Learn more about playtesting w/ Playful | Connecting Players and Developers

We are very proud to announce Cave Bear's first collaboration as a nonprofit and an event to go with it! Join us as Ayla introduces us all to Playful, a small New Zealand business that provides playtesting services to studios worldwide. Playful’s model connects studios with paid playtesters that are right for their game. But they need more playtesters! As a widespread global community of developers and gamers of all levels, Cave Bear is the perfect group to partner up with. As we become more than just a community, we have high expectations for projects and collaborations. This relationship with Playful exists because we share the same values and goals. Ayla has spent the last several months getting to know Jeremy and Playful - including participating in a playtest herself! Jeremy and Ravenne from Playful joined us in the Cave Bear Games Discord server to talk about Playful, playtesting, and how to become a paid playtester yourself. https://www.beplayful.gg/ Link to sign up as a playtester: https://www.beplayful.gg/hello-cavebear Playful Discord server:   / discord   Post-event survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA... Timestamps 00:00 Introductions 04:12 About Playful & Agenda 06:44 Why this partnership exists 13:54 The Playtester experience 16:08 Poll 1: Experience with playtesting 18:39 Poll 2: What do you like most about playtesting? 19:56 How to get involved 24:52 Privacy of Playful playtesters' data 26:40 Ayla's experience as a playtester with Playful 27:48 Using the Cave Bear code when signing up 29:44 Filling out the form to sign up 32:16 About paid playtesting 34:57 Level 1 of playtesting with Playful 37:17 Global playtesters 37:33 The most valuabe phrase in playtesting 38:41 Start of Q&A 39:18 Co-op playtesting 40:43 Plans for the next 6 months 41:53 How to get involved as a studio 43:28 When do we hear back about playtesting 45:26 The recording process for playtesting 46:16 The Extra Life program 47:33 Lengths of playtesting 49:43 Age limit 50:34 Level 1 playtesting usage 51:00 Sharing playtesting material & NDAs 51:59 Using this experience to get into the industry 56:32 Outro