw reasonable data from our three hypotheses from week three, due to
our information that was gathered from our play testers. Also we were able to come up with a
strong plan at the beginning of the week and adapt as the weeks curveballs came in. The team
maintained a positive attitude through the entire week and saw the project through till the end.
What can be learned from the experience?
One big point we took away from all this is the importance of data organization. We ended up
revising our data table multiple times and, upon reflection we would revise it yet again for future
tests. This plays into our next lesson which was attention to detail. There is a lot of data that,
upon testing completion, we realized we could collect in order to provide more useful
information to the development team.

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References:
Team Zulu (Nov 9th, 2015) Once Legendary (0.0.1.104881)

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Appendices:
Appendix A (Main Menu Flowchart)

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Appendix B(Level Flow Flowchart)

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Appendix C
Completed Questionnaires
AppendixC-1
Michael:
Questionnaire
Tester Name: David Lucarelli
Age: 17
Sex: Male
What types of games do you usually play?
“Mainly FPS console games.”
How many hours per week do you spend playing games?
“3 hours”
Testers Initial Thoughts:
“It was challenging.”
Time Spent Playing:
73 minutes
Furthest Point Reached (To Match Difficulty:Experience ratio):
The bird pits in the 3rd chapter
Likes:
The idea behind the game was good.
Dislikes:
The fact that your character ragdolls. This lead to me hitting things uncontrollably/or falling and
dieing.
What games would you compare this to?
Happy Wheels
Would you play this game again? Elaborate on decision.
No, because the difficulty of the game was to high. With that being said if many issues of the
game were fixed it might have some promise but the enemies killed me too fast, especially the
little red balls.
What suggestions would you give to the developers?
Fix the ragdoll issue even though it may conflict somewhat with the story, it really would help the
player know where they’re hit box is and help with standing on things.
Does the level offer a reasonable reward to risk ratio?
No they didn’t offer one, I felt no real sense of accomplishment when beating one.
Does the level give an adequate test of your gaming skills (how is the difficulty-to-
experience ratio)?
I have little experience with PC games. With this being said the ratio is high because it is very
hard for people with little to no experience to beat it.

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Proctor’s Observations of the Tester:
Initial Questions
How difficult did you find the games grappling mechanic?
It didn’t work for me so pretty difficult, either it was broken or not explained well enough to tell
the player how to do it.
What did the players say regarding the games environmental hazards?
The hit boxes on the thorns were too big and need to be adjusted.
What were your initial thoughts regarding the blue sprites?
I thought they were friendly.
Explorative Questions
Level one:
What frustrated you during this level?
“The thorns and his voice.”
What is one thing you would change about this level? Why?
“The thorns should take half your health because it would make it easier since it is only the first
level.”
Level Two:
The grapple mechanic and getting swarmed by enemies
making sure grapple worked.
Level Three:
The platforming checkpoints were too far apart toward the end.
Add more checkpoints when the platforming starts toward the end.
Level Four:
The cannon balls kept killing me.
Make sure there is a clear route for players to take rather than them getting hit by cannonballs
inevitably after the first set of birds.
AppendixC-2
Joshua R:
Tester Name: Abigail Richmond
Age:21
Sex: Female

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What types of games do you usually play? Casual platform and puzzle games.
How many hours per week do you spend playing games? 2-3
Testers Initial Thoughts: It’s a little frustrating because I keep falling down.
Time Spent Playing: 1:14:39
Likes:
I liked the turtles. The narration made me laugh.
Dislikes:
My character fell down too much for no reason. My character also did not jump 90% of the times
that I wanted it to. Some parts in between obstacles seemed to drag on a little too much. Why
did the blue sprites suddenly turn red and try to kill me? The guy holding the sword was
basically dead weight and caused contributed to the sword not moving the way that I wanted it
to.
Super Mario Bros
No, it was too frustrating because the character wasn’t responding to the controls the way I
wanted it too.
Add more spots for fighting.
(Tester is unaware of what that means.)
experience ratio)?
It was challenging because I am not good at video games. It was an appropriate amount of
challenge my skill level.
Initial Questions
Player could not grasp the concept as the game presented it.

