About me

In march I was inspired to do some playtesting. I ended up doing 30 in the first month and got a lot of positive responses. So I keep going!

I was immediately glad I started – playing demos made me curious about games again – I have immediately noticed that I get attached to the games I have tested.

On almost every 3rd playtest I have created, I got a happy response from the devs and I have realized that its much needed and that I can be helpful and have something to get better at. (speech, structure & games in general)

If you are interested – I usually do at least 45 minutes first impressions, and adding anything that I think could be worth changing in the game – coming from around 20 years of experience in playing games.

My goal: To get good at playtesting get some interesting games to test. I do all the reports for free almost every day but tips are much appreciated.

In case you like my reports and want me to playtest your game: https://ko-fi.com/akton1/commissions

Favorite games profile

Main Genres: J/RPGs, Soulslike, Psychologic Horror, Lore heavy games, Point & Click adventures

Indie games: Enderal, Subnautica, Outer Wilds, Pathologic 2, 7 Days to die, Graveyard Keeper, Disco Elysium
Indie point & click adventures: Unavowed, Neufeud, Technobabilon and many more.

Non indie: Final Fantasy 7 & 8, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Kojima Productions, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Planescape Torment, Fallout, Days gone, Soul Reaver, Diablo 2, Dying Light

Playtest report sample

Check out here! With timestamps for convenience.

Get in touch

Discord: AktOn1
Youtube: AktOn1 YT
Here: Contact form


Positive public feedback

Thank you so much for this! This is super helpful and very appreciated, we’ll take your feedback into account and try to fix the issues you found 🙂

Undertaker by dobrx

AktOn1, bro I really appreciate this feedback on the demo. I’m really surprised at the point where you froze and your inputs went out … so I appreciate this because I can see what I need to be working on right now. … I really appreciate the feedback. Keep up the work on your channel. 💯💯💯

Minacious Demo by BreadHeadST

Thank you so much! Playtesting is extremely important, and I really appreciate the time and effort you put into testing the game…

The Lost Hotel by pixlerin

..Thanks for testing the game out, enjoyed watching the video … I think the demo might not be very good at communicating that because I’ve seen others get confused there as well, so something I probably need to find a way to address..

A Handful of Dust by BVS Studios

… Thank you for this feedback format.
So far, I like it. And I made notes for myself about what needs to be fixed.
Thank you! 🐭❤️

 

I am mouse by Rat Studios

Thanks for the detailed review! Watching the video, it’s clear that the information about early game—combat, survival, and even the tutorials—is a bit too vague right now.  I’m gonna have to make the system way more talkative in the early stages! Also, I definitely agree that adding keybindings for keyboard play and giving clearer short-term goals are a must. Thanks for pointing those out!

Country Slime by AZS

…Thank you so much for the playtest it’s going to give us good insight of what is the game experience for players. I will be investigating the softlocking issues you reported…

Asthenia by Matthaios Lappas

There’s a lot of useful feedback in your video. I have a bunch of notes on things to improve or communicate better. Thanks!

Deorum by Joyhop Games

…Thanks for playing the demo – seeing how players interact with the game is of tremendous help for further development. Your feedback along the way made it even more clear.

Dreams by Vladlen Manshin

I just saw a crash at the end of your video. We’ll fix that tomorrow! Thanks for playing our demo for Unsound Love. 🙂

Unsound love by Professional Villains

Made up playtester achievements

Crash a gameGet stuck in a death loop Death save loopGet mentioned in credits
✅Hit 80 reviews ✅ Get a paid gig Get invited to 2nd round paid Make dev change game

⬛Hit 100 reviews ⬛ Hit 1k reviews ⬛Host a game jam ⬛Do a playtest stream

My latest playtests

Gamedev / Playtesting Guidelines

Here I'm collecting video / guidelines on playtesting I find essential.