Week Ending 2026-09-06

Follow-ups

• Side-by-side analyze Matchy Cat and Color Cat Care recordings to choose between Match-3 onboarding fixes or Color Sort pacing.
• Instrument Mine Quest first-run events to measure exact drop-off points between load, cutscene, Home, and first mine.
• Complete Breakfast Cooking Time implementation and prepare initial Poki playtest submission.

Sent Message

MM Weekly Review
Generated: 2026-09-06T13:00+00:00
Window: 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06

Current Weekly North Star
By the next review around 2026-09-16, get at least four different candidate games into fresh Poki playtests, starting with Breakfast Cooking Time, Fruits Inc 3, Matchy Cat, and Mine Quest, while allowing fast substitution if implementation uncertainty makes a candidate a poor use of limited travel-week time.

Review
During the week of August 31 to September 6, 2026, six builds and player fit datasets were ingested across Mine Quest, Matchy Cat, and Color Cat Care while Breakfast Cooking Time advanced to implementation. Work toward the North Star goal of four fresh Poki playtests is progressing, though early session drops and control friction remain key risks.

Highlights
- Review Matchy Cat build015 Player Fit results (113.5s avg), which show recovery over build014 but trail build011.
- Transition Breakfast Cooking Time to implementation to support the Weekly North Star four-candidate playtest goal.
- Collect and process initial playtest recordings for Mine Quest, Matchy Cat, and Color Cat Care to isolate early exits.

Risks
- Mine Quest Poki start rate fell to 49.2% driven by pre-splash loading delays, hidden cutscene skips, and Home routing.
- Matchy Cat build015 session length (113.5s avg) continues trailing the build011 baseline due to early Match-3 friction.
- Color Cat Care build005 session depth dropped to 96.0s average with playtests showing player boredom during puzzles 2 and 3.

Follow-ups
- Side-by-side analyze Matchy Cat and Color Cat Care recordings to choose between Match-3 onboarding fixes or Color Sort pacing.
- Instrument Mine Quest first-run events to measure exact drop-off points between load, cutscene, Home, and first mine.
- Complete Breakfast Cooking Time implementation and prepare initial Poki playtest submission.

Portfolio
- 30 validation snapshots; 95.85s avg; 60.5s median; 11.88% 3m reach
- 0 live rows; 0 sessions
- 154 domain events; 6 submitted-build evidence; 0 live snapshots

Board
- shaping: 2
- experiment ready: 1
- implementing: 1
- waiting: 3
- needs analysis: 3
- parked: 5

Recent changes since 2026-08-31T03:00:00+00:00
- Project state rebuilt.
- Project setup updated: Breakfast Cooking Time
- 98ec34a7-7f44-43bb-a2c2-17a14715b9e2 moved shaping -> implementing by dashboard
- Project state rebuilt.
- Experiment updated: Farm-to-Pie Fantasy Adaptation
- Project state rebuilt.
- Experiment updated: Farm-to-Pie Fantasy Adaptation
- Project state rebuilt.
- ...and 146 more

Dashboard: https://dashboard.manimanigames.com