Comments on: The Players Are Wrong, But Listen Anyway

By: GDC 2010: Design in Detail: Changing the Time Between Shots for the Sniper Rifle from 0.5 to 0.7 Seconds for Halo 3 « Double Buffered

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:32:02 +0000

[...] their reasoning as they do NOT have the same mental context you do as the designer. (Note: I 100% agree with and endorse this feedback [...]

By: Gamers Rights Law » Developer’s Corner

Gamers Rights Law » Developer’s Corner — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:21:26 +0000

[...] The Players are Wrong but Listen Anyway This article by a game developer goes into detail as to what type of feedback to gather from the users during the game-making process. This frankly doesn’t rise to the level of a legal duty, but more of a moral duty… that is from a game developer with a sincere wish to make as fair and as entertaining of a game as possible. If you are strictly looking for a legal viewpoint, maybe you could use the forums and feedbacks as a sort of “testing ground” to determine if the beta testers feel the game is working out as a fair and even playing field, depending upon the user’s choice of character, etc. But the developer does a great job of noting these opinions must be taken in the context that most of these early users have an “axe to grind” or may be overly skeptical types that over-critique a supposedly fun experience. A great read for developers or anyone. [...]

By: Is it just me? Fighting Games: Behind the Times « the other castle

Is it just me? Fighting Games: Behind the Times « the other castle — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:59:20 +0000

[...] level play, but someone somewhere will always make these sorts of statements, period. As noted in an article I read recently, for the developer it’s all a matter of discerning intent in user feedback: how many players [...]

By: Kevin Edger

Kevin Edger — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:44:32 +0000

A great list, and frighteningly apt. I’m guilty of loving to gab about games, and in all my forum time it’s become incredibly apparent that there are people who love to complain and yet have no idea what their actual issue is.

My least favorite type is still the vocal “hardcore” majority; they’ll defend a game they like to the death, the good and bad, and actually openly say they’d prefer it if fewer people played the game, not caring for whether or not other playstyles enjoy it. They usually obfuscate the line between “things I like about this game” and “things that are necessary to this game being good that only smart people like me would like”.

But still, there’s value in all manner of feedback. It just takes smart devs to see through the crap.

By: Ser el mejor MMORPG - Programacion de Juegos MMORPG

Ser el mejor MMORPG - Programacion de Juegos MMORPG — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:17:55 +0000

[...] MMORPG 1 y 2, Cómo mejorar el combate en los MMORPG, Es un mundo pequeño, Wow PVP, Los jugadores están equivocados, y un largo [...]

By: Matthew Weigel

Matthew Weigel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:30:13 +0000

Sounds about right. A lot of what I really like about Dungeon Runners, and what I'm really proud of, I have to chalk up at least partially to having participated in the forums and playing the game. You can't take everything said at face value, but there is a lot of hidden value if you look at what is causing people to say what they say, feel the way they feel.

By: Lecturas sobre desarrollo de MMORPG - Programacion de Juegos MMORPG

Lecturas sobre desarrollo de MMORPG - Programacion de Juegos MMORPG — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:09:26 +0000

[...] Sin embargo, le he dedicado algún tiempo a algunas lecturas ultimamente: ¿qué es un desarrollador independiente?, tobold sobre skills (habilidades), y sobre las reacciones de los jugadores en un beta. [...]