Gua vs Poki Playtesting

Gua is a free, open-source protocol for testing and automating games made with Godot and Unity. It exposes semantic interface state, including identifiers, roles, text, hierarchy, bounds, visibility, enabled state, values, focus, and selection, so tests and AI agents can query controls and perform actions such as clicking, focusing, setting values, selecting, scrolling, and pressing keys. Tests can wait for interface conditions in NUnit, xUnit, MSTest, or C++ without fixed sleeps. Visual testing compares PNG screenshots with baselines using pixel thresholds, difference ratios, masks, and operating-system or renderer variants. Recording stores semantic actions, timing, revisions, and wait conditions for replay with host checks. Failure artifacts may include UI trees and diffs, pending requests, event history, logs, runtime and environment details, screenshots, and game output. Native MCP connects over WebSocket; WebMCP exposes tools in Godot Web Export and Unity WebGL. Gua documents a Godot 4.7 add-on and Unity 6 support. It targets Windows, Linux, macOS, API, and web environments.

Poki Playtesting is a free web service for game developer teams that want player feedback, bug findings, and design checks. Poki supplies players, devices, and tracking tools, while developers choose test devices and audience categories. Uploaded web builds or prototypes can come from any development stage, subject to content moderation; Poki recommends builds that work on desktop, mobile, and tablet. Each playtest returns 10 recordings containing button inputs, console output, session duration, country, and device type. Players join through a Mystery Tile and must consent to recording. After 10 recordings are watched, a player fit test can measure playtime with 500 players, usually in about five hours and up to twice daily. A web fit test presents the game on Poki category pages to around 10,000 players and measures click-through rate, average time on page, and conversion to play over roughly seven days. Poki for Developers provides upload, analysis, updating, and recording review tools. Supported workflows cover engines including Unity, Godot, Phaser, GameMaker, and others. Tests are free and repeatable, but uploading does not guarantee testing or platform placement.