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The player would often complain about being hit by thorns saying they did not visually see their
player coming in contact with them.
Player initially thought they were some kind of power up.
Prologue:
The player was frustrated by falling floor for seemingly no reason.
The player did not like the noises the character made when jumping or falling down.
Level One:
This player was frustrated by the games grappling mechanic and eventually quit the level
because she couldn’t progress.
The player would like to be able to skip dialogue once its been heard already.
Level Two:
Player was not frustrated by this level.
Player wishes the level was a bit more exciting and a bit harder. The player said there was very
little to do in the level and long stretches of eventless running.
Level Three:
Every so often the player would respawn on top a spike strip and die immediately. (This
occurred on the checkpoint in front of the barricades before the first occurrence of the bird
enemies)
The player thinks there should be less enemies in one place. The player did not like being
attacked by so many enemies at one time and thinks they should be spread out more
throughout the game.
AppendixC-3 Joshua I.:
Tester Name: Tina Inzer
Age: 31
Sex: Female
What types of games do you usually play? Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Candy Crush, Lego
Marvel Super Hero, Lego based games

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How many hours per week do you spend playing games? 1 hour
Testers Initial Thoughts: So how do I move?
Time Spent Playing: 69 minutes
Furthest Point Reached (To Match Difficulty:Experience ratio): 1st level until game crash at end,
3rd level completed. 2nd level ended at grappling the moving platform, 4th level where the huge
cannonball hits low
Likes:
I liked the zombies and the cannon balls. They had smiley faces.
Dislikes:
The sword play levels. He looked like he was floating and needed a balloon and not a sword.
Happy Wheels and Super Mario Bros.
No, I prefer a better balanced reward to risk ratio, such as in Super Mario Bros or the Lego
games or Sonic.
Get rid of the sword levels. It doesn’t mesh well with the rest of the game.
No. There is more risk than reward.
experience ratio)?
Certain aspects were too difficult, mostly on levels where the sword was involved. I could not
swing my sword-sword.
Initial Questions
Very difficult as I couldn’t figure it out. It’s why I quit Chapter 1.
The drawing of the vines were nice but they were too cumbersome in the first level.
Are they my little Pokemon? Or are they trying to kill me?
Prologue:
The vine spot where it had very little wiggle room.
The controls. I would have rather had arrow keys for the controls.
Chapter One:
The control of the character was too floppy.
The control of the character is what should be changed. It didn’t really flow well. It appeared
as though the character had a bunch of balloons in his hand and little control of his movement.

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Chapter Two:
Long time/distance between checkpoints
Make the light brighter when the player is higher up. Also, storyline and gameplay didn’t go
together. Nothing was chasing him, and the guy needs to run.
Chapter Three:
The path of the cannons.
Change the ragdoll style because the sword could be over thorns but your body would be dead.

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AppendixC-4
Russell:
Tester Name: Claire Williams
Age:21
Sex: Female
What types of games do you usually play?
First-person Shooters, Fighting, Mobile gaming
How many hours per week do you spend playing games?
1-3 hours
Testers Initial Thoughts:
“I liked the intro menu and storyline. The sound is hard to understand. There are no directions
and for someone who doesn't play that many games it took me a while to figure out how to
make the avatar move” (playtester)
Time Spent Playing: 1:21:55
Chapter Three Froze at the 9 minute mark
Likes:
The playtester liked the main menu and storyline. And also the gameplay of prologue and
chapter 2.
Dislikes:
The playtester did not like that there were no directions in some of the parts. In the prologue the
player sometimes slides after jumping. In chapters one and three the avatar is very hard to
control.
In chapter one and three the player would compare this game to an online game called happy
wheels, because the avatar does not have normal body movements (i.e. the body flopping
around behind the sword).
“ I would play the prologue and chapter two again, because i liked the avatar movement and
gameplay, I would not however like to play chapters one and three again, because of poor
mechanics” (playtester).
The suggestions that the playtester had for the developers is: improve the avatar mechanics,
improve audio so it is understandable and also delete part where the character is called stupid,
and give directions for the prologue and chapter two.
No because in the prologue and chapter two you die and then continue, only to get through the
chapter, and have no real drive. Chapter one and chapter three the game offers coins and
enemies but the player has no reward for collecting these things.
experience ratio)?

