Games User Research (#GamesUR): making video games better by understanding players 🧠 and play 🎮. A volunteer-run @IGDA SIG. Tweeting articles, blogs & events!

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There's twenty one new presentations now available on our YouTube channel! All the sessions from our 2023 event are now online, including talks from @UbisoftMTL, @riotgames, @Xbox and more! • youtube.com/watch?v=1c7mbIlC… #gamesUR
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Our annual salary survey is live! If you work in games user research, please contribute and share. Survey: gamesursalarysurvey.com Previous results: gamesur.com/resources/salary… 🧵Video of our 2023/24 survey results in thread — but go and complete the survey first! #gamesUR
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Another session today! Details below.
Dates for your calendar! A series of online talks on games user research, hosted by industry experts! November 11th through 15th. Full details at the link including watch party info. Speaker previews in thread… 🧵 gamesur.com/conference/prese… #gamesUR #gamedev
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Dates for your calendar! A series of online talks on games user research, hosted by industry experts! November 11th through 15th. Full details at the link including watch party info. Speaker previews in thread… 🧵 gamesur.com/conference/prese… #gamesUR #gamedev

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World of Warcraft Associate Principal User Researcher @Gaiazelle discusses about arachnophobia accessibility in WOW, developing a new option for The War Within players. Nov 15th.
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Full details of the times, sessions and community watch parties on our website: gamesur.com/conference/prese…

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Games User Research #gamesUR retweeted
🚨Calling all #gamesUR experts! Submissions for our 2024 #gamesUR Online Speaker Series are open till Friday September 27th! Whether you’ve led groundbreaking research, faced unique challenges, or have insights to share, we want to hear from you! Submit: forms.gle/9NYTD9Eukc2xfKHQA
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This screenshot has two things: - Tears of the Kingdom is using Dear ImGui, which I sort of knew but didn't have public proof of. - but mostly: Nintendo use tools to track who placed certain objects in the world, in order to facilitate tracking/discussing intent among designers.
宮本茂氏がゼルダ開発中に「この石をここに置いたのは誰や?」って尋ねたけど結局誰も名乗りを上げずに怒った、みたいな話が記憶に残ってる。たしか「責任や意図がない」みたいな話だったかな? それはそれとして、今回のCEDECティアキン講演では石を置いた人が誰か分かるような機能が搭載されてた。
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If you are building a Mixed Reality app, you need to see this thread. MR is an edge case nightmare. Meta doesn't know how to properly test it yet, and if you don't know this, you will get 1 star reviews. Here are the top edge cases I had to deal with building @pillowsocial 👇
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It's finally here! Audio Description, Screen Reader, and Captions are in the wild! We also added a number of other accessibility features - Mono Audio, High Contrast Outlines, Motion Sensor Aiming, ability to disable the Touch Pad in Combat, and more!
Our new update for Marvel's #SpiderMan2PS5 is live! #BeGreaterTogether 🆕 NEW GAME 🆙 ULTIMATE LEVELS ⭐ GOLD GADGETS 🔁 MISSION REPLAY 🌃 TIME OF DAY 🔥 HELLFIRE GALA SUITS 🦸 SYMBIOTE SUIT STYLES 🤖 ACTION FIGURE MODE 🔊 AUDIO DESCRIPTION ➕ AND MORE: insom.games/MSM2TUpdate
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Our eighth annual Salary Survey needs your input. If you work in games research, player data, accessibility or games UX, we'd like to hear from you. Each year the survey provides salary & quality-of-life information. Please contribute. Participate here: gamesursalarysurvey.com
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In her #GDC17 talk, Deborah Hendersen, then Sr. User Research Engineer @Xbox, demystified user research for designers, stressing the need to understand design principles, ensure fairness in testing, and foster effective collaboration for impactful, high-quality outcomes. #gamesUR
New on YouTube: How Design Can Ensure Impartial Scientific Fairness in User Research youtu.be/3_0XKYNWK8A
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Our eighth annual Salary Survey needs your input. If you work in games research, player data, accessibility or games UX, we'd like to hear from you. Each year the survey provides salary & quality-of-life information. Please contribute. Participate here: gamesursalarysurvey.com
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Want to see previous years' results? Check here: grux.org/career/salary-surve…

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And here's the latest results presentation in full (from July 2023) youtube.com/watch?v=by7-t-F9…

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