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⚔ Lack of challenge:
While our target audience: casual retro gaming fans expect short sessions, they highlighted that the session was too easy, too short and lacked depth.

⏱ Average playtime to complete the level: 13 sec.
Playtesters played 7 sessions on average.

Playtesters "quotes":
"We need smaller enemies & more enemies."
"Well, that was fast & easy, could we get more aliens spawning?"
"If I keep pressing 'space' I kill all aliens easily."
"If I shoot aliens on the left or right side, it gets easier, remaining aliens stay in the middle and don't move to each side of the screen."

The ship collision box is too wide: "I get hit while the projectile is not touching my ship!"


The alien collision does not work: "I hit the alien and it does not disappear".

Overall, the experience lacks feedback to the user.
Lack of IMMERSION and lack of INFORMATION.

"I lack feedback when I hit or get it. It is quite underwhelming. We need explosions!"
"Whether I win or lose, the end game is quite underwhelming. We need entertainment!"
"At times, I mix the alien missiles and my missiles as they look the same."

Conclusion
Average playtest score:

The prototype worked well and was stable.
Playtesters are eager to see how the game will evolve and gave lots of feedback.

Recommendations
1/ The top priority for most playtesters is to fix the frustrations linked to collision boxes sizes.
2/ Focus on User Feedback: Most testers highlighted the need for explosions when we hit or get hit.
3/ More gameplay and depth is expected to be added during the production phase.