How to pick the right testing focus?
By now, we have learned that games, regardless of their genre, are complex systems, and when we talk about games in live ops, these complexities are even further enhanced. With fast-paced development, it is crucial that the QA team is utilized efficiently. How to pick the right testing focus is one of the crucial questions that we need to answer in order to make high-quality games on time.
Testing focus is dependent on the following:
- The development stage
- The game business model
- The target market
- The game KPIs
Let’s look into these in more detail.
The development stage
Depending on where we are with game development, QA will have a different focus and use different tools. We can see this in detail in Figure 9.3:
Figure 9.3 – Game milestones and their testing focus
Early in the production phase, certain aspects of the game are just not ready. Even if they are in the game...
