So I am getting to the end of the first round of playtesting for my game StarTalon.
I hired about a dozen testers on upwork, and I got some good feedback from some of them and decent estimates of playtimes per map however I got to thinking why not hire a couple of testers from itch to compare the quality. Now the way I have been doing it is paying per map beaten. $1.50 a map for the first 4 maps and $2 a map after that. The game has 12 maps in total and I have been doing it in 2 waves of 6 maps each. Most of my testers have been able to beat the first 6 maps in between 1 hour, 12 minutes to 3 hours. But most are about 1H15min-1H30 min for the first 6 maps. You would need to record videos of all attempts and split them up by map & upload to youtube.
I am paying via upwork so you would need to sign up for that, and I do need a sample video to make sure the game runs with no slowdown while you are recording video. Literally a 3-4 minute video of you playing the first map. I only need a couple of testers more for this round of testing but I will be shortlisting for the next round of testing as well, and I will want at least another 12 testers for that.
So if this sounds interesting check out this job post and send me a proposal on upwork.
https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~022089032337059149655
Like I said, I only need a couple of new testers this round but I will need a lot for the next round of testing.