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“The game was easy to play aside from mechanical challenges even for a person with little
gaming skill or experience” (Playtester).
Initial Questions
“ I could not not get it to work the sword would project towards the platform but not stay
connecte” (Playtester).
That they were not too difficult and that the game could be played with somewhat normal/ easy
skill.
What were your initials?
“Good intro Storyline, Good menu, No directions”(Playtester).
Explorative Questions:
Level one:Prologue
● No Directions
● Jump did not always work
● The players has no fine movement skills, Hard to control.
● Voices were hard to understand
● “The game crashed when i tried to finish it, causing me to reopen the game (Game
Tester)”.
● Player discussed the dislike that she had when the avatar would slide when the avatar
landed on the ground.
Level Two:Chapter One
● Avatar is very hard to control.
● Could not pass the barrier that the player had to “ground smash”, difficult to perform that
move
● Make it so that you controlled the avatar and not control the sword.
Level Three:Chapter Two
● The jumps became more difficult for the player due to the environment becoming an
interference to the avatar.
● The playtester stated, “ I would change some of the environment so it does not
accidentally interfere with the avatar such as one jagged wall. Also the avatar slides
forwards after a jump sometimes causing the avatar to fall and die even though it clearly
landed on the platform”.
Level Four:Chapter Three

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The avatar movement was difficult to use because the avatar was lead by the sword, so it could
not be directed easily. And the enemies were over abundant, to the point that the player could
hardly make it to checkpoint without dieing more than 3-4 times.
The playtester would change the avatar movements so that the player could control the avatar
mover like the one in the prologue and chapter 2, because it was very difficult and/or impossible
to complete necessary tasks needed to progress in the game.

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AppendixC-5
Miguel:
Tester Name: Dannie Symonds
Age: 20
Sex: Female
What types of games do you usually play? Fighters and Guitar hero.
How many hours per week do you spend playing games? 6
Testers Initial Thoughts: I’m curious to play the game and see what it’s about.
Time Spent Playing: 1About 1 hour
Furthest Point Reached (To Match Difficulty:Experience ratio): second checkpoint of the third
chapter
Likes:
I liked the platforming levels and the integration of the switches. The character had a little
personality shine through with the few sound effects he had. I also enjoyed the voice over
narration.
Dislikes:
The sword levels were pretty hard to control.They took away from the tone of the game that was
set in the first level as well.
I would compare this game to something like Super Meat Boy mixed with Super Mario Bros.
I would not play this game again. The lack of ambient music don’t really make me feel like I
want to keep playing and the swordplay levels are very disheartening and the difficulty doesn’t
make me feel compelled to complete them rather than just quit.
I would suggest that the game developers omit the swordplay levels completely and refine the
platforming. I also suggest more ambient background music and sound effects to give the game
a unique tone and feel to it.
For the most part, the game does offer a reasonable risk to reward ratio.
experience ratio)?
I would say that the game gives a somewhat adequate test of my gaming skills; having to play
through strange controls and difficult levels.
Initial Questions
N/A The tester was unable to test this part of the game because the first chapter was too difficult
for her to get across. She was stuck on the barricade and not able to move it seemed like the
grapple function in the first stage got her stuck after destroying the wooden barricade.
She found that some of the environmental hazards were a bit unfair.

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“This is stupid.”
“The jokes are not funny on the balls” in reference to the cannon balls
“This is too hard” In reference of the prologue”
“I thought the blue sprites were enemies and I kept trying to avoid them on the first level.”
Level one:
The floaty controls and the small margin for error. The smallest movement when jumping could
result in death. Also, the vines were a very difficult obstacle. They were the largest cause of my
death.
I would add ambient background music. It would give the level a more adventurous feel to it.
Level Two:
The controls of the character frustrated me the most and led me to quit before the end of the
level. I ended up getting stuck on my third play through of the level.
All-in-all I would change the way the character moves from the player avatar being the sword to
the actual character itself. The character is adding weight to the sword which makes it very
difficult and inconsistent to use.
Level Three:
The difficulty of the stage overall was the most frustrating about the level. The level is “rage
game-esque”.
Again, I would change the lack of background music and sound effects. Without it, the stage just
sounds empty, save for the occasional sound of the character, and makes it a little boring.
Level Four:
The bombardment of enemies compounded upon the inconsistent movement mechanics and
made the level nearly impossible for me to get through.
I would omit the sword play levels and just keep the game a platformer. The sword levels are all
over the place and take away from the initial story.

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