Back to collectionFinal Form Onboarding Improves, but Player Understanding Still Needs Work
The first game, Final Form, was still being refined. The Final Form onboarding redesign was completed, and the drop-off rate fell by 8%. Compared with the earlier flow, fewer players were leaving during onboarding, but the 8% improvement did not show whether they understood the later gameplay.
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The first game, Final Form, was still being refined. Whether newcomers could understand their first step mattered more directly to the production team than another concept image. In the previous onboarding flow, some people left before they reached the gameplay.
The Final Form onboarding redesign was completed, and the drop-off rate fell by 8%. The team reordered the explanations in the opening steps so players made a choice before seeing the explanation relevant to it. At the regular meeting, one person wanted more prompts, while another feared that extra text would slow the experience again. They decided to watch where players still got stuck first.
Compared with the earlier flow, fewer players were leaving during onboarding, but the 8% improvement did not show whether they understood the later gameplay. Next, the production team needed to find where those who stayed were still confused, then decide whether to change the wording, interaction, or pacing. Work remained before the game could be publicly playable.