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Testing Multiplayer Features With Interference

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Problem

Scenario

You work on a mobile game with multiplayer interactions and want to test a new feature that changes how players engage with one another in matches or social groups. A standard user-level A/B test may be biased because treated players can affect control players through matchmaking, guild activity, or friend invites.

Question

How would you think about experimentation when the feature has strong network effects or multiplayer interactions? How would that change your choice of randomization unit, metrics, and interpretation of results?

What This Tests

  • Reasoning about network interference and SUTVA violations
  • Choosing the right unit of randomization
  • Defining primary and guardrail metrics under spillovers
  • Sizing a clustered experiment with an explicit MDE