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03 |QA and Testing (1)Eriq Muhammad Adams J | eriq.adams@ub.ac.id

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2 Rules of Game Testing

Dont Panic Unfamiliar

Unprepared

Under Pressure (schedule, budget, headcount)

Unrested

Nearsighted

Trust No One The publisher, press, public,

dont 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 theresponsibilities 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, checkthat 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 thegame 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 itdown 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 andnotify 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 importantto fix, your bugs will get more attention.

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Verify The Fix

expect to help developers reproduce thebug, run experiments for them , and re-

test 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 gamesand 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 platformswith 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 yourgame 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 gamepublishers 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

Function Assignment

Checking

Timing Build/Package/Merge

Algorithm

Documentation

Interface

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Assignment #1

Playing Game and Identify Bugs. Write Description, Defect Type, and

provide logs, etc.