So last week, Python Math: Adder's Garden adventure got to do some playtesting with 4th graders. This was the first time that we got to have any sort of interaction with our game regarding actually playing it outside of our little group. The playtesting itself went rather smoothly.The children really seemed to like our game, even if it had a few bugs that needed working out. I think the biggest issue was mostly from a visuals standpoint. As we only have rather simplistic assets in the game at current, it is a little difficult to understand which way you are facing.
There is also an issue where some of our map design in that if you go through an addition gate in the wrong way, Adder will just fall off the back of the map because he is too long. There is an inverse problem where if traveling through a subtraction gate with too few segments. In that case, you just lose all of your segments and then are unable to go through the gate.
Altogether, we managed to get some good feedback and found some things that should be fixed with the game. On the way back we stopped for some ice cream which was a nice little diversion. All in all, a good way to spend the day.
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