timely and thorough

We worked with Steve on a playtest for our early beta, and he was incredibly helpful and adaptable to our needs. The process was timely and thorough, providing us with valuable […]

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We worked with Steve on a playtest for our early beta, and he was incredibly helpful and adaptable to our needs.

The process was timely and thorough, providing us with valuable insights. These insights are now shaping Spellscaper according to our players’ needs and desires.

We highly recommend Steve’s expertise in user research to anyone looking to improve their product.

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Steve Bromley is an expert user researcher, who works with studios of all sizes to run playtests, and integrate user research into the game development process.

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