Refining Game Prototypes

Purpose

A first build that works is not yet the game it was meant to be. The distance is usually closed by a reviewer who plays it and reports what is wrong, one observation at a time. Most of those observations are confirmed by a measurement taken only after the reviewer asks. This skill asks first: it turns the recurring observations into questions, answers them from telemetry and captured frames, and acts on the answers.

It supplies the flow: the order, the questions, when each is asked, what to do with a finding or a proposal, and the record. Measurement, calibration, and human-like simulated players belong to the measurement procedure; repair methods belong to companion skills, used when their own trigger conditions are met.

When to Use