Driving creative decision-making in video game development using player data, UX & psychology. MD at @PlayerResearch. 🦋 https://xitter.cf/t.co/fRg1Am0EC7
Brighton, UK
Joined October 2009
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In 2024, Steam users spent just 15% of their time on new games. How can devs dethrone dominant titles?
Join @seb_long at #GDC2025 for ‘Making Player Data Work': 3 roundtables on using player research during pre-prod, production & post-launch.
📍Details: schedule.gdconf.com/speaker/…
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We're hiring: Games User Researchers in Brighton, UK and Montreal, Canada. Experienced & early-career roles. Come join our team of player research specialists, contributing to the world's best games.
➞ Details playerresearch.com/careers/
#gamedev #gamejobs #gamesUR #playerresearch
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The finalists for AAA Excellence at the 2024 GAconf accessibility awards are @princeofpersia, @StarWarsOutlaws, @dragonage, @LifeIsStrange and @CallofDuty!
Public vote + info on why they were nominated: gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-202…
ALT GAconf Awards 24. AAA Excellence: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Star Wars Outlaws, Dragon Age:The Veilguard, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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Our annual salary survey is live! If you work in games user research, please contribute and share.
Survey: gamesursalarysurvey.com
Previous results: gamesur.com/resources/salary…
🧵Video of our 2023/24 survey results in thread — but go and complete the survey first!
#gamesUR
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Dates for your calendar!
A series of online talks on games user research, hosted by industry experts!
November 11th through 15th.
Full details at the link including watch party info.
Speaker previews in thread… 🧵
gamesur.com/conference/prese… #gamesUR #gamedev
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Now that #GAConf is over, I want to share two talks I did from years prior. They aren't about product, but how to your #gamedev team for accessibility.
First up -
Not Like This: Measuring Accessibility Success - youtube.com/watch?v=Oo5cDzI7…
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Ok but I need you to understand what a big deal it was for me to host my own little UI/UX talk show in the heart of London, with an all star industry panel, under my own non-profit company!!! WHAT!!!
Anyway who here wants a games UI/UX conference in London? Show me some hands 👀
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this is a nice example of desire pathing, where you accept that the path people naturally wanna take (linguistically or otherwise) is superior to the path you originally designed, and adjust accordingly
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Persona director says making beautiful menus is ‘actually really annoying’ trib.al/mVGdRiy
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Dive into the world of video game accessibility with this limited podcast series 🎧
@stevesaylor spoke with 5 accessibility advocates sharing their perspectives as accessibility specialists, players with disabilities and game developers.
Episode guide 👇 loom.ly/wA1mCyU
ALT Hand drawn podcast cover art in violet, blue and pink tones. Advancing accessibility - limited podcast series presented by Player Research
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🚨Calling all #gamesUR experts! Submissions for our 2024 #gamesUR Online Speaker Series are open till Friday September 27th!
Whether you’ve led groundbreaking research, faced unique challenges, or have insights to share, we want to hear from you!
Submit: forms.gle/9NYTD9Eukc2xfKHQA
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Most of the best design advice out there is the most boring.
And usually doesn't involve any shortcuts.
-- Craft takes time
-- Fundamentals > tools
-- Learn from history/books
-- Always be asking "why do I like this or not like this?"
-- Study how to communicate better
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(free to watch)
Fair Play Summit: Kind Games: Designing for Prosocial Multiplayer (Daniel Cook, @danctheduck)
"What does it look like to proactively design our games to facilitate positive human relationships?"
gdcvault.com/play/1034445/Fa…
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📢 First speakers announced for GAconf USA! 📢@KaitlynJones_, @OTunleashed, @ross_minor, @TheSlasherChick, @arevya, @ianhamilton_, and Pat O'Leary. Many more to come!
28th-29th Oct, hybrid online & Redmond. Tickets on sale now, registration & info at GAconf.com
ALT #GAconf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Redmond, October 28th - 29th 2024
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Our new podcast on games accessibility! Hosted by the wonderful @SteveSaylor. Episode 1 out now, with our #a11y guru Améliane F. Chiasson — more episodes posted weekly.
📺 YouTube: youtu.be/PoEF4ZLRaT8
🎧 Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
📃 Transcript: playerresearch.com/learn/adv…
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It's me! ICYMI, Elden Ring's DLC adds no new accessibility options, but continues to demonstrate that its design is what makes the game accessible. Read my latest Access Designed column here:
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree features no new accessibility options, but its still-fantastic open world can help some disabled players overcome FromSoftware's daunting difficulty curve. bit.ly/4c12PJ4
ALT Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s Only Accessibility Option Is Its Fantastic Open World