Hey folks. Sorry this one is a day late again, we took a new build of Level Squared along to the IGDA Melbourne meet up last night, and I didn’t get home till well after my bedtime…
But the play test went very well! We had a bunch of people play the build over the course of the night, and managed to get some really good feedback and take some good notes for further improvements. And despite a couple of players doing their best to break the game, it was pretty resilient and they weren’t able to wreak too much havoc. So I’m going to count that as a win!
And beyond that, this was our first play test under the new play test strategy that I discussed in last week’s blog. I’m pleased to report that it was a pretty clear success! We had our build tested and approved on Monday afternoon – more than 24 hours before the play test. A marked improvement over our previous early-morning-day-of builds for our previous play test sessions.
There were something that didn’t end up included in the build, just due to some people failing to realise when exactly lock dates were, or not being ready in time. And a few members maybe didn’t take the threat of being locked out 100% seriously until it was too late, but those are all part of the learning process.
Overall, this was a tremendous success and will be part of our build and play test strategy going forward.
And finally, I’ll hope you’ll indulge me dipping into current Australian politics.
We are in the midst of a needless and hurtful public survey about whether non-heterosexual couples should be allowed to get married.
I am not a member of the LGBTQI+ community, nor am I married. I literally have no horse in this race. Yet I find the idea that I should have any sort of say in whether other people should be allowed to get married offensive and ridiculous.
That said, I will be voting a definite ‘YES’ in the survey, and I would urge all of my readers to do the same.
This survey is a last ditch attempt by those who oppose marriage equality to delay or prevent consenting adults getting married purely on the basis of their gender. Anything other than an overwhelming ‘YES’ vote will be taken by this group as a validation of their views, and this entire farcical survey has been set up in such a way as to ensure their preferred result. They should be met with a forceful and definite repudiation of their archaic views.
Fill in your survey as soon as you get it. Vote ‘YES’. It’s the right thing to do.