Computer Science 121 - Lab 10: Alpha testing

In this lab you'll evaluate the alpha releases of your own and your teammates games. Each person on your team will carefully examine two games and do a cursory examination of the other two. Then your team will discuss the relative merits of each game and come up with a list of suggestions for the other teams.

For this exercise the games are named as follows:

Game 0: CA-Eco
Game 1: CA-Thermal
Game 2: HI-CS
Game 3: MI-Maps
Game 4: MI-Tech

Give each person on your team a number from 1 to 4. Following is the schedule where i is the number for your game from the list above.
  Teammate 1 Teammate 2 Teammate 3 Team mate 4
2:50-3:10 Game i+1 mod 5 Game i+1 mod 5 Game i+2 mod 5 Game i+2 mode 5
3:10-3:30 Game i+3 mod 5 Game i+4 mod 5 Game i+3 mod 5 Game i+4 mode 5
3:30-3:35 Game i+1 mod 5 discussion
3:35-3:40 Game i+2 mod 5 discussion
3:40-3:45 Game i+3 mod 5 discussion
3:45-3:50 Game i+4 mod 5 discussion
3:50-4:00 Wrap up evaluation & email results

While doing a 20-minute review of a game you should work with your other teammate reviewing the same game. You should complete the following rubric.

After the 20-minute reviews you'll discuss the games individually for five minutes each. During this time, the teammates who haven't yet played the game will do so. Those who reviewed the game will lead a brief discussion and conclude with a list of suggestions for the developers.

In the last 10 minutes, you should compare and contrast the games as well as your own. What are the strengths and weaknesesses of each? Finally you should email me

  1. The four rubrics completed by your teammates.
  2. Your list of strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for each game.
  3. How you'd grade each alpha on a scale of A,B,C,D.
Last updated March 2012