GAME TESTING
03 |QA and Testing (1)
Eriq Muhammad Adams J | [email protected]
2 Rules of Game Testing
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 Don’t Panic
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Unfamiliar
Unprepared
Under Pressure (schedule, budget, headcount)
Unrested
Nearsighted
 Trust No One The publisher, press, public,
don’t trust you.
More Trust Less Test
Less Trust More Test
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Advice When Became Tester
 Know your role on the team based on the
responsibilities assigned to you.
 Execute your tasks aggressively and
accurately.
 Do the most important tests first
 Do the tests most likely to find defects
often.
 Make emotion-free and objective
decisions to the best extent possible.
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Game Testing Activities
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Playing Games
 explore some area of the game, check
that a specific rule is being enforced, or
look for a particular kind of problem.
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Identifying Bugs
 The first is to find defects that are in the
game code or design. The second is to
demonstrate which parts of the gam e are
working properly.
 Test Status : Passes, Fails, Blocked, Not
Available.
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Amplifying Problems
 "amplifying" your defect will narrow it
down for the developers, make it m ore
likely the defect will be fixed right the first
time, and reduce the overall time and cost
spent on the problem.
 amplify the defects to maximize their
"fixability."
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Notifying The Team
 you need to record that information and
notify the developers about problems.
 To do : using defect tracking tools,
describe, prioritize, pick a type, be helpful.
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Testify The Others
 reproduce the bug and why it is important
to fix, your bugs will get more attention.
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Verify The Fix
 expect to help developers reproduce the
bug, run experiments for them , and retest after they think the bug is fixed.
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Why is Testing Important ?
 It's easy for game software to go wrong
 There are many opportunities for making
a mistake
 Game software is complex
 People write game software and people
make mistakes
 Software tools are used to produce games
and these tools are not perfect
 There is a lot of money at stake for games
to succeed
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Why is Testing Important ? (cont.)
 Games must work on multiple platforms
with a variety of configurations and
devices
 People expect more out of every game
you make It better work right if you are
going to have 100,000 people playing at
the same time online and expect them to
pay a monthly fee for that privilege
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Why is Testing Important ? (cont.)
 Critics are standing by ready to rate your
game in print and on the Internet
 Games have to be fun, meet expectations,
and get released on time
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Who Cares ?
 Testing must be important to game
publishers because of all the trouble they
go through to staff and fund testers and
then organize and manage the rounds of
beta testing that precede the official game
release.
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Defect Typing
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Function
Assignment
Checking
Timing
Build/Package/Merge
Algorithm
Documentation
Interface
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Assignment #1
 Playing Game and write test cases.
 Example : Minesweeper