Thank you for the advice, I think I am going to hold off on publishing anything, as I am at least a good year or two away from the project I want to end with, especially considering college. Sometimes I just get restless working so hard on something I can't show the world.
I do have friends and family (anyone who will, really) play-test my games often. A great debugging process is watching someone after handing them a controller and saying "Try to break this"; so, you are right about that.
It's refreshing to read something from someone who really sounds like they know the ins and outs of game development. Are you a developer?