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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

The future of game testing

We have arrived at the last part of this book. There is no better way to end this story than by providing the seeds for future ones. We will investigate the latest trends in technology, team organization, and the gaming industry in general, and analyze how they will affect the future of game testing.

These days, it looks like everyone is talking about AI. We can already use it for game art, marketing texts, game narration, and even coding. In the near future, we will probably see games out on the market that have been almost completely created by AI. With the growth of AI technology and the wide adoption of AI tools, we can expect that this is going to have a strong effect on test automation as well. The test automation of the future will become more sophisticated and be able to execute some of the tasks that right now, only humans can do. AI will be able to learn from testing experiences on its own and continuously improve its performance. With the advancements...

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