Game Description

This is a game that I am using to research the concept of Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (DDA) in games, how it is applied and how effective it can be. This game is an extremely simple rogue-like game entirely created by myself, that has a DDA system implemented as a core component. As you play the game and complete levels, the game will attempt to alter its difficulty to match your skill level.

The objective of each level is to simply defeat all the enemies on the level. They wander randomly around the level, and will pursue you if they see you. You start each level with a simple sword, with the enemies dropping more powerful items for you to use. You can hold only one weapon at a time, and whichever weapon you are holding will carry across with you to the next level - everything else will be reset.

There are controls listed in the game, which you can find from the main menu as well as during the game using the pause menu ('Escape'). But if you are confused at all please feel free to reach out to me.

Playtest Instructions

First of all, thankyou for completing a playtest for me, I really appreciate it! The general gist of doing these playtests is to see how accurate my implementation of Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment has been thus far, as such I have the game recording some data regarding some important parameters that are changing as well as how well you are doing whilst playing each level. No personal data is being recorded, you will be able to see all data recorded by the game if you wish. Simply play the game as best as you can, and then fill out the questionnaire linked below once you feel you have played enough.

Click Here For Questionnaire

Again, thankyou so much for participating in this playtest.

Known Bugs

• The Player's movement sometimes gets stuck reading input when no keys are pressed. This is a bug with the version of Unity I'm using, which will be upgraded soon.