A Let’s Player by the name of MrGazillion has just completed a blind Let’s Play of Another Star! Here’s the first episode, and you should really give it a watch:
I’ve never actually seen someone really sit down and play through my games before, other than roping a few family members to try them when I was much younger, so this is a new experience for me. As a developer, it’s pretty amazing to be able to watch as a new player picks up the game and gives insight into how they approach it and what they’re thinking. It’s one thing when people explain their thoughts on a game afterwards, but it’s quite another to see it firsthand and figure out what game systems players are overlooking, not understanding, or just not enjoying. There’s more than a few things MrGazillion missed that are probably far more my fault than his.
Developing Another Star felt like fumbling around in the dark a lot of the time. A few people did try the game and give they’re thoughts, and for that I will be ever grateful, but with so little total feedback it was really hard to figure out what was working and what was not. In many ways, I think the game suffered from my lack of direction. Thankfully, I have a feeling that Another Star 2 will have no shortage of volunteers to test it out.
MrGazillion has Let’s Plays of quite a few indie and niche RPGs on his channel, so you should totally go check it out if that’s your thing.