Band 7 · UG 300–400

Research methods for design

Research methods for design

hybrid90 minprint ≤ 2 ppHUMPLYSYSE3E5E12
Kills: Research is what you do when you can't make things.
Walk out with: Methods proposal with a falsifiable claim

Materials

  • Printed worksheet
  • Analog fallback always available

Studio seed

This is a seeded ladder lesson. Expand via pull request — authoring is git.

Do

  1. State a falsifiable hypothesis.
  2. Make the smallest playable change.
  3. Watch someone play without helping.
  4. Keep the artifact; export your Backpack.

Kills: Research is what you do when you can’t make things.

Playtest log · hypothesis-first

Analog fallback: print this form and write by hand. Hypothesis first — then watch without helping.

Crit · describe → analyze → evaluate

Order is enforced pedagogically: description before judgment.