In May, after work, I had a colleague try Lix on his notebook computer. I believe we had a mouse, not only the touchpad. He had played Lemmings ages ago.
Any Way You Want: No problem. A few died, but that's expected. You must save 1/10, he saved several.
Pipe Dream:
- Unclear what to do. The exit isn't visible at the start of play.
- Once, he bashed out of the left of the map and had to cancel or restart.
- He assigned some bashers in the open, without a nearby wall. (This is OK, I expect this with new players.)
- He repeatedly bashed facing away from the wall instead of facing towards the wall. I told him how to do it right, he said "yes", but his success rate didn't increase.
- He ran out of basher! Pipe Dream gives you 20 bashers. You need at least 6 to pass. If you squander 15, you're stuck, but you don't know it yet.
For the next Lix release 0.10.24, I'll increase bashers from 20 to 50. Unsure if the other findings are a huge problem. Or, if they are: Unsure how to fix them.
In hindsight, even the L1 devs were wise and gave you 50 bashers in You Need Bashers This Time.
I'm reporting this like a usability test here, and while it produced usability findings, the session wasn't planned as a usability
test. In a proper test, I should explain as little as possible. Here, I explained things along the way, which can steal attention.
-- Simon