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Player Research’s team are passionate evangelists of applying player data to gamedev. Our processes and frameworks are applied by development teams globally, captured through our talks, articles and training courses.
Learn more from our expert team on research strategy, methods, careers in games user research, and more.
Using Player Data
Essential articles on how – and when – to strategically deploy player research in your development process.
What Is Games ‘User Experience’ (UX) and How Does It Help?
UX’s diversity of phrases, processes and perspectives can be confusing — What does it do? Who is it for?
Sebastian Long
How to build mobile games with people in mind
User experience design principles to help you build games people want to play
Sebastian Long
Careers in Research
Love games and brains? Becoming a games user researcher is a rare but rewarding career path.
Learn more about the domain on the Games User Research & UX IGDA group.
Essential reading starts here, alongside the Games User Research book, and How to Become A Games User Researcher.
Player Research’s Code for Inclusive Behaviour
Our behavioural code for guiding inclusive, empathetic, and respectful behaviour at Player Research.
Chloe Snell MA
What’s it like working at Player Research?
Will I work on my own? What methods will I use? We answer your questions on working at Player Research
Harvey Owen MSc
Junior vs. Senior Games User Researchers
How can you recognise where you are on your career journey as a Games User Researcher?
Ula Karpińska
Research Approaches
There are so many different methods to getting player data.
Surveys, observation, telemetry, eye tracking…
We’ve captured some thoughts on how to execute all these different methods in an unbiased, repeatable way.
Organising Playtest Sessions to Get Great Feedback from Children
How to get the most of playtests with kids? Here are some tips & tricks
Mégane Lacroix
Video: What Makes a Great Expert Review?
What are 'expert reviews' and what do inexpert evaluators get wrong?
Sebastian Long
User Experience Design
How do we avoid overloading players with choice?
What makes a great radial menu?
Articles and learnings on user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design in video games.
Video: How Do We Teach Them To Play?
Players need to learn how to play... but do we have to have an elaborate tutorial?
Sebastian Long
Should Players Buy Their Own UI?
Why does Animal Crossing force players to purchase UI improvements? What’s the resulting impact on the game’s UX?
Sebastian Long
Perceiving without looking: Designing HUDs for peripheral vision
Look away from the action for the briefest moment and some games will punish you.
Bob Tilford PhD
