Games User Research #gamesUR

There's twenty one new presentations now available on our YouTube channel! All the sessions from our 2023 event are now online, including talks from @UbisoftMTL, @riotgames, @Xbox and more! • youtube.com/watch?v=1c7mbI… #gamesUR

This year's results: youtube.com/watch?v=tIEwrY…

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/sala… 🧵Video of our 2023/24 survey results in thread — but go and complete the survey first! #gamesUR

Another session today! Details below.

Full details of the times, sessions and community watch parties on our website: gamesur.com/conference/pre…

World of Warcraft Associate Principal User Researcher @Gaiazelle discusses about arachnophobia accessibility in WOW, developing a new option for The War Within players. Nov 15th.

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/pre… #gamesUR #gamedev

🚨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/9NYTD9Eukc2xfK…

This screenshot has two things: - Tears of the Kingdom is using Dear ImGui, which I sort of knew but didn't have public proof of. - but mostly: Nintendo use tools to track who placed certain objects in the world, in order to facilitate tracking/discussing intent among designers.

If you are building a Mixed Reality app, you need to see this thread. MR is an edge case nightmare. Meta doesn't know how to properly test it yet, and if you don't know this, you will get 1 star reviews. Here are the top edge cases I had to deal with building @pillowsocial 👇

It's finally here! Audio Description, Screen Reader, and Captions are in the wild! We also added a number of other accessibility features - Mono Audio, High Contrast Outlines, Motion Sensor Aiming, ability to disable the Touch Pad in Combat, and more!

Our eighth annual Salary Survey needs your input. If you work in games research, player data, accessibility or games UX, we'd like to hear from you. Each year the survey provides salary & quality-of-life information. Please contribute. Participate here: gamesursalarysurvey.com

In her #GDC17 talk, Deborah Hendersen, then Sr. User Research Engineer @Xbox, demystified user research for designers, stressing the need to understand design principles, ensure fairness in testing, and foster effective collaboration for impactful, high-quality outcomes. #gamesUR

And here's the latest results presentation in full (from July 2023) youtube.com/watch?v=by7-t-…

Want to see previous years' results? Check here: grux.org/career/salary-…