Playtests are a common way to organize and get feedback on your game, both from your internal team members, or players from your community. Live Aware provides functionality to make organizing and operating playtests easy.
On the left side of your dashboard, you will find a Playtesters heading. This allows you to view and organize all playtesters across your entire project. You will see all team members added to this list and marked with the Internal tag. Here you can create External playtesters, which is any individual you’d like to give access to Livestream a playtest, without giving them access to log into your Live Aware dashboard.
Playtests are defined under each Event by selecting Playtest Setup. There, you can add playtesters from your Project’s Playtesters group, or create new External playtesters.
Creating External Playtesters
There are two ways to add External playtesters to your project.
The first way is to add playtesters directly to your Playtesters group using the Playtesters button in the left sidebar.
Creating with the Playtesters View
Click Playtesters in the left sidebar
Click the + icon next to Playtesters heading
Fill out the playtester’s details
Click Save
The second way is to add members to the Playtest Setup of an Event. Adding members this second way also populates your project’s Playtesters list.
Creating Playtesters Through an Event
Click on the Event Name in the left-hand corner
Select Playtesting Setup
Select Create New
Fill out the playtester’s details
Click Save
Adding Playtesters to Events
Once you add Playtesters to your Playtesters group, you can add them to Events
Click on the Event Name in the left-hand corner
Select Playtesting Setup
Select Add Playtesters
Add members and include instructions if necessary for playtest
Adjusting Session Start and End Times
By default, the playtesting session expires one week after a Playtester is added to the event. The session end time can be extended or shortened depending on your needs.
Click on the Event Name in the left-hand corner
Select Playtesting Setup
Hover over the date and time you want to adjust
Click on the pencil icon to edit
Sending Playtesters Codes or Links
External Playtesters will have access to Live Aware Recorder applications via a unique code that is generated once the Playtester is added to an event. Internal Playtesters can use a link to automatically launch and configure the Live Aware Desktop Recorder. You can send Playtesters these codes or links yourself, or by using will be sent this code to start their playtesting. The code will be valid for the predetermined duration of the Playtest Session.
Click on the Event Name in the left-hand corner
Select Playtesting Setup
Click on the clipboard icon or Copy link to copy the code or link.
The Code or Link can be shared with your Playtester
An even easier way to send your playtesters the information they need to participate in your playtest, is by sending an invitation email.
Click on the Event Name in the left-hand corner
Select Playtesting Setup
Check the box of all Playtesters you would like to send an invitation Email to
Select Email Playtesters.
You will see a preview of the email you are about to send.
Click Send.
Manage Playtesters
You can edit playtester information or delete playtesters completely to ensure you have an updated playtester database.
Editing Playtester Information
Click Playtesters in the left sidebar
Click on the three-dot menu that corresponds to the community member you’d like to update information for
Select edit
Edit information
Click save
Deleting Playtesters
Click Playtesters in the left sidebar
Click on the three-dot menu that corresponds to the External Playtester you’d like to delete.
Click Delete
💡 Deleting playtesters from your Playtesters view will delete them from all Events.