The importance of bug flow in game teams

If you are working in the gaming industry in any capacity, you have definitely heard about bugs. They are some of the most dreaded consequences of game development and, at the same time, the reason why quality assurance (QA) is so important in game production. Without QA, it would be difficult to find relevant bugs on time. But finding bugs is just the beginning of the story. How we handle them and what we do with them are equally important. Bug flow is the main way testers, developers, and producers communicate. While we often think of game teams as small groups of people working together in the office, today, this picture is very different. Games, especially ones on consoles and successful free-to-play ones are built and maintained by large teams scattered across different geographical locations. Studios also frequently use outsourced QA services as support or a main testing force. If our bug flows are not properly set, game production can...