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

2. 2 Rules of Game Testing Don’t Panic
Unfamiliar
Unprepared
Under Pressure (schedule, budget, headcount)
Unrested
Nearsighted
Trust No One The publisher, press, public, don’t trust you.
More Trust Less Test
Less Trust More Test

3. Advice When Became Tester
Know your role on the team based on the responsibilities 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.

4. Game Testing Activities

5. Playing Games
explore some area of the game, check that a specific rule is being enforced, or look for a particular kind of problem.

6. Identifying Bugs
The first is to find defects that are in the game code or design. The second is to demonstrate which parts of the gam e are working properly.
Test Status : Passes, Fails, Blocked, Not Available.

7. Amplifying Problems
"amplifying" your defect will narrow it down 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."

8. Notifying The Team
you need to record that information and notify the developers about problems.
To do : using defect tracking tools, describe, prioritize, pick a type, be helpful.

9. Testify The Others
reproduce the bug and why it is important to fix, your bugs will get more attention.

10. Verify The Fix
expect to help developers reproduce the bug, run experiments for them , and re-test after they think the bug is fixed.

11. 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 games and these tools are not perfect
There is a lot of money at stake for games to succeed

12. Why is Testing Important ? (cont.)
Games must work on multiple platforms with 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

13. Why is Testing Important ? (cont.)
Critics are standing by ready to rate your game in print and on the Internet
Games have to be fun, meet expectations, and get released on time

14. Who Cares ?
Testing must be important to game publishers 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.

15. Defect Typing Function Assignment Checking Timing Build/Package/Merge
Algorithm
Documentation
Interface

16. Assignment #1
Playing Game and write test cases.
Example : Minesweeper