Game Tester
Game Tester is a game testing, user research, and collaboration platform that connects developers with real-life gamers to gather real-world insights into their games. It is designed to identify your player base and provide fast, regular feedback cycles in a way that works for you. It enables developers to test unreleased games, collect feedback from players, and make informed decisions to enhance their games. By leveraging a community of gamers, Game Tester facilitates the collection of valuable feedback, helping developers improve their games before release. It also offers tools for user research and collaboration, making it easier for developers to refine their games based on player experiences. With Game Tester, developers can access a diverse pool of testers, gather actionable insights, and iterate on their games to ensure a better final product.
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Amazon GameLift
Amazon GameLift is a dedicated game server hosting solution that deploys, operates, and scales cloud servers for multiplayer games. Whether you’re looking for a fully managed solution, or just the feature you need, GameLift leverages the power of AWS to deliver the best latency possible, low player wait times, and maximum cost savings. Amazon GameLift leverages the AWS global infrastructure for managing game servers. Match players into game sessions and autoscale that start one, hundreds, or even thousands of instances simultaneously, without thinking about scaling with fluctuating player demand. Game services provide basic multiplayer game support, like matchmaking, session directory, player data, and player analytics. With AWS, you can use services like AWS Lambda that provide serverless, scalable, and flexible computing, or features in services like Amazon GameLift FlexMatch, for matchmaking.
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Playcocola
Playcocola is a playtesting platform tailored for indie game developers, simplifying the process of collecting gameplay videos and feedback from playtesters. It features a browser-based recording app that requires no installation or registration, allowing playtesters to easily record their sessions and automatically upload videos. Developers can create play sessions and share invitation links, enabling playtesters to start recording with a single click. It supports thinking aloud recordings, timed comments linked to specific video moments, and optional final feedback with contact details. All feedback and recordings are organized in one place, with a developer interface that displays feedback alongside video playback. Playcocola also offers features like customizable checkboxes for playtesters to accept before accessing game builds, descriptive fields for game information, and the ability to make play sessions public to engage the Playcocola playtester community.
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Lysto
Lysto is an all-in-one playtesting workspace designed for game studios and user researchers, offering precision-matched players, a secure collaborative environment, and AI-powered insights. Users can access a private, secure workspace to design playtests, manage data, invite key collaborators, and seamlessly transform feedback into actionable insights. It ensures enterprise-grade security by maintaining complete control over game builds with precise access permissions, NDAs, secure distribution, and a kill switch to revoke access, eliminating the risk of leaks. Lysto enables the analysis of player feedback at scale, turning player feedback into clear insights, tracking gamer behavior, predicting drop-offs, and refining games with speed and accuracy, without the hassle of juggling multiple tools or losing data. Its intelligent playtest analysis instantly analyzes hours of gameplay footage, delivering sharp, actionable insights, allowing teams to focus on making smarter decisions.
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