I'm pulling on my driveway.

We all know what that means.

It's time for another drive to work.

Okay, so as of this recording, I've already finished a five-part series on Rise of the Obrazi.

But I like to break them up a little bit, and so I've recorded this after, but it's appearing before I finish.

So I just like to have a little breather. So I've recorded this after, but it's appearing before I finish. So,

um, I just like have a little breather. So today I'm going to talk about something that people have requested. I talk about playtesting. Um, now be aware, I'm a designer. So I'm going to talk

more about play testing on the design side. I'll talk a little bit about what it means on the development side, but that's not something I do.

I have less insight.

I guess I have some insight, but I have less insight.

Okay, so let's talk about play testing.

Why is play testing so important?

Well, the answer is that there's only so much theoretical work one can do.

For example, let's say you're building a car.

Well, you can think about the car and look at pictures of the car,

but at some point, if you really want to figure out whether or not your car works,

you've got to drive the car.

And the same is true for a game, that no matter what you do, no matter what you think about,

no matter what you compare it to, in the end, nothing is going to tell you whether it works

other than just playing it.

So a big part of design and development is playtesting.

So I'm going to walk through today sort of different things we do in playtesting and talk about how we playtest.

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