Hearthstone prototype method

How Team 5 turned a card game rebuild into something simpler and faster.

Jason Schreier's framework, from Play Nice, pp. 110 to 199.

Play a rival
Brode brings Battle Spirits to the office and the team plays it.
Prototype on paper
They swap complex resources for automatic gems using paper cards.
Simplify the surface
Card text is shortened and hidden until the mouse hovers.
Iterate at lunch
Colleagues on loan to another team keep testing during lunch.
Build a vertical slice
The fire and ice mage versus mage build is shown to executives, who greenlight or cancel.

From chapter: PART TWO: FALL, pp. 110–199

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