Playtesting

The best part of making a game is watching people enjoy playing it. During the playtesting stage, I had numerous people play the game. I had brothers, neighbors, and non-Muslims try the game. I even had sisters play a “girls only” game so I would have the feedback from the "female's perspective". Actually, the feedback from all the playtesters was so positive that I thought people were just trying to be nice. So I took the game to the Masjid and had 3 brothers, who I didn't know, play the game. We took a break to pray and then we continued the game. Once the game was finished, two of them asked me where I bought the game so they could purchase their own copy. They were surprised when I told them that I made the game. Quick Note: We are often told that “you can’t do that” because of our age. If you put in the effort and you make du’ah to Allah (swt), you would be surprised on how many doors of opportunity are out there. I never made games before and all of this is very new to me. Of course, I had to do research and put in hundreds of hours of work but the end result was worth it. The ages of the brothers I played with varied. Two of brothers looked like there were in the first year of college, another player was about 15 years old, and the youngest player was about 9. Anyways, that game was the straw the broke the camel's back. Soon after, I contacted China to have the game mass produced.

Alhamdulillah, it has been selling well. Most of our vendors are still sold out so I'm trying to contact them to make sure they are stocked up for Eid. Tonight, I'm flying to New York. I'm going to be a guest on the new show, The Beat, on the Bridges channel. I'm excited, not because of being on TV (don’t’ really care about that) but more importantly another door has been opened to market the game to a new audience. I haven’t really prepared what to say other than scenario questions that I have thought about in my head. I think the best way to do this is to be natural. Then again, this is my first time doing something like this so it’s all a learning experience.