If you’re working at a games company, using your colleagues as playtesters is one of the most popular practices.
Advantages:
- Quick and efficient: Sessions are cheap to run and easy to organize.
- Inexpensive: There's no agency fees or fixed price per player/hour associated with using your colleagues. That said, be wary of how many man hours are dedicated to your project and get the manager's approval whenever necessary.
- Repeatable: It's possible to track changes in test results across multiple versions of the game.
- Professional feedback is invaluable: Your colleagues are likely to be full of games knowledge, market insight, and industry expertise. This primes them to share realistic and actionable feedback. ...
