Playtesting (with Dale LaCroix)

Well, it finally happened. Dale LaCroix, (aka: "#1 Playtester," one-third of Evil Games Club, and Mark's wife) joins your nice hosts in the clubhouse to talk about playtesting!Stephen writes down everything Dale says about what it takes to be a good playtester, Martha laughs at all of Dale's jokes, and Mark deals with the fact that his wife doesn't really like his game.We also talked about the recent solar eclipse. Check out Martha's photo, taken at the moment of totalityPlaytestingProductionThis isn't the first time we've talked about playtesting on the show. We talked about it on the Interview with Nic VanMeertenGames User Research and AnalyticsThis is what Martha looks like when she is demoing Claw BreakerStephen's playtesting notebookDale LaCroixYour Nice StaffGuest HostsYour Evil HostsDale Lynn LaCroix is a producer for Nice Games Club, a game development podcast that has been publishing episodes weekly since 2016.Dale also provides prompts for the program's "Nice Games Jam" episodes, regularly guest hosts special episodes (such as in the show's annual GDC coverage), and is a part of occasional "Evil Games Club" episodes.