Player Insights

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Player Insights

This form is designed to gather insights about what people value in games. Results will be anonymous, and will be made available to anyone who completes the form upon request.

Some parts of this form are specifically about my platforming game, Worlds Within Worlds but you do not need to answer these questions to complete the form.

Thank you for your time!

What would you describe as your favourite genre(s) of gaming?

What would you describe as your least-favourite genre(s) of gaming (if any?

Platform of Choice?
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How would you rank your interest in each of the platforms listed below on a scale of “Least interested” to “This would be my preferred platform to play on”?

1- Least

3 - Preferred

[Don't own]

Windows

Mac

Linux

Nintendo

Playstation

Xbox

iOS

Android

Which methods of difficulty selection do you like? (Check all that apply) *

Games where the player can select from traditional difficulty modes (Easy / Normal / Hard)

Games which feature options to alter specific components of the game's difficulty (IE being able to adjust combat / puzzle difficulty separately)

Games with one difficulty option where the player can grind for Experience, Currency, or Consumable items to reduce the difficulty

Games with only one fixed difficulty option where there is no possibility for grinding

Games which change their difficulty dynamically to reflect player performance

Games which feature accessibility options that can reduce or eliminate obstacles temporarily

The player should be allowed to dictate the difficulty of their own experience

The game's difficulty should be dictated by the designers

Other:

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What do you think developers could do to better respect your time as a player?

Are there any features which you would like to see added to, or removed from games to "better respect your time"?

What do you pay attention to when deciding if you will buy a game? (Check all that apply) *

Interviews with the developer and behind the scenes footage

Dev-Logs and making-of blog posts

Interacting with the developers through Social Media

Trailers

Screenshots

Recommendations from Friends

Twitch Stream of gameplay

Let’s Play of the game

Reviews of the game by a news outlet

Playable demo of the game

Price of the game

Limited time Discounts

If a birthday or holiday is coming up, and you can ask for the game as a gift

Is the game available on the platform you would ideally like to play it on?

Other:

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How would you describe your budget for games?

Limited: I need to be very selective about which games I buy
Comfortable: I can easily afford to buy the games I want

Limited

Comfortable

Clear selection

How do you approach purchasing games? (Check all that apply) *

I look for Free to Play games which I can enjoy without paying any money

I buy games which are heavily discounted (30 - 70% off)

I buy games on sale (10 - 30% off)

I buy pre-owned physical copies of games

I avoid buying too many games by sharing my game library among friends

I always look for a discount of some sort, and don’t buy games at full price

I am willing to buy Indie games at "full price" because they 50-75% cheaper than AAA games

I buy games at full price to support the developer

I buy games at full price if I am excited for a new release

Other:

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IF you buy any game at full price, is it more likely to be AAA or Indie?

AAA

Indie

Clear selection

Which monetization methods do you feel comfortable engaging with? (Check all that apply) *

Physical Purchase (In store / order for delivery)

Digital Purchase (Online through Steam / Epic / eShop / etc.)

Incremental Purchase (Buy "chapters" of a game, a little at a time)

DLC: Pay for post-launch content and updates

Battle Pass: Pay for a Limited time set of objectives to unlock content

Loot Boxes / Gachapon: Pay for randomised content

Consumable Microtransactions: Buy in-game currency or impermanent items

Game Library Subscription: Pay a monthly fee for access to several games through a service like Xbox Game Pass

In-Game Subscriptions: Pay monthly / yearly for extra features within a game

Rental: Pay for limited time access

Other:

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What is your stance on Game Emulation? *

For the purpose of these questions, do NOT include “officially sanctioned emulation” such as the Nintendo Switch Online or Wii’s Virtual Console

I do not emulate games

I only emulate games which I have owned copies of in the past, but can no longer play due to ageing hardware, games being lost or stolen, etc

I have emulated games which I have never owned / purchased

Other:

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Have you played Worlds Within Worlds? *

If you did not play the whole game, please use the "Other" field to indicate roughly how many of the 5 Worlds you played

Yes, recently

Yes, not recently

Other:

Up for answering a few extra questions? *

Would you be interested in answering some questions which will help in creating a Pitch to a Publisher for a sequel to Worlds Within Worlds?

Yes, I have played the game and would be happy to answer 10 extra questions

I would like to skip the 6 questions about Worlds Within Worlds specifically, but don't mind helping out and answering 4 questions about platforming games

No, I would rather SKIP these questions

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