Contribution Period: Oct 2021
Platforms: PC
Game Engine: Unity
Role: User Researcher
Responsibilities:
- Sampling and recruiting of playtest participants
- Study design and moderator guide creation
- Execution of study covering observations, recordings, and semi-structured interviews
- Data analysis via grounded theory
- Compilation of report
Gerda: A Flame in Winter is an adventure role playing game developed by PortaPlay. The game follows the protagonist Gerda in WWII German occupied Denmark.
With my 2020 founded consultancy Better Games Copenhagen, I conducted a user research study with 12 participants. The study gathered behavioral data via observations and recordings, and attitudinal data via semi-structured interviews and surveys. I designed the study, sampled and recruited players, executed the study, analyzed the data, and reported both in writing and orally to the Portaplay developers.
Credits:
Too many to list them here. Please buy the game to check them out 😉