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# What is Playtesting?

Understand why regular playtesting is essential to refining gameplay and improving your overall game development process.

In this tutorial you will learn about why it is important to play test as part of the game development process.

## Playtesting Overview

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200703/videos/2afbb7b4-b51c-483e-80e3-2c6771bb3d0b_What_is_Playtesting.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200821/6eb9d330-4f3b-4d33-953b-eeaa5d8de86e_What_is_Playtesting.vtt))

## Playtesting Early and Often

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200703/videos/de37ed8e-7c21-44fc-b98f-7effcc27726e_Playtesting_Early_and_Often.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200821/dd6c8273-fc2f-4ab1-8521-f7a4f5774260_Playtesting_Early_and_Often.vtt))