How can you prevent QA feedback from negatively affecting player experience?

1 Define clear QA goals and criteria

Before you start testing your game, you need to define what you want to achieve with QA and what criteria you will use to measure the quality of your game. This will help you focus on the most important aspects of your game, such as gameplay, graphics, sound, and performance, and avoid wasting time and resources on trivial or subjective issues. You also need to communicate your QA goals and criteria to your testers, so they know what to look for and how to report their findings.

3 Balance QA feedback and creative vision

Another challenge of QA feedback is balancing it with your creative vision for your game. QA feedback can provide valuable insights and suggestions for improving your game, but it can also conflict with your original design and artistic choices. You need to be open to QA feedback, but also confident in your own vision. You need to evaluate QA feedback critically and objectively, and decide which issues are worth fixing and which ones are not. You also need to explain your decisions to your testers, so they understand your rationale and respect your authority.

5 Implement QA feedback iteratively and incrementally

Finally, you need to implement QA feedback iteratively and incrementally, meaning that you need to make small and frequent changes to your game based on the feedback that you receive. This will help you avoid making drastic or unnecessary changes that can compromise the quality or coherence of your game. It will also help you test the impact of your changes on your game and on your players, and adjust them accordingly. Implementing QA feedback iteratively and incrementally can help you create a better and more satisfying game for your players, while maintaining your creative vision and integrity.

6 Here’s what else to consider

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