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Modern Game Testing

You're reading from   Modern Game Testing Learn how to test games like a pro, optimize testing effort, and skyrocket your QA career

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803244402
Length 232 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kalle Kaivola Kalle Kaivola
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Nikolina Finska Nikolina Finska
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Game Testing Foundation
2. Chapter 1: Setting the Stage – Introduction to QA for Modern Games FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: All Engines Go – The Basics of Game QA 4. Chapter 3: A Deeper Look – Types of Testing in Games 5. Chapter 4: Deeper Look – Testing on Various Gaming Platforms – Mobile, PC, and Console 6. Chapter 5: It Must Be Hardware: Testing Hardware in Modern Game QA 7. Part 2: Test Strategy and Execution
8. Chapter 6: Friend or Foe – Test Cases 9. Chapter 7: It Works on My Machine: Bug Flow 10. Chapter 8: I Thought I Fixed That: How to Write Efficient Bug Reports 11. Chapter 9: It Works, but It Hasn’t Been Tested: Testing Approach 12. Chapter 10: Eat, Sleep, Test, Repeat: Test Methodology 13. Part 3: Test Management and Beyond
14. Chapter 11: Are You on the Right Version? Live Ops and QA 15. Chapter 12: Beyond Testing – Introduction to Test Management 16. Chapter 13: There Are No BUGS Without U – QA and the Game Team 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about aspects of the waterfall methodology that are still useful, how to focus testing in live ops, and several different methods to help us select an appropriate testing strategy. Now, you know how to approach testing in live ops and have the skills to approach the best strategy for handling testing in agile game development projects. You can speak with confidence about the waterfall and agile QA approaches. In the next chapter, we will dive into more detail about testing methodologies and learn practical methods that will help us execute the most efficient tests and secure game quality.

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